Subj : SNAILS!
To   : Kevin Nunn
From : Jason Vierik
Date : Sat Mar 17 2007 10:56 pm

  Re: SNAILS!
  By: Kevin Nunn to All on Fri Oct 13 2006 11:39 am

 > I've had aquariums off and on for oh... 20 years now, ranging from
 > little 10 gallons to a 70 gallon. All fresh water, and with good
 > filtering systems, etc. But, for the first time ever, all of a sudden I
 > have snails in my tank and I have no idea how they got there.
 > 
 > Currently I have a 29H tank, with two angelfish that are about hmmm 6-7
 > years old (big suckers!), about two months ago I picked to two
 > suckermouth plecos to help clean the tank. Not sure what happened, but
 > the two plecos didn't make the transition good and passed away, but
 > around the same time snails started populating my tank. There are a few
 > other inhabitants of the tank, I do try to keep 5-10 glass shrimp in the
 > tank, because they are really something to watch, especially at feeding
 > time.
 > 
 > So anyway, I figure the snail piggybacked in with the Plecos and maybe
 > the shrimp, but it just really surprised me that they just all of a
 > sudden showed up and in good numbers. They must have an active sex life.


I can't help you with the snails but I have found with my 29 gallon that 1
Pleco and 1 Chinese algae eater are a better combo than 2 plecos.  I think the
plecos consume algae faster than the Chinese algae eater.  2 Pleco combo for me
lately has been dying, but the 1 and 1 combo seems to work well.

Jason - Whiskey Eight Zulu Zulu Uniform



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