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Here's a story of a hard lessoned learned on why not to have MTS in your tanks. I think of all the snails I have this is one of the coolest looking snails. I had some in a 6 gallon cube and they didn't seem to breed much at all. So I decided to take some from some of my outside tanks & put them into my opae tanks. Tons of algae in my tanks that there was more than enough to go around for everyone. Within a month tons of babies all over the tanks. Took out all the adult snails. Tried to catch as many babies as I could. These would congregate at the top of the water surface. Keep in mind there's no sand in this tank. Just lava rock. Worst mistake ever.

Maybe to not just keep them but also nerites does the trick the long run! A combo.

We used assassin snails to eliminate ours in the fresh water tanks but its a shame they wont do salt water.

Yes I have nerites & to me that's the best choice.

odin wrote: ↑19 Jul 2019 17:54 We used assassin snails to eliminate ours in the fresh water tanks but its a shame they wont do salt water.

Nooooooooooo Let them live and take over the cosmos!

Vorteil wrote:Here's a story of a hard lessoned learned on why not to have MTS in your tanks. I think of all the snails I have this is one of the coolest looking snails. I had some in a 6 gallon cube and they didn't seem to breed much at all. So I decided to take some from some of my outside tanks & put them into my opae tanks. Tons of algae in my tanks that there was more than enough to go around for everyone. Within a month tons of babies all over the tanks. Took out all the adult snails. Tried to catch as many babies as I could. These would congregate at the top of the water surface. Keep in mind there's no sand in this tank. Just lava rock. Worst mistake ever.

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Man, not good looking at all

Babies r getting lesser. Left 2 adults inside. Will scoop them out if they happen to reach higher in the tank. Nerites r cool. 2 still surviving


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Been a while since I have updated.
Ever since leaving my last job, my tank has been relocated back home where the temp averages 29-30 c. Added a fan recently to cool the tank by a bit as get a chiller for a small tank seems too much (wife will complain). My nerites died recently not sure whether due to age and I picked them out. Had a cover custom maded to cover the tank as flies tend to get in. With the fan, water evaporates real fast. Will it be wise to keep using the fan n top ip with distilled water every week?


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pentux wrote:Been a while since I have updated.
Ever since leaving my last job, my tank has been relocated back home where the temp averages 29-30 c. Added a fan recently to cool the tank by a bit as get a chiller for a small tank seems too much (wife will complain). My nerites died recently not sure whether due to age and I picked them out. Had a cover custom maded to cover the tank as flies tend to get in. With the fan, water evaporates real fast. Will it be wise to keep using the fan n top ip with distilled water every week?


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The temp dropped down as i switched on the airconditioner


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