Mexican Red Foot snails

[AdInfinitum]

Went by Aquariums by Design on my way home from picking some stuff up from Davesolo in KW (thanks again Dave) and had to buy some of these crazy snails.  I know they are only semi-tropical but since I keep my tank around 76 degrees I'm hoping they will acclimate fine.

They got busy as soon as they hit the bottom of the tank.  Amazing bright black and orange mantles!  I just hope nothing in the tank eats them.

 

[Poseidon]

what are these called?!?! i used to have one, ate 10x the amount of a turbo and was twice as fast as the trocheus snails!

 

[TORX]

what are these called?!?! i used to have one, ate 10x the amount of a turbo and was twice as fast as the trocheus snails!

Psst, read the title of the thread LoL

 

[Poseidon]

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what are these called?!?! i used to have one, ate 10x the amount of a turbo and was twice as fast as the trocheus snails!

Psst, read the title of the thread LoL
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* face palm*

 

[Boga]

Nice looking snails. I hope they will acclimate well.

May I ask why you keep the temperature at 76?

 

[AdInfinitum]

Nice looking snails. I hope they will acclimate well.

May I ask why you keep the temperature at 76?

Where there has been much debate over the years over optimal tank temps for reef fish and therefore reef corals there seems to be enough "good data"(IMO) that most coral growth rates do not show significant difference through the 75-82 F range and also by staying within that range you allow for the keeping of creatures collected from a variety of reefs and depths.  I set at 76-77 (no chiller but house AC) and the halides still only swing it up a few degrees for a short duration during the full light portion of the cycle.

This "natural" cycle (and I use the term loosely as nothing about our tanks is really that natural) appears to be good for reef fish and therefore likely corals too.  Setting the temp closer to the extremes would be fine if you were filling your tank with species collected from a very specific location and depth so that you could optimize for that area. However since I have specimens that originate from unknown locations and conditions, I try to go with conditions that will accommodate all. 

Even if I just had Indonesian corals (more specific than the general Indo-pacific) temps on West shore differ from East shore and my near surface Acros would tolerate far higher temps than my deeper water Chalices and Favites so compromise it is.

 

[AdInfinitum]

This is an easy to read but informative piece that was based on a lot of well documented scientific pieces.

http://coral.aims.gov.au/info/environments.jsp

PS click on the All Facts Sheets and then Search by list for lots of goodies.

 

[pulpfiction1]

myself i run about 76-78 degrees,have for years,my reasons were the metabolism of fish seem to slow some allowing for less food required,which equals less proteins over all in the system,fact or fiction? dunno for sure but has been successfully for me,i have seen my system temp get higher and the fish become more active,i cant say if there is any relevance with corals but im sure it works the same

 

[pulpfiction1]

This is an easy to read but informative piece that was based on a lot of well documented scientific pieces.

http://coral.aims.gov.au/info/environments.jsp

PS click on the All Facts Sheets and then Search by list for lots of goodies.

good read by the way  thanks

 

[Boga]

Interesting site. I created a bookmark. Thanks.

I was just curious about temperature. For some reason it looked too low to me. When I first started the hobby I saw a lot of debate about temperatures and honestly I did not know what set point to choose. I am running 78-79, being an average of 75-82. I have LED's, so not too much heat added. I see that you have the set point at 76 with values over, so overall not too far from mine.

Always wondered if halides would raise the temperature on the coral surfaces, due to heat transmitted by radiation. So the water can read 76, but the coral surface would be 77. I guess this can be easy tested if you have a sensor in direct halide light and then create a shadow over it.

And sorry for going off topic.