- Turn off the lights: Switch off both your aquarium and room lights before opening the box.
- Float the bags: Open the box, remove the individual bags from the liner, and float them in your aquarium for 15-20 minutes. This helps the water in the bags gradually adjust to your tank’s temperature.
- Gradual water mixing: After floating, transfer the contents of the bags into a sterile bucket or container. Add small amounts of your aquarium water every 3-4 minutes, continuing until the water in the container has doubled.
- Dispose and add more water: Once the water level in the container has doubled, dispose of half of it and continue adding your tank water until the water volume in the container has doubled again.
- Acclimated and ready: Your marine life is now properly acclimated and ready to be added to the tank. Be sure to dispose of the packing and acclimation water—never pour it into your tank.
- Observe: Leave the lights off for a while and monitor your new tank mates for any signs of aggression.
Zebra Turbo Snail
$3.99
A hardy and efficient algae grazer, the Zebra Turbo Snail features a distinctive black-and-white striped shell. Ideal for saltwater aquariums, it helps maintain a clean tank by consuming algae from rocks and glass. Best suited for stable reef environments with plenty of surfaces to graze on.
300 in stock
Acclimation
Description
Zebra Turbo Snail
Scientific Name: Turbo sp
Reef Compatibility: Yes
Minimum Tank Size: 10 gal
Max Size: 2 inches
Approximate Purchase Size: 3/4 to 1 1/2 inch
Food/Feeding: Herbivore
Notes: The Zebra Turbo Snail has a white shell with interesting black makes making it striped or even checkerboarded. The Turbo Snail is extremely popular among reef aquarium hobbyists, since it quickly eliminates large amounts of nuisance algae. It is particularly fond of hair algae and will consume mass quantities of it and other algae off your live rock and aquarium glass.
An excellent member of your aquarium’s cleanup crew, the Zebra Turbo Snail thrives in crevices and holes in natural reefs. In the home aquarium, the Zebra Turbo Snail needs ample hiding places and large spaces to graze. Some reef aquarists prefer to keep the Zebra Turbo Snail in aquariums with well-secured rockwork since this active herbivore is known to bulldoze loose rocks in search of food.
The peaceful Turbo Snail should not be kept with aggressive tank mates that can quickly overcome this slow-moving creature. If algae levels are insufficient, supplement the diet with dried seaweed. Also, adequate calcium levels are required to help build its protective shell. Like other invertebrates, the Zebra Turbo Snails is very sensitive to copper-based medications and high nitrate levels. To acclimate the Zebra Turbo Snail, employ the drip-acclimation method since it is intolerant of even the smallest fluctuations in water parameters.
This item is kept in an Invertebrate Only system.
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