Astrea Snails (Astraea tecta)

Clean-up Crew Essential 🐌
Astrea Snails are hardy and efficient algae grazers, making them one of the most popular and reliable additions to any reef or saltwater aquarium. Their cone-shaped shells and constant grazing help keep live rock, glass, and other surfaces free of nuisance algae, ensuring a cleaner, healthier environment for your corals and fish.

Key Benefits:

• Excellent algae control – grazes on diatoms, film algae, and green algae

• Hardy and reef-safe – completely peaceful tank mates

• Helps maintain crystal clear glass and rock surfaces

• Easy to care for and ideal for beginner to advanced aquarists

• Active during the day and night for around-the-clock cleaning

Care Information:

• Diet: Algae (film, diatoms, green algae) – supplement with algae wafers if algae is scarce

• Reef Safe: Yes

• Temperament: Peaceful

• Minimum Tank Size: 10 gallons

• Temperature: 72–78°F

• pH: 8.1–8.4

• Size: Approx. 1–1.5 inches

Stocking Recommendation:
Plan for 1 snail per 2–5 gallons of water, depending on your algae growth and overall bio-load.