"NetMax" wrote in news:MXwhc.15403$CO3.846589
@news20.bellglobal.com:

Otocinclus and, ramshorn or nerita snails are some options. I usually
still clean the front glass, and the algae crew is for elsewhere.

Well, I now have three small Otto Cats working on keepin' the glass clean.
I also have a piece of driftwood in there. Luckily, it doesn't seem to be
leaching color. Perhaps due to 1 hour of boiling and 2 hours soaking???

2. How about a snail or a fish? We had a snail for a couple weeks, but
it stopped moving for a couple of weeks, and then started floating, so
it got buried at sea.

I read something about some snails having a dormant period which can last
weeks. Yours might wake up in a land fill ;~) Until the shell is empty
or they smell bad, if they are not moving, I can't tell a live snail from
a dead snail. Hull's water is a bit soft for snails, so you might add
something to leech calcium back in to harden it a bit.


Ooops.

Marcel