how many snails for 40 gal

[beefbroccoli]

how many snails and hermits should i put in my 40 gal tank? i have 2 clown, 2 damsel, and 1 yellow tang, about 50 lb of lr,and 1" of sand bed. i only have 1 blue leg and 10 snails righ now, i think i need some more.

 

[nyguardian21]

BEWARE OF THE TANG POLICE!! When they read, tang in a 40 gal, youre gonna hear it. :backtotop

I have a 46 gal and about 20 snails and 10 hermits. used to have more hermits but some ate each other. i dont know which ones but you can ask others. I got some bristle starfish to stir the 3 inch sandbed. for your 1 inch you probably wont need them.

Got a pic of your tank??

 

[Tonyscoots84]

BEWARE OF THE TANG POLICE!! When they read, tang in a 40 gal, youre gonna hear it. :backtotop

Got a pic of your tank??

yea if the tang is 12" 's long then yea theres a big problem. but if it is small it will be fine for a while. until it grows then its gotta move to a bigger tank... No tang police here..... just reefers helping reefers..:grouphug: Lolz

umm i forget the rule of thumb its either 1 or 2 snails i think per gallon...

 

[grknyer]

how many snails and hermits should i put in my 40 gal tank? i have 2 clown, 2 damsel, and 1 yellow tang, about 50 lb of lr,and 1" of sand bed. i only have 1 blue leg and 10 snails righ now, i think i need some more.

Ihave a 46 gallon with 8 snails in it. If they are like mine where you see them every once in a while I say get more. Mine are constantly working. Allways under the sand.An occasional sighting is ok at least I know they are alive.Sometimes I feel as if I don't have any at all

 

[inkblue]

i did 1.5 sNaiLs peR gaLLon... :smash: :tongue1: aNd no, i do Not have anY haLf snaiLs cRawLing arouNd...:lol:

 

[beefbroccoli]

thanks guys, don't ahve pic of the tank right now. so i need atleast 10-20 more snails, i only have 8 right now, somehow these guy like to hang around on the glass, i don't see them on the rocks alot. and i think i need atleast 10 hermits to eat the left overs, i feed the fish quite alot

 

[drunktank]

when i had my 46g set up, i only had 10 large snails, and about 15 blue leg crabs, 1 bristol star and 1 sand shifting star for maintance.

 

[fritz]

I do one snail per 5 gallons and 1 hermit per 10 gallons. That's worked really well for me. In fact I'm worried that they aren't getting enough food.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

I like 2 for every 5 gallons and try to keep at least 15 Nassarius snails and 15 hermits. I have a mix of Zebra's Scarlets and Blue legs.