What is the best snail for GHA?

[SamAPFish]

Excluding the turbo snail, what snails will destroy all of your gha? Also preferably ones that don’t knock over all of your corals

 

[Travis Stewart]

Good luck lol you’re being picky when you want it to eat GHA AND not to knock over your coral. Not sure that exists

 

[SamAPFish]

Good luck lol you’re being picky when you want it to eat GHA AND not to knock over your coral. Not sure that exists

i need all the luck I can get

 

[Saltyreef]

Giant mexican turbo + manual removal of anything long enough to grab with fingers.
Sea hares too but removal after no more food is key.

 

[SamAPFish]

Giant mexican turbo + manual removal of anything long enough to grab with fingers.
Sea hares too but removal after no more food is key.

The one time I’ve used turbos it died and almost crashed my tank. That’s why I excluded it

 

[Bob Weigant]

I know you already know that Turbo’s will wipe it out why not just glue your corals in place. That’s what I did

 

[SamAPFish]

I know you already know that Turbo’s will wipe it out why not just glue your corals in place. That’s what I did

Well it’s more that im scared of the turbos dying. Also my rocks are not glued together

 

[Bob Weigant]

Well it’s more that im scared of the turbos dying

Keep an eye on it. I only added 5 in my 200 plus 3 tuxedo urchins. After one or 2 passes there is still algae for them

 

[SamAPFish]

Keep an eye on it. I only added 5 in my 200 plus 3 tuxedo urchins. After one or 2 passes there is still algae for them

Do margarita snails work ok? Do they pollute as much?

 

[Saltyreef]

They die when they run out of food. When the algae is all gone you would need to reduce your number of snails so they dont die.
I have 4 large mexican turbos in my 40 gallon. All still alive after GHA was wiped out.
They used to die when i had no nutrients or good algae as a food source for them.

 

[Webslinger]

Chaeto in refugium will wipe it out.

 

[Bob Weigant]

Do margarita snails work ok? Do they pollute as much?

Not sure as I haven’t used them

 

[ruth howard]

We have had good results with banded trochus snails. They don't eat tall GHA, but the keep the algae off of rocks, etc. The other advantage is that they aren't too large and they right themselves if they tip over. Other than those, we like plain old astrea snails.

 

[Webslinger]

Black fresh water mollies are gha eating beasts in salt water

 

[Travis Stewart]

i need all the luck I can get

How lon has your tank been running? Pics?

 

[becon776]

Black fresh water mollies are gha eating beasts in salt water

i am very interested in this

 

[Uncle99]

Do margarita snails work ok? Do they pollute as much?

A cooler water species, not usually suitable for reefs, worn last.