Are mystery snails good at eating algea?

Also, would they chump down java fern?

Dan J.S. wrote:
Also, would they chump down java fern?



Apple snails would eat most algae. Pomacea bridgesii apple snails would
not eat your java moss,Pomacea canaliculata will eat all aquarium plants.
LFS most of the time sell Pomacea bridgesii. There are other kinds but I
am not sure of them.

Kay

"Dan J.S." wrote in message ...
Also, would they chump down java fern?

Fair, and no.

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Dan J.S. wrote:
Also, would they chump down java fern?



Apple snails would eat most algae. Pomacea bridgesii apple snails would
not eat your java moss,Pomacea canaliculata will eat all aquarium plants.
LFS most of the time sell Pomacea bridgesii. There are other kinds but I
am not sure of them.

Kay


Thanks!!

On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 10:01:11 -0500, "Dan J.S." wrote:

Also, would they chump down java fern?

I received four mystery snails as a bonus with a mixed variety plant
package. (I buy everything over the internet) I already had Clown
Loaches in all but my 10 gallon tanks. All went well for awhile, but
one day I noticed a plant was missing a chunk. I had several
suspects, but finally moved the mystery snail to my 75 gallon tank.
One day I actually saw the snail taking bites out of an anubia. At
the time I was still fighting black hair algae in the tank and some
was growing in the gravel. I put the snail on one of the patches and
covered it with a clear plastic dish. He did eat the algae. I moved
the dish the next night and the same results. So, it would eat algae,
but it was also a plant eater. The experiment ended with the end of
the mystery snail. My Clown Loaches had a fine meal.

I can't say about java fern. I have some, but the episode lasted only
a few days.

dick

Dick wrote:
The experiment ended with the end of
the mystery snail.

probably suffocated him....they do come to the surface for air occasionally.

On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 13:44:45 +0100, Geezer From The Freezer
wrote:



Dick wrote:
The experiment ended with the end of
the mystery snail.

probably suffocated him....they do come to the surface for air occasionally.


You missed the punch line, the Clown Loach had a fine meal. The snail
was fine I had left him free to roam. I was surprised only one of the
four Mystery snails ate plants. The other three never did eat plants.
Eventually all of them were eaten by the Clowns. I was sorry about
that as I found them very attractive additions to my tanks.