- 1 bumble bee snail (Family: Pusiostoma)
- 6 red legged hermit crabs - possibly Laurent's Hermit Crab (Calcinus laurentae)
- 2 Nasarious snails (Family: Nassariidae)
- 3 Margarite snails (Family: Tegula)
- Gulfstream/Bakker Magnetics (Medium) Floating Aquarium Cleaner Magnet
- Rio 200 Powerhead (2 1/2"x2.5"x1.75"), Flow 138 (gph @ 0 head), 6 watts
I place the Rio in the lower back left of the tank aiming forward, to give a somewhat opposing current from the main pump at the top of the tank.
WARNING: Margarite Snails (Family: Tegula) Most Margarite snails found for sale are from temperate waters. In a reef tank they would slowly starve to death if they didn't succumb to the warmer temperatures first.
WARNING: Nassarius Snails (Family: Nassariidae): They are commonly preyed upon by hermit crabs.
WARNING: Bumble Bee Snails (Family: Pusiostoma): Unfortunately they are mostly carnivorous and have been known to eat sponges, some types of corals in a reef tank and detritus.
Of course, I found those warnings after I purchased them.
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