Re: Burrowing snails in DSB

[am]

I have nassarius snails and a couple of sand sifting star fish. They are
doing a pretty good job of keeping the top part of the sand stirred. Most of
the times you don't see the snails, just a tube sticking out. They move a
little bit more at night. Be carefull by starfish at some lfs. One store,
( who was reef knowledgeble??? ) Sold me a mushroom and a "sand sifter star"
which then snacked on the mushroom.

I have had real good luck through
Etropics.com
sal****erfish.com

Good luck
Ron



"Pszemol" > wrote in message
...
> Please, correct me if I am wrong, do not want to make
> a mistake again like I did with predatory sand-sifting star:
>
> Can I benefit from burrowing snails like
> nassarius vibex when I have DSB in my tank?
> The store is recommending 2 of them per gallon.

[Teeb]

How good of them to not want that poor starfish to starve to death!

Teeb

"am" > wrote in message news:bx08b.414933$YN5.279658@sccrnsc01...
> I have nassarius snails and a couple of sand sifting star fish. They are
> doing a pretty good job of keeping the top part of the sand stirred. Most
of
> the times you don't see the snails, just a tube sticking out. They move a
> little bit more at night. Be carefull by starfish at some lfs. One store,
> ( who was reef knowledgeble??? ) Sold me a mushroom and a "sand sifter
star"
> which then snacked on the mushroom.
>
> I have had real good luck through
> Etropics.com
> sal****erfish.com
>
> Good luck
> Ron
>
>
>
> "Pszemol" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Please, correct me if I am wrong, do not want to make
> > a mistake again like I did with predatory sand-sifting star:
> >
> > Can I benefit from burrowing snails like
> > nassarius vibex when I have DSB in my tank?
> > The store is recommending 2 of them per gallon.
>
>

[Pszemol]

This is interesting about your experience with sand sifting star...
What kind/species do you have?
I read about DSB and they do not recommend any sand sifting star in it.
They are usually predatory and make sand pure from other, smaller critters.

"am" > wrote in message news:bx08b.414933$YN5.279658@sccrnsc01...
> I have nassarius snails and a couple of sand sifting star fish. They are
> doing a pretty good job of keeping the top part of the sand stirred. Most of
> the times you don't see the snails, just a tube sticking out. They move a
> little bit more at night. Be carefull by starfish at some lfs. One store,
> ( who was reef knowledgeble??? ) Sold me a mushroom and a "sand sifter star"
> which then snacked on the mushroom.
>
> I have had real good luck through
> Etropics.com
> sal****erfish.com
>
> Good luck
> Ron
>
>
>
> "Pszemol" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Please, correct me if I am wrong, do not want to make
> > a mistake again like I did with predatory sand-sifting star:
> >
> > Can I benefit from burrowing snails like
> > nassarius vibex when I have DSB in my tank?
> > The store is recommending 2 of them per gallon.
>
>

[kim gross]

Pszemol wrote:

> Please, correct me if I am wrong, do not want to make
> a mistake again like I did with predatory sand-sifting star:
>
> Can I benefit from burrowing snails like
> nassarius vibex when I have DSB in my tank?
> The store is recommending 2 of them per gallon.
Nassarius snails are very good for any tank. They will not eat anything
alive they are only carrion eaters. They do a good job of keeping the
top of the sand clean .

Kim gross
http://www.jensalt.ocm

[Mort]

"kim gross" > wrote in message
...
> Pszemol wrote:
>
> > Please, correct me if I am wrong, do not want to make
> > a mistake again like I did with predatory sand-sifting star:
> >
> > Can I benefit from burrowing snails like
> > nassarius vibex when I have DSB in my tank?
> > The store is recommending 2 of them per gallon.
> Nassarius snails are very good for any tank. They will not eat anything
> alive they are only carrion eaters. They do a good job of keeping the
> top of the sand clean .
>
> Kim gross
> http://www.jensalt.ocm
>
>


Is carrion another word for detrius? (sorry)

~Mort

[am]

My sand bed is between 3 inches to 6 inches, (depending on the current). We
have in the sandbed

1ea Tiger-striped Fancy Serpent Sea
2ea Sand Sifting Sea Star
nassarius snails
bristle worms
spagetti worms
clams
a brown and white striped worm (a present from the live rock)
fighting conch
blue leged hermits

once a week I put in some chopped shrimp. For the stars and for the anemone.

Ron

"Pszemol" > wrote in message
...
> This is interesting about your experience with sand sifting star...
> What kind/species do you have?
> I read about DSB and they do not recommend any sand sifting star in it.
> They are usually predatory and make sand pure from other, smaller
critters.
>
> "am" > wrote in message news:bx08b.414933$YN5.279658@sccrnsc01...
> > I have nassarius snails and a couple of sand sifting star fish. They are
> > doing a pretty good job of keeping the top part of the sand stirred.
Most of
> > the times you don't see the snails, just a tube sticking out. They move
a
> > little bit more at night. Be carefull by starfish at some lfs. One
store,
> > ( who was reef knowledgeble??? ) Sold me a mushroom and a "sand sifter
star"
> > which then snacked on the mushroom.
> >
> > I have had real good luck through
> > Etropics.com
> > sal****erfish.com
> >
> > Good luck
> > Ron
> >
> >
> >
> > "Pszemol" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Please, correct me if I am wrong, do not want to make
> > > a mistake again like I did with predatory sand-sifting star:
> > >
> > > Can I benefit from burrowing snails like
> > > nassarius vibex when I have DSB in my tank?
> > > The store is recommending 2 of them per gallon.
> >
> >