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Unread 02/19/2008, 07:30 AM   #12
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Originally posted by dp reefer
I have always heard them called Tiger Nassarius, we got them in once in a while at the store I worked at, and they are completely reef safe and wouldn't harm a clam unless it was already dying. They do the work of about 3 normal nassarius but cost from 3 to 5 times as much.
That is absolutely not true, you can Google search for "Babylonia diet" or "Babylonia feeding" and read the scientific papers on the subject. You are repeating the LFS/distributor line, and even the name "Tiger Nassarius" or "Fancy Nassarius" is intended to deceive, I believe, or they'd just call them Babylon Snails. They will scavenge, but they are predators.

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Don


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