BigbruiserAl
I ain't gettin on no plane fool
which was?
Trap For This Type Of Snail?
- Thread starter Primous
- Start date
which was?
The simple answer to that is on my glass. How I missed it is perhaps a little more complex. I have a dirt aquarium and before switching to this type of set up my aquarium was imbalanced in a major way. Beset with bba and a few other algae types. But since the switch to an organic dirt substrate my aquarium has been (problem) algae free. Obtaining this type of balance has been somewhat of a personal hobbyist achievement and has also meant a lot less maintanance.
To be clear there isn't a visible type of algae on the glass of the aquarium and although I'd always see the snails on the glass as opposed to the plants it never occurred to me that there was enough natural algae/build up to sustain them. By "natural" I mean algae that isn't the result of a chemical imbalance. I used a white cloth to wipe the glass and although there is a thin layer of something it didn't show up on the cloth. I feel quite silly to be honest. I mean I've spent hours inspecting the plants in the aquarium looking for an algae issue that I can address and although every morning I'd turn on the lights to see these little critters on the glass because I couldn't see the algae I over looked it.
My aquarium before the rescape
After Sundays rescape
Both taken without wiping the inside of the glass! Silly silly me aye?
BigbruiserAl
I ain't gettin on no plane fool
Ah well at least its sorted now in a way, like i said there has to be a food source for these little pets. loving the tank look 
*Sighs*
I'm experiencing ammonia spikes because of these little things. As I mentioned before I could, come down in the morning and wipe 30 of these things off the glass (still cant believe I missed the food source being on the glass lol) For a week Ive kept the glass free of any build up and it would seem these snails cant go that long without food because they're dying off quicker than I anticipated. I speculate that the warm temp speeds up their metabolism making them starve faster. But these things are dying off in droves and are easy to spot because they turn an opaque white.
I've done two 50% water changes this week and still the ammonia count goes up to 1ppm overnight and in the morning I see more of these dead snails. I'm not sure of my next move but it's gotta be my best move so to speak.
Who would have though that these little things could spike my ammonia count
*eit*
These snails are not large enough to be preyed upon by assassin snails.
I'm experiencing ammonia spikes because of these little things. As I mentioned before I could, come down in the morning and wipe 30 of these things off the glass (still cant believe I missed the food source being on the glass lol) For a week Ive kept the glass free of any build up and it would seem these snails cant go that long without food because they're dying off quicker than I anticipated. I speculate that the warm temp speeds up their metabolism making them starve faster. But these things are dying off in droves and are easy to spot because they turn an opaque white.
I've done two 50% water changes this week and still the ammonia count goes up to 1ppm overnight and in the morning I see more of these dead snails. I'm not sure of my next move but it's gotta be my best move so to speak.
Who would have though that these little things could spike my ammonia count
*eit*
Definately, definately suggest assassin snails, even if that does work a bit. I love mine even though I have no other snails anymore
These snails are not large enough to be preyed upon by assassin snails.
This Old Spouse
TOTM Winner May 2013
It's a lovely tank since the rescape. Nice that you can see the beautiful piece of driftwood.
The great thing about assassin snails is that they eat the other snails so there's no dead snails laying around spiking the ammonia reading.
The great thing about assassin snails is that they eat the other snails so there's no dead snails laying around spiking the ammonia reading.
Similar threads
Most reactions
-
423 -
203 -
178 -
152 -
141 -
132 -
119 -
118 -
114 -
102 -
92 -
91 -
88 -
73 -
A
68