Some, if not most, of the "turbo" snails sold in the hobby are actually a variety of snail that come from the cold waters off of Mexico. They can survive for a while in our reef tanks, but will eventually succumb to the warm water that we provide. I don't really know how to identify which snails these are or how to identify them in an LFS. There have been some links posted from reefkeeper about this, I'll see if I can find a good one.
here are the columns:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rs/index.php
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-06/rs/index.php
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-07/rs/index.php
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Last edited by RumLad; 01/10/2008 at 09:55 AM.
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