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 #8031  by Vorteil
 
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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 #8033  by odin
 
We used assassin snails to eliminate ours in the fresh water tanks but its a shame they wont do salt water. :upset:
 #8047  by opae ula related
 
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
 #8103  by pentux
 
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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 #8919  by pentux
 
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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 #8920  by pentux
 
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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