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fishnewbie  Big Fish Posts: 349 Kudos: 619 Votes: 319 Registered: 01-Apr-2004   | what are some good cleaning snails for my heavily planted 10g? I'm going to be getting rid of the CAE. |
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iltat  Mega Fish Posts: 1076 Kudos: 1216 Votes: 0 Registered: 14-Oct-2002 | As far as I know, Malaysian Trumpet Snails are the best cleaners that also won't eat your plants. They reproduce rather prolificly, so you should have plenty in about no time if you can get your hands on a couple... PM/email/msg me if you have any questions/comments regarding me or my knowledge or if you want me to read a thread. |
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joe fishy Fish Addict Posts: 605 Kudos: 1355 Votes: 65 Registered: 21-Apr-2003 | You might also want to consider shrimp to help clean out the tank. Very low bioload, and ghost shrimp in particular are pretty inexpensive. Put about 5 in to start, add another 5 once the first batch is doing well. |
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| ~jamie~ Big Fish Posts: 463 Kudos: 671 Votes: 65 Registered: 08-May-2004  | All of the above are good choices. I have both MTS, Ghost shrimp and a bristle nose plec. The whole tank stays spic and span.  |
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jake Fish Addict Posts: 594 Kudos: 875 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Mar-2004 | Pomacea bridgesii. http://www.applesnail.net/ [span class="edited"][Edited by jake 2004-07-07 18:58][/span] |
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