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	Planted Tanks and Algae Eating Olive Nerite Snails
Cory_Di Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 7953 Kudos: 2917 Votes: 25 Registered: 19-Dec-2002	Anyone have these? [link=http://www.azgardens.com/snails.php]http://www.azgardens.com/snails.php" style="COLOR: #C000C0[/link] Scroll down to Algae Eating Olive Nerite Snails. It almost sounds too good to be true. My tanks are all snail free, but I regret not having any snails. I would like to have snails that don't damage plant and help with cleanup. Comments?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
Falstaf Fish Addict Posts: 785 Kudos: 1211 Votes: 196 Registered: 12-Feb-2004	I recently got 2 apple snails, and they are great algae eaters, and they don't harm the plants, just be careful ramhorn and mystery snails WILL eat your plants.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	apple and mystery snails are 2 different names for the same group of snails. They often get labelled mystery snails cause the store doesn't know what they are. The best way to tell the plant eaters from the nonplant eaters is to ask what size they get. The nonplant eating applesnails only get about 2inches. Ramshorns and cana(baseball sized plant eaters) are also applesnails. I buy the bridgessi applesnails as mystery snails from walmart occasionally. Bridgessi don't eat plants unless starving or the plant is dying. Nerites generally won't eat plants and unless you get certain freshwater varieties won't reproduce in your tank. They are just somewhat expensive for the tiny snail you get and the fact you'll have to replace them when they die.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
Cory_Di Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 7953 Kudos: 2917 Votes: 25 Registered: 19-Dec-2002	I wonder how long the nerites live?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	I've heard that they do wonders in a brackish aquarium setting, but there's not much I can tell you about them other than that they do indeed eat massive amounts of algae.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
Cory_Di Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 7953 Kudos: 2917 Votes: 25 Registered: 19-Dec-2002	Massive amounts of algae? I think I'll get 5 for my 20 . They won't breed unless in brackish waters, according to the site, but in freshwater, any eggs laid won't hatch. If I want more, I can just set up a 2.5 gallon brackish and feed them spirulina wafers
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
Cory_Di Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 7953 Kudos: 2917 Votes: 25 Registered: 19-Dec-2002	Anyone know what kind of algae the nerites will eat? Like, I wonder if they will clean the hair/brush algae off my valisneria
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42


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