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Archive for April, 2009

I Need to Flip Over My Crown Snails a Lot

By • Apr 30th, 2009 • Category: Fish and Invertebrate

The only bad thing that I can think about in regards to these snails is that I have to flip them over a lot. It’s similar to how a turtle can get flipped on it’s back, needing help to get flipped back over and be on it’s feet again. I frequently joke with my girlfriend about how I needed to “flip over one of the crown snails again”… seems like it happens about once every couple of days.



Top Crown Snails: Awesome Algae Eaters

By • Apr 6th, 2009 • Category: Fish and Invertebrate

Top Crown Snails eat pretty much everything off of the glass of my 75 gallon saltwater aquarium. It’s actually almost unbelievable to me how much stuff these snails eat. I’ve never had any other type of snail, large or small, with such a voracious appetite.