Inedaan's 29 Gallon BioCube

[Inedaan]

Here's two terrible pictures of the miniscule snails... the big one seems to have gone into hiding :S





Also you can see some of my lovely algae in this picture.

[Greenmaster]

Are they a solid green or are there any markings that you can see?
Kinda hard for me to tell from the pic.

[Inedaan]

They are cream with stripes that go from a light brown to almost orange depending on the snail.

[Greenmaster]

Not sure maybe nerite snails?
if you could get a pic of one of the bigger ones that would be easier for ID

[Inedaan]

I found something hitching a ride on the shell of one of my snails... Is this a Ciralonid Isopod? If so, is there anything I can do?

[Snaz]

Originally Posted by Inedaan

I found something hitching a ride on the shell of one of my snails... Is this a Ciralonid Isopod? If so, is there anything I can do?

Yes it is a Cirolanid. I think the best thing to do is hit it with the vice-grips as seen in the background of the second picture and dispose. I would not worry to much as these things are natural and just one of many hitchhikers that might pop up in a reef tank.

[Inedaan]

Couple questions for all you knowledgeable and nice people out there...

One of my Turbo snails has Cyano growing on his shell. It is the only place in my tank it is, it appears to be going away on it's own but... Should I try and get it off him?

Secondly. I have the stock pump running in chamber three, I added a Maxi-Jet 900 for extra flow since I had one laying around, but when I added the Maxi-Jet the temps in my tank would shoot up to 82-83 During the day when usually they don't break 80. Should I just get one pump for Chamber 3 that does significant flow, or get one that runs cooler thank stock but about the same gph and get a second powerhead for elsewhere in the tank?