JL Reef Custodian packages

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Originally Posted by Diana

Yeah I agree, I always aim for less of the hermits. And I always request extra empty shells for them so they don't kill the snails (J&L will be happy to provide). 1 snail per gallon is good in a healthy reef. If its a new tank I would get a package recommended for half the tank size and then add more snails later.

I would think the opposite?
I had pretty serious algae when my tank was 1 to 6 months old but very little now?
I bought a lot of snails to begin with and they seem to have decreased their population (with left handed hermit help, regardless of the myriad of empty snail shells I had added to combat this) to suit the amount of algae present.

Just out of curiosity, whats the logic behind adding more once a reef is "healthy", assuming by your post that it is not yet?

I think that tank size makes a difference too...
72 snails and 72 hermits would be overbearing in my little 72 bow front.
In a 400 gallon, you might not even notice a comparable number of hermits/snails...