I'm growing a very strong hatred of snails. They keep finding a way to plug
up my filters. I'll scrub all the lil egg sacs out of the filter container
and bleach it out, buggers keep coming back. Loaches in the tank keep the
tank clear of them. I thought they were cute at first, but boy, what a
nuisance. Today, for instance, I counted over 100 in my emperor in 1 week
(stopped counting at 100, were many more).
Worst if the gross crushing noise when working in the filter. Makes my hair
stand on end, like nails on a chalk board.
Thinking they're laying eggs on my biomax media, only thing I haven't
bleached yet.


"Paige" wrote in message
nk.net...
Just a quick question. I have an abundance (but not too many) of snails
in
my tank; which is ok because they eat the algae and decaying plant leaves.
But do they also eat dead fish? And if so do they consume them fast?

The reason I ask is that I have lost one of my Otto's. I can not find her
anywhere in the tank but she was just there the day before. Could the
snails have eaten her that quickly, do they eat dead fish at all?

Thanks,
Paige