It sure hasn't slowed the snail population in my tank. I bought 12 nerite snails - which shouldn't reproduce in fresh water. Now I have the absolute worst snail problem (these are lazy snails that don't even try to eat algae) and I was never impressed with the nerites either - they did nothing to reduce the algae population. I'm pulling about 30-40 snails out of this tank (of all sizes) each day. Now I just ordered a couple of snail eating fish and some algae eating fish and see if I can control the problems that way. I think that most of the snails were just tag-alongs on my many plants - which were washed and washed - but about 2 weeks after the plant is in the tank I get a large snail population born so I think there are some invisible eggs on the plants. I wish the copper would take care of the snails but even though I didn't know about that - I've seen no decrease in the number of snails in my tanks.
Also skip the co2 kits - it's not going to help. You can get some plants that grow much, much faster than the pretty little ones you have. I've got some with little pink flowers (see ebay) that are just growing beautifully to the point I have to trim some back - I let them grow long enough to float on the water for fish that like to hide in floating plants but I still have to trim them back once in a while - I've actually had fish get tangled in them so I keep them under control. I went from a tank like yours to a way (almost overgrown) number of plants in just a couple of months. Also - get rid of that spikey plant - they are a menace to filters - I had 2 of these plants and they constantly clogged up my filter - they go through shedding stages and it is a MESS. And the little spikes float all over your tank and are ridiculously difficult to remove because they are so light weight.
Also skip the co2 kits - it's not going to help. You can get some plants that grow much, much faster than the pretty little ones you have. I've got some with little pink flowers (see ebay) that are just growing beautifully to the point I have to trim some back - I let them grow long enough to float on the water for fish that like to hide in floating plants but I still have to trim them back once in a while - I've actually had fish get tangled in them so I keep them under control. I went from a tank like yours to a way (almost overgrown) number of plants in just a couple of months. Also - get rid of that spikey plant - they are a menace to filters - I had 2 of these plants and they constantly clogged up my filter - they go through shedding stages and it is a MESS. And the little spikes float all over your tank and are ridiculously difficult to remove because they are so light weight.
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