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Posted 11/2/2011 11:15:40 AM


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As my latest lesson in reading post here on the begginer section forum. To read with a bit of Humour or grain of salt. I read awhile back on snails are good for the tank and that it shows that you have good water quality. I found 2 snail in the tank 2 weeks after planting some new plants. OK? after reading some blogs. I left them alone. within a week I had over a dozen or more. All over the place. I started to kill some there seems to be some almost daily. I seem to have some control over them. my next purchase will be some loaches? I don't mind some. But too many looks ugly to me!
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Posted 11/2/2011 11:36:05 AM


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Most population explosions of snails are caused by overfeeding. Reduce the amount you feed your fish and remove as much of the uneaten food as you can. This will help maintain a lower snail population.

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Posted 11/2/2011 9:45:28 PM


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Thanks again.
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Posted 11/3/2011 3:40:09 PM


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A good thing to do with plants that you get new is have them treated with the stuff called Had a Snail. There are alot of different kinds of loaches out there. I have several of them and I like them alot. Keep us up to date.

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Posted 11/13/2011 4:54:56 AM


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Had a Snail is effective, but you may want to try gentler methods, like the various snail-eating fish (plus, you have an excuse to get a new fish)

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