snails
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here's a good link to info on snails-- http://www.applesnail.net/content/snails_various.php
** also corykid, if that's your tank in your avatar, that's pretty sweet!
** also corykid, if that's your tank in your avatar, that's pretty sweet!
That is a great snail page! I was able to get a scientific name for the limpets in my tank from there - Acroloxus lacustris.
I've never seen freshwater nerite snails for sale. Maybe Aquabid?
I've never seen freshwater nerite snails for sale. Maybe Aquabid?
cool. i'm glad it helped you out!--jeff
here's freshwater nerite snails for sale-- http://www.snailshop.co.uk/html/nerite_snails2.html
here's freshwater nerite snails for sale-- http://www.snailshop.co.uk/html/nerite_snails2.html
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They are hard to avoid. I have pond snails, and I like them. They grow in number, but moderately so. They are just scavengers and algae eaters. I don't see any adverse effects to my plants.Shermanator said:
Friends of mine have ramshorn snails. They are a real plague. Their numbers exploded within a few weeks. They got a couple of loaches to take care of the problem.
Ulan said:
Ditto, I like pond snails as well. I purposely introduce them into my new tanks and my glass is always spotless. I have to whip out the algae scraper maybe once every 3 months, and that is only for that whitish bio-film that shows up on the glass after a while. They will only eat decaying plant matter, so no worries with live plants.
As long as you are not overfeeding, there won't be a ton of them.
That http://www.snailshop.co.uk/html/nerite_snails2.html site doesn't ship outside of the UK. Too bad, the ruby nerites are pretty snails.
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people said that my snail was a pond snail but then i dunno. my pond snail's shell looks quite different than that snail's.
btw, another snail that doesn't eat plants are Mystery Snails
btw, another snail that doesn't eat plants are Mystery Snails
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