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 keep its teeth
trimed down. YOu can feed all kinds of marine foods as well. * Those
puffers are actually a sal****er species that is sold in the LFS as
freshwater types.

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.

--Ted

On Jun 4, 2:41*pm, Ted Pavlic wrote:
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 keep its teeth
trimed down. YOu can feed all kinds of marine foods as well. * Those
puffers are actually a sal****er species that is sold in the LFS as
freshwater types.

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.

--Ted

Well in a way my reply had to do with care and feeding of the puffer
without the need to fiddle with apple snails or any other snail that
can get our of control fairly easily. A few large nassarus snails that
have young in a marine environement would be all that puffer ever
needed...but evidently the "correct and propper" way to care for those
puffers is not a concern of yours.

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 reply had to do with care and feeding of *the puffer
without the need to fiddle with apple snails or any other snail that
can get our of control fairly easily. A few large nassarus snails that
have young in a marine environement would be all that puffer ever
needed...but evidently the "correct and propper" way to care for those
puffers is not a concern of yours.

I am giving the proper care of that puffer. It is a freshwater puffer.
It isn't a brackish puffer. You're correct that many fish stores
market brackish buffers as freshwater puffers, but this fish *IS* a
FRESHWATER species. I'm sure this puffer would TOLERATE brackish
water, but PROPER care would be to put it in a freshwater environment
(like mine). I'm not having a problem with the puffer. It's a
freshwater puffer, and it's a freshwater tank.

The Apple snails are *NOT* meant to be feeder snails. I *LIKE*
invertebrates. I especially like invertebrates like Apple snails that
have very different characteristics. I CHOSE Apple snails BECAUSE of
their amphibious characteristics -- that was what was going to control
their population. In fact, apple snails are preferred for aquariums
SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE they lay their eggs out of the water -- it makes
it easy to control their population provided that you don't have some
silly Eclipse tank.

I appreciate your help with the puffer. I just don't need it. I'm
looking for some novel advice on what to do with a crappy Eclipse
tank.

Thanks --
Ted

On Jun 4, 3:34*pm, Ted Pavlic wrote:
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. I'm
looking for some novel advice on what to do with a crappy Eclipse
tank.

Thanks --
Ted


Toss it in the freaking trash then! Buy a decent tank they are
cheap.problem solved!