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I think it might be a turbo

But with in mins it had cleared a spot about 2inx2in that was thick with algae

I had a turbo in ashera's tank. She picked at it's foot and face until it died . She leaves hermit crabs alone though.

Ok, so where do I get these snails and what are they called? Triangle Snail?

I got mine from my LFS called a turbo snail

Srkoe wrote:I had a turbo in ashera's tank. She picked at it's foot and face until it died . She leaves hermit crabs alone though.

Mine doesnt seem to have much of a foot that is exposed

Should I have a heater in my tank? I saw a friend of mine who has a salt water and he has a heater. My temperature in the tank is 78 degrees.

if your tank is steady at 78 i wouldnt worry about it, but you may need one for winter

Ok, I just took all the media out and washed it again, and I also washed/scrubbed the glass sides of the tank. I put an extra filter on the tank. Will that help get rid of some of the algea?

I keep a magnetic algae scraper on the side, near the back of all my tanks, to clean the glass whenever necessary.