Difference Between An Astrea And Turbo Snail - Aquarium Advice

blurry · 07-31-2006, 07:38 PM

Can someone clarify what the difference is between and Astrea and a Turbo Snail? i am looking to put together a cleanup crew! thanks!

ianrich147 · 07-31-2006, 08:48 PM

Astrea is a cone shaped snail that in my experiance tend to fall over and die thay cant upright them selfs and will try till ther exsosted to the paint of death vary good at mundhing algae the mexican turbo snail i a more tipical snail shape and about 2x the size dos not fall over and die but has the same tast for munching algae i recomend the turbo snail hope this helps

FishFrik · 07-31-2006, 09:04 PM

IMO, i would go with astreas since turbos get big. Also turbos are more NO3 sensitive than astrea

07-31-2006, 07:38 PM	#1
blurry Aquarium Advice Newbie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1	Difference Between An Astrea And Turbo Snail Can someone clarify what the difference is between and Astrea and a Turbo Snail? i am looking to put together a cleanup crew! thanks!

07-31-2006, 09:04 PM	#3
FishFrik Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: May 2006 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 801 Images: 1	IMO, i would go with astreas since turbos get big. Also turbos are more NO3 sensitive than astrea __________________ I'm one of those fishnutz, who are actually nutz.

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07-31-2006, 08:48 PM	#2
ianrich147 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 107 Images: 4	Astrea is a cone shaped snail that in my experiance tend to fall over and die thay cant upright them selfs and will try till ther exsosted to the paint of death vary good at mundhing algae the mexican turbo snail i a more tipical snail shape and about 2x the size dos not fall over and die but has the same tast for munching algae i recomend the turbo snail hope this helps