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By Bob Goemans
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Top Shells (Red Foot Moon & Margarita)/Trochus

 Tectus niloticus (Trochus Snail, Top Snail)

Tectus niloticus
(Linnaeus, 1767)

Trochus Snail, Top Snail

Likely Reef Tank Suitable

Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable

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Two of the snails mentioned below are recently showing up in the tropical aquarium trade, however, in my opinion they do not fair well in warm-water aquaria as they are a 'cool' water species. Buyer beware.

As for the Trochus, it's a good alga consumer, however, some can get quite large.


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