plaidcat

Does anyone know where I can buy Rainbow Platy's? I have heard about them, but can not find a store in Edmonton where I can buy them. I have had luck with other platy's so I am anxious to add these to my tank.

I have those annoying Trumpet Snails. Look cute, but they are an orgy in a shell. !!!! Once I get the snails under control, I will look at getting plants. I think it will make my fish happy.

Thanks Znaika, I do pick the snails out, but I serioulsy think I must have 100's, most very small and under the rocks, well hidden. I do get the bigger ones, but have been taking a big spoon and mixing up the rocks so the loaches can find the smaller ones easier and eat them. I do not plan to put in plants until the snails are gone. I am not too knowledgeable on plants and even if they can live in rocks.?

I have had my tank for about 8 years, started out with just a 10 gallon given to my daughter as a feebie. ( tank is now mine, daughter has lost interest in it) And we stocked it with neon tetras ( love them) and gold skirt tetras and black skirt tetras. Then I got some algea and the girl at Petcetra recommended a Pleco. Sure, I think, he is cute, sucks algea up. Did not read the sign as to how freaking big they get.........!! Soon "Sucker" out grew the 10 gallon tank and I upgraded to a 30 gallon. Last year I came on this site and found a new home for Sucker who was now 11 inches long and scaring the hell out of my other fish. I have been told he is happy now and living in a 150 gallon tank with a few other Pleco's. Loved my Pleco but just could not upgrade to a bigger tank. So now I am doing a fish upgrade on my tank and plan to get plants. My snail came when I bought a Blue Tetra from Pet Paradise in St. Albert. Did not notice any in their tank when I bought the fish, but it was in the bag when I took him out. No problem I thought, 1 snail who will grow big is ok. Who knew what these snails could do.? Orgy in a shell !!!!!!. Soon there was 2....4....20......100. I totally cleaned out my tank, drained water, scrubed..Thought they were gone until last year when they had came back, must have missed a snail. I have heard of chemicals to kill snails, but I am afraid they will hurt my fish. The gold skirt and black skirt tetra's I have are the original fish I started with 8 years ago. !!. Now that Pleco is gone, I want to get some plants. I want real plants since fake ones just look....fake. I have rocks ( blue & red) on the bottom of my tank - good snail hiding area, which I am sure is where all the empty shells are. Will live plants do ok with a rock surface on the bottom of the tank.?? My weekend project is to clean the tank so I will more than likely go out to the store near The Mayfield Hotel and do some looking around in a few weeks. I have never been there before so I want to check it out. .I have added Cardinal Tetra's, Neon Tetra's, Pink Dano's, Rasboro's, a few shrimp and a Rubber Lip Pleco who lives in a plastic log I have. I have been assured this pleco will not grow very big. !! And the tank is in a semi-shaded area of the livingroom since the sunny area just encouraged algea growth.

Thank you Fishnerd. I had 1 Clown Loach, but MANY snails, so poor thing just could not keep up with the snails. I now have added more loaches, so I have 5 now . 1 Clown, 2 YoYo loaches ( they go by another name) and 2 Burmese (?) . The yoyo's and burmese are young and small but dig like crazy. I think the snails are decreasing or they have gone under the rocks for safety. But regardless I am not even seeing empty shells. Do the loaches crush them down? Sorry if I ask silly questions, but you are correct, the store employees are not as knowledgable as people on here. I love this site, I am a beginner so I am learning as I go. Thanks for all the advice. :bow:

Thanks cullymoto, I do not have plants ( had a pleco that used to tear up my tank, so plants just did not fair well ). what I have been doing the past few days is giving them flakes first thing in the morning, but not much. I found if I fed them every 2 days, they would fight at the feeding ring to get the food, so I knew this just did not seem right. So far with the loaches, the snails are less but my neighbour has a loach who I think I will still be able to give feeder snails to. Thanks for the advice.

I have posted a few times about my snail problem, which I think I have finally gotten under control with some new loaches I have purchased. But I was given some advice which I am not sure about. I mentioned to the sales person how my 2 loaches just were not eating the snails just the fish flakes I give my fish. She said to only feed the fish every 2 - 3 days, that way the loaches will be hungrey and eat the snails. I was told when I set up my tank a few years ago to feed the fish once a day, which I do, not too much. But I am confused - I do not want to underfeed the rest of the fish in my tank while my loaches are feeding on the snails. So how often should I feed the fish ? I have 3 loches, 2 shrimps, 4 Rasboros, various Danos, Tetras, (12-14 ...). Any help or suggestions would be helpful. Also looking to add to my tank, love my fish but seem to have alot of dull colored fish ( grey's and blacks) any suggestions for some nice colored community fish.? I buy lemon or blue tetra's but they seem to lose their color after a few weeks. Are my fish stressed.? thanks . Linda

I have a 30 gallon tank that is overrun with Trumpet Snails, I have tried the lettuce in a salt shaker trick and then scooping the snails out of the tank ( nearly impossible.!!) I have heard that Clown Loaches and Yoyo Loaches are good for eating snails. I do not want a Clown Loach cause they grown too big and I used to have a Yoyo, before I had snails, but he dioed 3 years ago. I have looked all over for a Yoyo in Edmonton stores, but just can not find one. Does anyone know of a place that has them?

Great - thanks for all the info . My Angel Fish are 3-4 inches big right now. Just hoping they are not 1 male & 1 female. Or..I will be putting " Baby Angel Fish looking for good home " topic on this site. . LOL.....

I have a 30 gallon tank and recently gave away my large Pleco. I now have lots of room in my tank to add new fish. I seem to have a lot from the Tetra Family ( 2 black skirts, 2 golden skirts) 3 Split Fin Rasboro's ( spelling ??) and 5- 6 various other fish. I recently added 5 neon terta's and 2 beautiful Angel Fish. But my tank needs some color since most of my fish are either black or grey. I have had Gourami's in the past, red and blue ones, but they do not seem to live long in my tank.?? It is a community tank with very placid fish, so I do not want to add any aggessive fish ( which seems to be colourful fish ) What other kind of fish can I add that are community are a nice colour and will grow to 3-4 inches.? I dont like lots of small fish in my tank, so I want to get away from tetra/guppy tyes. Plaid Cat.

Just let me know, by personal message, when you want the snails Rebel and I will give some to you.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I did try the lettuce method and even asked the girl at PJ Pets, will this hurt my 2 Whisker Shrimps.? Oh no she said - Well put a nice piece of lettuce in the tank, held down by a Aquarium Decoration and went to Capital Ex. Came home 5 hours later and found 2 dead,stuffed shrimp. They ate the lettuce. No snails anywhere near it. !! I did have 2 Yo Yo Loaches for awile, but they did not show any interest in the snails. Rebel Thunder I would love to give you as many snails as you wanted, but you live in Jasper and I live in Edmonton. dont know how well snails travel throiugh Canada Post. LOL..... If anyone wants snails ( and since I seem to be stuck with them at the moment ) I will gladly give them away to anyone who wants them for their tank or fish food. Just let me know.....

About 2 years ago I purchased a Blueberry Tetra fish. Along with the fish came a small Trumpet Snail that got into the net by mistake. No problem I think, he is a cute snail. Well who know these things do not need a partner to re-produce. !! It was like an orgy in my tank and within a year I had like 100 of the things. !! I hate them. For awhile I was just scooping them out but you can not get rid of them completly - they just seem to come back . How can I get rid of them.?? Can I poisen them without hurting the fish in my tank.??

Looks like I missed some sale. Just a new member here so I guess there is a few forums i have to checkout . Through this site I managed to give away my Pleco to a very goosd home and the man came and picked him up today. I now have lots of room in my tank for new fish, so I will be adding soon. Great site....I love it.!!

Hi everyone; I am new to this site, it was recommended to me by a member when I posted on a different site. I am hoping to find a good home for my 9 - 10 inch Plecostomus. I feel bad about not being able to keep him, since he ( or she ?? ) is a beautiful fish who unfortunutly has outgrown my 30 gallon tank. I am assured that this site is for people who love their fish and will not end up killing him. Anyone who is interested in giving him a good home will have to have a big net and be willing to get him out of my tank. I do not have a net or contaniner big enough to transport him. !!! LOL..... I hope to hear from someone soon. Thanks plaidcat.