| Re: Topic of the Week August 28 - Deep Sand Beds
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Originally Posted by Charlie97L craig, how many snails/hermits/conchs would you recommend for a 3" in a 58 gallon (36x18). i have 2 scarlets, and about 8-9 nass. snails. and one bugger of a fireworm. he stirs too. | My systenm was an 80 gallon display with a 30 gallon sump/refugium. My maintenance crew consisted of the following:
80 gallon display - 3" sand bed of sugar argonite/oolite
- 25 large, about the size of a quater, nassaurius snails
- 15 cerith snails
- 15 astrea snails
- two fighting conches
- two large turbo snails
- several worms of variuos genus
- 25 scarlet hermit crabs, (not red legged hermits)
30 gallon sump/refugium - 5 scarlet hermit crabs
- 6 large nassaurius snails
- 3" sugar sand aragonite/oolite
- mated pair of banded gobies
- cheatomorpha algea
- 2 cerith snails
- 2 astrea snails
- several worms
HTH 
__________________  Currently tankless. 
20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem!
80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS. |