Justify this snail death

[bulletsworld]

Yeah know, I was wondering what I could add to my FO for a cleanup crew without the puffers & trigger eating them. Do you think an Abalone would really work though?

Deb, you have the same trigger. Let me know if you ever try it, I'd be curious to know.

[Delphinus]

I've moved my abalone between tanks a few times. I take a piece of plastic (I think it's for lighting, not sure what it is - think "really thin acrylic"), put it on the glass next to the guy, and then poke the foot of the abalone until he's annoyed enough to move. Then I keep slipping the plastic in front of him until he walks onto it. Sometimes it takes a few tries and a few minutes, but, perseverence will win over eventually.

I drip acclimate them though between tanks as I've noticed that even with similar water conditions the change in water chemistry knocks the wind out of them. They'll not move a whole heck of a lot for about a week after a tank swap so I figure the longer the acclimation, probably the better.

Amazing herbivores. Almost as good as a seahare, but seem to be less prone to starving themselves out. Nevertheless I have lost a couple, shortly after purchase, that I suspect may be due to starvation. Ie., bought them, then they never really did much, never ate anything, and eventually perish. I think I've purchased .. um .. 3 or 4 of these guys over the years and it's only the one that I've had for 3 or 4 years now that's still with me. So the success rate doesn't seem to be 100% with them.