Sand Sifting Snails

Generally fine with fish be careful of large aggressive fish that may eat snails. Nassarius snails nassarius sp are excellent scavengers and great sand sifters. As it searches for food the nassarius snail helps prevent compaction and aerates aquarium substrate.

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The nassarius snail likes to burrow in the sand usually with its long tube like siphon protruding from the substrate.

Sand sifting snails. Sand sifting as it feeds heavily on settled particulate organic matter i e. How compatible is it with fish. They will eat various kind of organic material and help to aerate the sandy substrate in your tank.

Nassarius snails will be an excellent addition to your saltwater tank. There is a handful of infaunal snail groups that have been used for this purpose with generally great results. Therefore if you are looking for a cleanup crew for a saltwater aquarium you have found it.

Nevertheless this tiny snail performs a big clean up job on tank bottoms by constantly burrowing into and out of the substrate surface i e. Conch snails will burrow into your aquarium sand and sift the substrate eating slime algae and cyano bacteria film therefore producing a clean and oxygenated sand bed. These snails are super easy to keep and feed.

The nassarius snail prefers an established aquarium with live rock and a deep sand bed. The nassarius snail is a sand sifting snail and will graze on micro algae and detritus in the sand. As such sand sifting animals form an important part of any aquarium clean up crew.

I stopped by the lfs today to pic up some hermits and the guy there tried to sell me some sand sifting snails as well as the substrate in my tank is getting a lot of algae but my question is has anyone kept these sand sifting snails in their tank and what experience do they have with them. They aerate sand while they remove detritus uneaten food worms and algae. Some small snails such as nassarius work well here see an overview of the sand sifting nassarius snails.

How many can i keep. This stirring of the sand will promote healthy bacterial life in your sand bed thus promoting healthier water quality in the saltwater aquarium system. Sand sifters like crabs or snails keep your aquarium substrate clean.

Nassarius generally does not feed on algae. Can be kept together if there is enough food. It is not picky in this regard and will greedily consume anything from detritus to decaying animal flesh.