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Mbuna October 11th 04 07:15 PM

Zimm44wrote:
Two of my three tanks are infested with a very small almost brownish
looking
snail. What's the deal? They are in a 75 gallon tank that is home

for a
tanganyikan population which includes frontosas, compressiceps,

calvus white,
leleupis, and juies. I am worried that these snails may somehow eat

the fish's
eggs. I love to watch these fish breed so any help would be

appreciated.

The snails will not cause any problems with the cichlids spawning. If
you are worried about that you can pick up a few clown loaches and
they will eat the snails for you.

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Wes Forster October 22nd 04 11:07 PM

Mbuna wrote:

Zimm44wrote:

Two of my three tanks are infested with a very small almost brownish
looking
snail. What's the deal? They are in a 75 gallon tank that is home

for a
tanganyikan population which includes frontosas, compressiceps,

calvus white,
leleupis, and juies. I am worried that these snails may somehow eat

the fish's
eggs. I love to watch these fish breed so any help would be

appreciated.

The snails will not cause any problems with the cichlids spawning. If
you are worried about that you can pick up a few clown loaches and
they will eat the snails for you.

__________________________________________________
Posted via FishGeeks - http://Aquaria.info


The loach idea is tried and true, I like to move my clown loaches between
tanks. I have a half dozen 1-4" clown loaches and they do well moving from
tank to tank periodically. By the way you get the snails from plants, in my
experience.


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