🐌 Turbo Snail (Astraea tecta)
Algae-Grazer • Cleanup Crew • Reef-Safe Invertebrate • Live Rock Scavenger
 
📋 The Turbo Snail (Astraea tecta) is a compact and highly efficient grazing snail, recognized for its thick, conical shell often featuring a star-like pattern. Found across the Caribbean and Western Atlantic reefs, this species thrives in rock and coral zones covered in microalgae.
In marine aquariums, it plays a crucial cleanup role, consuming film algae, diatoms, and hair algae from live rock and glass surfaces. Hardy, peaceful, and low-maintenance, the Turbo Snail is ideal for both nano and large reef systems, offering natural algae control without chemical intervention.
 
💡 Highlights
✨ Efficient Algae Grazer: Cleans rock and glass surfaces naturally
⚪ Compact Size: Ideal for nano and standard reef aquariums
📏 Peaceful & Reef Safe: Won’t harm corals or inverts
✅ Low Maintenance: Adapts well to varied reef parameters
🐌 Essential Cleanup Crew: Keeps reef environments balanced