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I have added 10 snails to my tank and I notice that when they are just sitting there, there is little brown pellets looking things around them. Is that poop?
I used to blow tons of it off the LR with a Turkey baster when I went through my initial algae outbreaks. If you have good flow most of it should get sucked up your mechanical filter.