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Hr0th9ar

Hr0th9ar

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Hey guys,
I set up a planted snail tank a couple months ago and would just like to share.

29g
PFS Substrate
Granite Rock Decor
AquaClear 30 (with prefilter, double sponges and biomax)
30" T-8 Zoomed Flora-Sun bulb
Java Fern (Traditional and Windelov varietys)
Anubias Root Clippings (just to see if they'll grow into new plants)
Amazon Sword (just until I set up the 55g brackish tank)
~5 MTS
~60 Ramshorns
Planning on getting some fish when the wife and I go to Reno next week, maybe some GloFish(I hate them, she loves them) and a pair of gouramis or something.

Had a 50w heater in there until about 2 weeks ago when I did a water change and forgot to flip the switch on the surge protector. Heard a bunch of crackling and knew instantly what I did. Lol, oh well. The plants aren't doing well with the tank only being at 68° now but I've got a 100w Jager and a Tetra Whisper 40 air pump on the way from http://www.drsfostersmith.com.

Just added the Ramshorns 2 days ago, got them from Fishguy_1955 on http://www.aquabid.com, and they've already laid 6 or 7 egg clusters!

I've gotta give Fishguy_1955 a shout out because the listing was for 30 snails but he ended up sending me almost double my order and not a single one was DOA.

Don't have any pics on my phone but I'll take some when I get home from work in the morning and post them up in the afternoon sometime.

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Juice

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Very nice. How about a few nerites?
 
Hr0th9ar

Hr0th9ar

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I was thinking about getting some horned or tracked nerites. Do Apple/Mystery snails reproduce in fresh water?

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Hr0th9ar said:
I was thinking about getting some horned or tracked nerites. Do Apple/Mystery snails reproduce in fresh water?

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Yup. They lay obvious egg clusters above the waterline, so you can easily choose to keep or remove the eggs
 
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Glabe said:
Yup. They lay obvious egg clusters above the waterline, so you can easily choose to keep or remove the eggs
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Or save them in your fridge until you have enough for an omelet...
As said before they can reproduce in fresh. You have the pleasure of playing mother nature and deciding which will live and which wont since they lay eggs above the water.

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Hr0th9ar

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I'd rather not have to fuss over it. This tank is mainly for breeding the ramshorns for food for puffers. I just want a few larger snails for aesthetic reasons.

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i am lucky enough to have neighbors that have turtles. i give them my medium sized snails every water change. apartment ecosystem...lol
 
Hr0th9ar

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Loach guy said:
i am lucky enough to have neighbors that have turtles. i give them my medium sized snails every water change. apartment ecosystem...lol
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That's really cool. Unfortunately I don't know a single person that keeps any fish other than bettas.

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