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"rapdor" wrote:

I've read quite a lot of bad press about snails in freshwater tropical
aquariums. Does anyone have anything good to say about them, and
recommendations?

Yes. Malaysian trumpet snails - wouldn't be without them:
http://mike-edwardes.members.beeb.net/plant/lotech.html

I also like ramshorns in coldwater tanks (MTS do well in coldwater tanks
too!).

Mike.
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