isu_guy
Fish Crazy
I have two tanks. a 75g containing a BGK, firemouths, red eyed tetras, danios, and a pleco. A 20g brackish with two GSPs.
I like to feed my puffers snails, but can't seem to get a hold of enough. I sometimes can talk the fishstore guy into throwing in some pest snails when I get ghost shrimp, but I never have enough and I worry that perhaps I am not giving them enough hard things to keep their beaks worn down.
Despite having a decent amount of plants in my 75 I have never seen a snail in the tank. I have seen some tanks with many pest snails and don't desire that look, but I have considered putting some snails in to get a reproducing supply of hard shelled puffer food.
My questions- 1) Why haven't I seen snails in my 75? Are any of the fish in the 75 eating any snails that show up, have I never had a snail egg in there, or do I just not over feed so there is no food for the would be snails, am I just "lucky"?
2) If I put snails in the 75 how hard will it be to get rid of them, if I were to no longer need them or (more likely) I just dislike the look and want them gone?
Note: I've done some searches on this, and have heard the various ways, but I guess I'm really asking for a first hand experience of how well some of those tactics worked?
Thanks for all the help folks
I like to feed my puffers snails, but can't seem to get a hold of enough. I sometimes can talk the fishstore guy into throwing in some pest snails when I get ghost shrimp, but I never have enough and I worry that perhaps I am not giving them enough hard things to keep their beaks worn down.
Despite having a decent amount of plants in my 75 I have never seen a snail in the tank. I have seen some tanks with many pest snails and don't desire that look, but I have considered putting some snails in to get a reproducing supply of hard shelled puffer food.
My questions- 1) Why haven't I seen snails in my 75? Are any of the fish in the 75 eating any snails that show up, have I never had a snail egg in there, or do I just not over feed so there is no food for the would be snails, am I just "lucky"?
2) If I put snails in the 75 how hard will it be to get rid of them, if I were to no longer need them or (more likely) I just dislike the look and want them gone?
Note: I've done some searches on this, and have heard the various ways, but I guess I'm really asking for a first hand experience of how well some of those tactics worked?
Thanks for all the help folks
