I agree completely with Rhonda. With the exception of breeding tanks,
where snails can and do eat the eggs of many fish, they are great to have
in tanks... even (gasp!) the cone ones. ;) When I need to keep them
under control, I use Botias. There are spp of these fish for almost every
tank size/fish community. They usually don't erradicate the snails (for me
at least), but they do keep them at manageable levels.
I also have much better luck w/ my plants when there *are* snails in the
tanks. :)
Julie <><
On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, Rhonda Wilson wrote:
> I never have understood what the big deal with the snails was anyway. I have planted
> tanks and snails and other than large apple or columbian ramshorns don't have
> trouble with the snails bothering my plants. I have about every small type of snail
> I think, known to the aquarium hobby. When I get too many I pull them out and drop
> them in for the botias or my red jewels to munch on. (Nothing eats up snails like a
> red jewel-H. lifalili)
>
> It seems like a lot of work and awfully hard on your plants/fish to go through all
> these things people go through to get rid of snails. Especially since next time you
> put a new plant in the tank you have to go through the whole thing again. I find in
> the tanks where there are no snails (the red jewels and botias) I get a lot of nasty
> looking algae and diatoms. I've never seen a living natural body of water without
> snails they are great little cleaners.
>
> Rhonda
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