Help Me Plan My DREAM 10 Gallon!

[67chevelle]

apple snails and mystery snails are the same thing.The large apple snails,the ones that get to be the size of apples, are next to impossible to find,and are illegal to ship(i think).

I think 11 cardinal tetra and 1 mystery snail would be perfect!
That calculator is really cool!

 

[Jspigs]

Well it turns out that apple/mystery snails are bad for planted tanks because they will eat your plants.

Here is a link (look under why not): http://www.planetinverts.com/apple_snail.html

 

[67chevelle]

I don't know where that site got their info,but unless the plants are already decaying and dying,they do not eat plants.
I've got some pics of a couple of mine in one of my planted tanks if you want to see.

 

[Jspigs]

I went to http://www.applesnail.net/ and found out that apple/mystery snails do not eat healthy plants.

 

[Jspigs]

I went to my LFS today to get some Flourish Excell ( I ended up getting a heater, a standing thermometer, and a backround too, I can never walk out of there with just what I came for lol) and looked around and found out that they did not have any cardinal tetras so I am going to have to get neons instead.

Does this change how many fish I can have?

Also Do I have to add extra calcium into a mystery/apple snails tank/food?

 

[Jspigs]

Also what type of food should I feed neons? Fish food obviously, but what kind of fish food (veggie flakes, tropical flakes, etc.)?

 

[Jspigs]

One thing I forgot to mention is that if my tank is cycled before the end of November then I will get my fish then. Because I spent over $250.00 when I got everything (the tank, the lights, the plants, etc.) I got a coupon for $60.00 in FREE fish:woot:! But the coupon expires at the end of November so I am really hoping the cycle goes by quickly and is done before then.

 

[Chrisinator]

If it's close, I'd get the fish. That's 60 bucks man!!

Neon Tetras and Cardinals aren't much different in size (although I think Cardinals get bigger). You can stick with your 11 Neons and your snail.

 

[Jspigs]

I am definitely going to wait until the cycle is finished (I am already seeing nitrate) before I get the fish. I decided not to get the mystery snail because I looked at them when I was in my LFS and they looked a little too big for my liking. Instead I am going to take a pond snail or two from my 2.5 gallon Betta tank and put it/them in my new ten gallon.

 

[Jspigs]

I never did post a pic of my new tank in this thread.

Well Here you go:


Those grass-like plants may appear to be dying but the are some form of sagittarius which will melt down then regrow smaller.