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Forum: General June 9th 08, 03:22 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
Replies: 16
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Posted By Ted Pavlic
Apple snail population control in Eclipse tank

snails on another group.

By the way -- what was the other group? I wouldn't mind having another
active aquarium newsgroup to monitor.

Thanks! --
Ted
Forum: General June 9th 08, 03:21 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
Replies: 16
Views: 8,501
Posted By Ted Pavlic
Apple snail population control in Eclipse tank

If you find them - remove them right away before they have a chance to
develop.

The sparse material I've read about apple snail life cycle says that
the snails should take about 2 weeks to...
Forum: General June 6th 08, 12:36 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
Replies: 16
Views: 8,501
Posted By Ted Pavlic
Apple snail population control in Eclipse tank - reply to bothposts

Thanks Ted. Going by that they should have lived. I seldom saw the eat
anything and they weren't very active. They ignored algae wafers. *I stopped
buying them.

Apple snails have the nice...
Forum: General June 6th 08, 12:12 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
Replies: 16
Views: 8,501
Posted By Ted Pavlic
Apple snail population control in Eclipse tank

What are you feeding them? Mine never lived more than a week.

Here's a decent site discussing Apple snail diet (and other
conditions):

http://www.applesnail.net/content/care.php
Forum: General June 6th 08, 12:10 AM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
Replies: 16
Views: 8,501
Posted By Ted Pavlic
Apple snail population control in Eclipse tank

FYI, here are two pictures of the female laying an egg sacs on the
inside of the Eclipse lid:

http://phaseportrait.blogspot.com/2008/06/pictures-of-apple-snail-gol...

...
Forum: General June 5th 08, 04:25 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
Replies: 16
Views: 8,501
Posted By Ted Pavlic
Apple snail population control in Eclipse tank

DOES ANYONE have a suggestion about HOW to control the Apple snail
population in this Eclipse tank? The problem is the convex and hollow
lid.

FYI, here are two pictures of the female laying an...
Forum: General June 4th 08, 09:34 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
Replies: 16
Views: 8,501
Posted By Ted Pavlic
Apple snail population control in Eclipse tank

Also note that we've never had a problem feeding the puffer. It eats
snails, worms, and about everything else that we've heard is normal
for a (freshwater) puffer.

Well in a way my...
Forum: General June 4th 08, 08:41 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
Replies: 16
Views: 8,501
Posted By Ted Pavlic
Apple snail population control in Eclipse tank

much longer in sal****er than they do fresh or brackish water. It will
be like a totally different fish. Then you can feed it the proper
foods, and have a piece of liverock in there to help...
Forum: General June 4th 08, 08:39 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
Replies: 16
Views: 8,501
Posted By Ted Pavlic
Apple snail population control in Eclipse tank

Yep, a freshwater puffer is a misnomer, and they are only freshwater
....
freshwater types.

Thanks for your response, but my question had nothing whatsoever to do
with the puffer. The puffer is...
Forum: General June 4th 08, 03:56 PM Posted to rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
Replies: 16
Views: 8,501
Posted By Ted Pavlic
Apple snail population control in Eclipse tank

In our 29 gallon tank, we have a freshwater puffer that eats pond
snails too quickly for us to establish a snail population there. Once
upon a time, we placed an Apple snail in the tank, but the...
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