Poppydrops
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Hi there, can you help me;
I've been fishless cycling my tank for little over a month. It's taking quite a while but I think I know where I've been going wrong and we should be finished soon by my reckoning.
Two weeks ago I purchased a bundle of plants from an internet website retiler, planted them and then went on hoilday for a week or so. I came back a day or so ago to find SNAILS EVERYWHERE! There is at least 7 on the last count and I've just spotted a few more tiny fellas that haven't got a hard shell yet.
Have the plants I put in had snail eggs on them or something? I washed the plants before planting but maybe not thoroughly enough?
Only other thing in there is substrate, gravel, stones, bogwood (soaked for over 12 days whilst away) and i added the Nutrafin co2 with the plants. I began the cycle without any donated media.
I don't mind too much, as long as they don't have any disease or upset my tank in anyway. They seem to be growing at an alarming rate in size and number.
All advice and comments welcome.
Thanks,
Tanza
I've been fishless cycling my tank for little over a month. It's taking quite a while but I think I know where I've been going wrong and we should be finished soon by my reckoning.
Two weeks ago I purchased a bundle of plants from an internet website retiler, planted them and then went on hoilday for a week or so. I came back a day or so ago to find SNAILS EVERYWHERE! There is at least 7 on the last count and I've just spotted a few more tiny fellas that haven't got a hard shell yet.
Have the plants I put in had snail eggs on them or something? I washed the plants before planting but maybe not thoroughly enough?
Only other thing in there is substrate, gravel, stones, bogwood (soaked for over 12 days whilst away) and i added the Nutrafin co2 with the plants. I began the cycle without any donated media.
I don't mind too much, as long as they don't have any disease or upset my tank in anyway. They seem to be growing at an alarming rate in size and number.
All advice and comments welcome.
Thanks,
Tanza