Stupid Astrea = Escargot

danielmiller82 · Post by **danielmiller82** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:09 pm

How does this species survive?

Post by **snoopdog** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:12 am

Well.....

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:53 am

That's the reason I don't have any blue legs and only a couple of scarlets and zebras.

andy4499 · Post by **andy4499** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:18 am

You need to get some of them large hermits from the beach and put in your tank. That are the most harmless hermits that I have seen.

Phisher · Post by **Phisher** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:07 am

Astreas' are temperate not tropical snails. They also are unable to right themselves if they fall over in sand. They are not really ideal for reef tanks.

Joe

Fishfood · Post by **Fishfood** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:07 am

Scott wrote:That's the reason I don't have any blue legs and only a couple of scarlets and zebras.

I took care of most of my blue legs with the interceptor treatment I did. They took out most of my scarlets. I love the scarlets.

Amphiprion · Post by **Amphiprion** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:40 am

Not necessarily true. There are plenty of Astrea sp. in the Caribbean (which is tropical). It depends on where they are collected. The vast majority of Astreas collected for the hobby are from either south Florida (miami area, Keys, etc.) or the Caribbean. I have plenty of tropical astreas and have had them for many years (without replacing them).