Wayne Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Hey guys I have had a snail tank setup for a year at least and I still haven't been able to get anything from it. I suspect that the bigger crab apple snails are eating the young? Or that the neon tetras where eating the eggs? The tetras were removed and I am now strongly considering moving the big snails... I try my best to over feed and I do water changes and vacuums every week. I am not trying to breed any particular type of snail, I just need something to feed my starving dwarf pea puffer. I do see egg sacs but nothing every develops and my fish store is getting tired of searching for snails for me. Please any advice would be awsome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Feed more. I have a plethora of ramshorn snails in my fry tanks - they do great when the tank is heavily fed. If you need more in the interm, give me a PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewels Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 If you are seeing egg sacs they are from pond/smaller snails. NOTHING I have encountered will eat these sacs. Apple/brigs/spixi's all lay thier eggs over the water line. Egg sacs are usualy serendipitously found up in the canopy. If they cannot get above the waterline they will not breed. All snails keep a lower profile when there are no curoius fish around. Stop gravel vacc'ing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted May 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 Umm if I stop vacumming the gravel all the poop will accumulate... I understand why to stop but how do I keep the ammonia from rising too much from the waste? Oh and I will drop the water level, cause mines pretty high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 i have a pond snail, and i read that even with one it will breed with itself and create a tank take over. Or at least that's what i'm waiting for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted June 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 What kind of substraite would be best in the breeding tank? Right now I have fairly large rocks in would sand or smaller rock be better? Also I understand that gravel vacuuming will suck up smaller snails, is there some sort of better waste control... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaFishMommy Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Wayne, you could try sand instead of gravel, since all the gunk will sit on top of the sand and keeping the tank clean would be much easier. instead of using a gravel vac you could just swirl the water right above the sand and let the mulm and detritus flow into the filter intakes. but if you have a snail only tank i don't see too much mulm accumulating, especially if your snail population is mostly ramshorns like the ones you picked up off me. i swear they even eat poop, since i never see any in that lil betta tank, ever! if you want to swing by again one day i have lots of extra dry and un-rinsed playsand. bought a bag of it a while ago and only needed a portion for my tanks, so i have about a third of a rubbermaid left over. just give me a shout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted June 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 (edited) Oh I can use play sand I have a huge bag of that. I bought to hold down some fake flowers at my wedding, but we used water bottles instead. Never knew what to do with it after cause it had a small hole so I didn't want to return it Does it need to be changed out regularly? Edited June 3, 2010 by Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaFishMommy Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 nope, just like gravel you would leave it be in the tank. be sure to rinse it really really good! what brand name sand do you have? some are great for tanks and some are not so great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted June 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 Not sure, bought at Home Depot... I think its at my Mother in Laws, its been there for 2 years now if its still there... I will see if I can locate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted June 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 It's Target brand Play Sand. Apparently washed and sterilized... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaFishMommy Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 still give it a good couple rinses, as there will still be dust and fine sediment and you don't want that in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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