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A friend has algae growing in his all-fish marine tank. I suggested turbo snails because I had heard that they eat the algae, but he says the guy at the lfs told him that when an invertabrate dies, it
...ang and chromies.) Also, there are two hermit crabs that outgrew their shells so quickly, that my turbo snails disappeared altogether. The rest are these little crabs in their spiral long shells tha...
...h. (This is my first sw tank, and I have no experience with them) However the clean up crew consisting of snails and hermit crabs are still in the tank. The tank is set up and running at my mom's ho...
...ome back, and mom just added fish to the tank. it previously only had a scooter blenny and some crabs and snails, now the fish that are in there need food to be added to tank, im worried that the hair...
...ellow tang (Zebrasoma flavesenes) 1 Banded Coral Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus) A bunch of blue leg crabs and snails These fish seem to be doing well, the Tang went through a Crytocaryon outbreak, but w...
... some salt in the water but I'm not very sure how much I'm supposed to add. And one more thing. Are the snails that are usually found on aquarium plants in shops good food for puffers ? Are they kno...
...start of the cycle. This leads me on to my next question. Yesterday (not seem before) I noticed small snails (I think?) about 2mm in size moving around on the tank glass. Where have these come fro...
...e), 1 hippo tang, 1 percula, 1 brown serpent star, 1 royal urchin, whatever remains of the 60 hermits and snails I put in during the 1st year. Tank has been set up for around 2.5 years, this is a ve...
... 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 a 10 with a milllion snails in it that i havent been able to eliminate. i suspect american pond snails. im going to move some plants (and fish) from it to a 50. i dont want any of the snails to
...keep cichlids in the pond, Florida Flag Fish (FFF) can hold their own. Procatopus, and even red ramshorns snails - - all of the above eat hair and BG slime algaes - quite common pond...
... near me that do live plants. However, on closer inspection, the tanks holding the plants have many small snails in. I do not want snails in my tank, but neither do I want to add chemicals to my tank ...
I have a snail problem I can't get rid of. I've treated my water with coppersafe 3 times only to have the snails return. I don't really want to treat with chemicals again. A couple pet stores have rec
...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...
...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...
...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...
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
... 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....
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
...nk has been up for 45 days 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 b...
...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....
... cycle. After about three weeks, we added a peppermint shrimp and an emerald crab, along with a couple of snails and a mushroom. The shrimp died within 3 hours, but everything else is doing well. Anot...
...reen brittle star 1 chocolate chip star (in sump, the little ba**ard) assorted blueleg hermits assorted snails 1 white sebae anemone 3 greenpurple polyp colonies 1 green ricordia 1 purple acro t...
...s polyps, a leather, a large feather duster, and a carnation coral. I beleive there are approx 4-6 astrea snails, 5-7 misc hermit crabs, one brittle star, and one CBS that survived the late part of th...
Huh. Can you suggest some other specied that perform the same function? Or other animals for that matter... crabs, shrimp, etc. Gracias,
... the skeleton. Is there any special method for attaching this kind of specimen to my live rock so that my snails and such won't knock it over? thanks...
Can I have a snail without fish and just feed it everyday? Also how long should you leave uneaten veggies for your snail in your tank?
...e a 55 gallon FO setup that has a bad outbreak of brown algae. I have been doing water changes and i have snails but the algae still seems to presist. I would like to know of a safe way to remove the ...
...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...
...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...
...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...
... I rake it each night until there sand is white again, but the next day it grows right back. I have crown snails, astral snails, some unidentied snail, emerald crabs, blue legged hermit crabs, brown l...
...hat works to get rid of this. I would like to add janitors to do the job here. I already have a few astea snails, about 15 tiny blue leg hermits, a brittle star that I have not seen in nearly a year, ...
.... over a period of two to three weeks... about 80 lbs of live rock I also have 4 redleg crabs 4 turbo snails 1 tiger cowrie snail after about 4 days in the tank the coral beauty developed what I...
... didn't want to overload the tank so I bought 2 clowns to start with. I also bought three (I think acorn) snails to help clean up. My tank is the 46 gallon bowed front with 45 lbs of LR. My ammonia ...
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