1000 CERITH SALTWATER SNAILS Coral Reef Aquarium Tank Cleaner Crew Algae Eater For Sale -

CERITHSNAILS

Aquacultured in U.S.A.

This listing is for 1000 snails.

Role in Reef Aquarium: Scavengers, Detrivours, Sand Sifters, algae eaters.

Reef Safe and very hardy; easy to keep. Maintenance crew.

These are an integral part of a tank clean-up crew alongwith copepods, amphipods, isopods, crabs, pods, shrimp, and hermit crabs. Ceriths will eat algae off of rocks and glass.

These come in varied colors and patterns.

Size: ¼ - ½ inch. Their size makes them ideal for a reefaquarium tank. Due to their small size they don’t bulldoze corals, tank rocks, and decorationslike larger snails.

Recommend to add: 4- 6 snails per gallon of water. Also,add some to your sump or refugium.

Scavenger: They eat fishwaste, leftover food, Red Slime algae that grows in the sand. They break downwaste products that, if left unchecked, will eventually lead to outbreaks ofnuisance algae. These snails are very efficient in their scavenger role. Havingthese snails is a great defense for having a clean, algae free sand bed. The snails go a long way to assist incontrolling nuisance algae growth indirectly. Another unique quality is that they like toeat the algae that grow under the sand on the glass where it’s hard to get towhen we scrape the algae off our tankglass.

Detrivour: Cerith snails eat diatoms, algae, bacteria,and any kind of detritus (waste) in your sand bed. So if you want a nice clean sand bed withouthaving to sift the sand by hand involving laborious hours when you service yourtank, these snails will save hours of work.

Sand Sifting: They stay under the sand and move along abouta half inch under the surface of the sand all day. Providing yet anotherimportant service in our captive reef aquariums, the snails stir the sand whichis a natural action that happens out in the natural ocean reefs. In nature,when the ocean gets rough due to bad weather, the sand gets shifted aroundwhich promotes oxygen and renews the microscopic life in the sand beds of theocean. This process is an essential step in the health of our ocean reefs andestuaries. These little snails, no bigger than ½ inch, are constantly renewingthe microscopic environment in the sand beds when the weather is calm forextended periods of time, preventing our reefs from getting stagnant.

The snails have a unique behavioral characteristic. Theyburrow in the sand all day and stick out a tube, like a little dive snorkel. Thisseems to be a sensory organ like a human nose. They are highly sensitive to anychanges in the water. You will notice that they can sense the food being put inthe tank when you feed the fish and can react faster than many fish and willcome out of the sand from underneath and pinpoint the location of the foodimmediately to get their “share”. Youwill observe that they also defend their catch by pulling the food down underthe sand where the fish can’t steal it from them. These snails are surprisinglyfast moving when they need to be. They are quickly being recognized by hobbyistworldwide as being an essential addition to our modern reef aquariums.

Since they are highly active, they are also a veryinteresting animal to observe and watch their animal behavior. If they findfavorable conditions in your tank don’t be surprised if they start breeding, ifthis happens you will start seeing egg clusters on the glass of the tank.

IMPORTANT:Please read before buying this live product:

Weguarantee live arrival of our live specimens: BUT CERTAIN CONDITIONS MUST BEMET. This being said.

Theconditions are:

#1 Someonemust be present to receive and inspect the package on the FIRST DELIVERYattempt.

#2 We mustbe notified of DOA (dead on arrival) within TWO HOURS of FIRST DELIVERY TIME.

If these conditions are met, then we will replacethe DOA at no cost to you. These are live organisms. THEY CANNOT SURVIVEOUTSIDE OR IN YOUR MAILBOX FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. We are very flexible when it comes tomeeting your needs and providing excellent service. So please work with us andlet us know if you have special needs for delivery. If you prefer next dayexpress overnight. Email us before you pay and we can weigh your order and fixyour invoice so you can receive your package overnight. If you are not surethat you will be home to receive the package you can ask us to “Hold at PostOffice for pick up” can be arranged. This will keep the animals indoors at thepost office until you can pick them up. USPS Priority mail can take from 2-4days transit So it’s hard to predict when they are going to deliver.These aresent with tracking info so you can estimate when your package will arrive.Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.