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...ater moving over the eggs, and hung the whole thing in the parent tank.  I believe that the Ramshorn snails ate some of the eggs which really made me man... but... Overall, problem solved!  ...
...ions to my aquarium collection, I bought huge amounts of plastic plants in hopes of avoiding duckweed and snails. The plastic plants are now in a large bag in my garage. Live plants are so good for th...
...ity with each other. make sure the plants very carefully to make sure they are clean of any pests such as snails, algae and the much harder to find snail eggs. I recommend quarantine for few weeks if ...
Hi, I know that Clownloaches will eat snails, but can anyone suggest a small fish that will? Thanks
... to add an algae eater to my tank with minimal impact on the bio-load. I picked up about 20 of the little snails from the LFS yesterday but between my crab and my angel, I can't find a single one stil...
... white part of leaf lettuce; in a day or two, you toss out the lettuce along with its accumulated load of snails. Anyhow, I just found a new snail bait that fellow gardeners will love: Swiss chard. Th...
I have had 2 turbo snails in my tank for 3 months. And now it seems I have a baby snail in there too. Now I notice hundreds of very very tiny little white organisms on my tank. Could all of those be
I am not all that familiar with Ick and snails etc in a home aquarium, but a friend has a betta which appears to have some ick. She also has a nice large snail in the tank with the betta. Just the sna
...ght under the filter and right in the bubble stream letting the bubbles topple over him. :) back to the snails eating his meals, is there anything i can stick on the glass that he may find? i try to...
In the now defunct Angelfish Web Forum, we had lots of discussions about the snails that come with most planted aquariums. Probably there is no reasonable way to exterminate them, but it is possible t
...lready knew that, but he was very helpful none the less. He pointed me to some peppermint shrimp and some snails. I already had some in my tank, figured they could help. It isn't like they will starve...
...It travels across the glass like a snail, and seems to have a mouth like a snail. I have 12 mexican turbo snails in my tank. Could this be a baby? http://www.jendesigns.us/creature.jpg The other s...
So I have my planted tanks and they all snails in them and quite a few to say the least. i was hoping someone would have an idea as a good trap. i dont want to kill the snails becuase i feed them to a
...g perhaps this is not a Good Thing. They all had their shells on when I left! Is this one of those things snails do when we're not watching??? if so, this particular reefkeeper is Not Amused. Seriou...
We bought 10 turbo snails and 12 blue legged hermits to help keep our tank clean. We were having a problem with brown algae. Well I woke up yesterday, and not one spot of algae left. Buggers must have
Do the critters mentioned above significantly increase the bio-load of a tank? I want to add a crab and at least one snail to a tank that is really at its limit for living organisms (live crap as I li
...ning for about 2 to 3 months. Ive had normal growths of green algae in the other two, but maintenence and snails and shrimps keep it all under control. However, in our tank upstairs there was a smal...
...but anyway, I have a 92 gallon corner tank, and it keeps growing this brown diatom algae. I got two turbo snails, and they both died , one in 24 hours, and the other after a week in the tank. The fish...
...ee the cycling process (amonia spike) begin. We are using live rock, and last week (we were weak) added 6 snails. We're starting to see a small amount of algae...are we on the right path? How much l...
... crawling around the tank, but I'm wondering if this is normal. I haven't found anything on the web about snails crawling out of their shells, and I didn't think it was possible. For the past 4 months...
...earning curve, because it was ten or fifteen years before I was actually selling fish, plants and mystery snails to a local aquarium shop. The gradual onset of puberty also handicapped my ability to l...
...species I want first), but not plants or algae. Also interested in something that eats small freshwater snails - they eat what I'm looking at. I guess it wouldn't be so tiny. Is there such a thing? ...
...ny otos should be in a 10 gallon tank? They're the only method of 'natural' algae control in the tank (no snails, no pl*cos, etc...btw, why the * in pl*co?). I only had one oto for a couple weeks af...
...t falls to the ground. The tank is fairly new >2mo. So their is not much crud under the gravel. I do have snails so maybe they are just getting fat of snail eggs, as I have not noticed any empty shell...
...y stupidity -- because of two potentials: electrical shock and cootie ingestion. In addition, the mystery snails were unable to lay their eggs on the inside of the hood. Some of them didn't survive th...
...have had my 75 gal. tank up for about 40 days now. I have 3 green chromis and 2 yellow tail damsel and 12 snails. Also about 70lb. of LR. with a wet/dry filter and no skimmer yet....
has anyone had the pleasure of their turbo snails breeding. I've had an outbreak of small limpet-like creatures. as last while the have been a few that have started to form higher conical type shell.
Hello Two weeks ago i purchased 12 Nassarius snails from my LFS. 3 days ago i noticed a few things on my front glass, using a magnifying glass i can now see that they are egg sack things. Theres app
Thank you to everyone who responded about the eggs in my tank. Although I have snails in my tank and remove about 10 every other day, are they bad for the tank ? Mine is a tropical tank with some
We've got a 3 ft aquarium with 5 goldfish, 4 minnows and two apple snails. It has deep gravel with stones, quite a few plants and a large Fluval filter. All was well until we bought a small new goldfi
...n clown loaches and puffers. And with them, I think it's an age or size thing. They will not start eating snails untill they reach that age/size. Untill then, salt and/or copper is what was used years...
...hem. In one tank I've got two glass cats, a little cory-cat, and a small pl*co. That tank has got lots of snails in it. My other tank with lots of snails has 3 rope fishes, a larger pl*co, two khuli l...
Hello. I just wondered what everyones opinion of Snails are? Are they good or bad for a planted tank? What has been your experience? Algae eaters or plant destroyers? Cheers
...t seem to move. They are about the size of a small isopod. What are these creatures? I have several turbo snails in the tank. I watched as a turbo snail traveled over the creature. The snail did not l...
...ey benefit by being in groups at all? the tanks a planted 55 gallon with caves and a big infestation of snails. is it possible to breed snails to where the puffer could live off of them or will i ha...
Help, I'm curious if anyone can tell me is it harmful to have hundreds of snails in my 120 gallon fresh tank. I started with about 8 malaysian snails to help keep the gravel aerated several months ago
... tank with about 30 lbs. of live rock. I have two damsels, a cleaner shrimp, a scooter blenny, five small snails, and two feather dusters. They all seem to be doing great so far. Many thanks....
This may be a stupid question, but do snails eat algae? I do not seem to have luck keeping plecos alive for too long, and I'm getting a bit too green in the tank. What snail would you recommend? Thank
Okie doke. So my tanks are completely infested with snails. I've heard some people say 'get loaches' but the kuhli's I got aren't doing much at all. I've also heard people say 'never use those snail k
...lons of water per week. I have a pair of clarkii clowns, a yellow clown goby, a 6 lined wrasse, 2 pyramid snails and would like to add a royal gramma to complete the tank. Thanks,...
...plastic breeding pen that suction cups to the inside of a tank. Right now its in a tank thats filled with snails and snail eggs. Any suggestions on how i could kill the snails and eggs that may be stu...
...', 2 danios 1', 12 medium neons, 2 clown loaches 2', 2 plecos 3', 2 kuhli loaches 2', 2 corys 2', 3 apple snails 1'. The filtration: 1 Fluval 4 plus internal filter, 1 550 L per hour filter that is ...
My 75 gal. tank hasnt even begun to cycle and its been over 30 days. I have 12 snails 3 green chromis and 2 yellow tail damsels. I did use soft water for the initial setup but have since then used onl
...ddition to these steps, are there any critters that can help get rid of some of this junk? I have 5 small snails, don't know what they're called, and they don't seem to be eating the stuff. On the oth...
...n the tank for animals: 3 Emerald Crabs 12 Blue Leg Hermit Crabs 6 Scarlet Hermit Crabs 2 Mexican Turbo Snails 12 Astrea Snails 6 Cerith Snails 12 Nassarius Snails 1 Serpent Starfish 1 Pink Tip Cond...
Will a trigger keep the algae snails from getting too populous? Mike.
I have a small 20 gallon freshwater tank that has become overrun with snails. Any suggestions for a good small sized snail eater? The LFS recommended a Jupari stating that he would eat up the snails.
... sequence of events: I have a 15 gallon tank. I remove the fish and plants. I dose it with Had-A-Snail. Snails still alive. I does it several more times, eventually putting in about a dozen doses. I...
I have a 10 gallon tank with two clown fish, several snails, 5 hermit crabs, and a cleaner shrimp. One of the fish has started lying motionless on the bottom in the corner. If someone comes near the t
...currently have 100g tank with 6 fish (2 yellow tail damsels, 2 percula clowns, 2 tomato clowns), 10 Turbo snails, 1 sand sifting starfish and 50lbs. of live rock. I have a wet/dry trickle filter syste...
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