snails

[alan j t]

hi everyone
i was wondering if snails do any damage to plants
i have a zebra loach but i dont think hes doing a great job
any who i gonna try to remove my albinoe bushy nose pleco
hopefully my amazons have a better chance without the plecos
thankx a buch everyone :wink:

[alan j t]

anyone :?: :?:

[ILLUSN]

Snails eat plants

[scott bowler]

hi alan snails can be a problem they didnt eat the plants in my tank .i did get some clown loaches and they took care of most of them. but just try not to over fed the fish to much .i found i was getting a lot more in the planted tank when i was over feeding the fish

[alan j t]

i really like the snails in my planted tank
it makes it more realistic as to in the wild
the only ones left are the bigger ones
o well out they go
one by one
thank you

[Merrilyn]

What sort of snails are they Alan.

Mystery snails, or as they are sometimes known Apple snails, are pretty good with plants.

It's the smaller cone shaped pond snails that you have to watch.

[alan j t]

umm
its the one that comes with your plants and take over your tank
i dont mind personally :)

[ILLUSN]

sounds like pond snails, PAIN IN THE A**!, red ramshorns dont eat plants and i use them as cleaners in a few tanks, pondsnails no good for anything except feeding hungry loaches

[alan j t]

ok

[alan j t]

thankx for the replies

so i took out most of the snails some are in hard to reach places ill get them as soon as they are in reach
no more baby snails though i guess the loach is taking care of that
im assuming the snails were eating my plants thats why my leaves on my amazon were looking shabby then fading away (so to speak)
but my crypts and anubias are looking fantastic
is it cause those snails like amazons :?:
or is it something else destroying it :?:

:oops: sorry for all the questions
i just want the perfect boitope and ther is always somthing in the way
i guess its what makes it challenging and fun kinda :roll:
i only have discus
tetras
rams
kribensis
zebra loach
cory cats
dwarf pencil fish
water is great temp is 84 wc every other day ph 6.5
so i dont think i have any fish eating away at the plants
can i put mystery snail in there without worry of eating my plants so they can eat the algea and left overs :?:
i think keeping amazons are harder to keep than discus :?
please help i know there is guru out there somewere :D

[ILLUSN]

snails will destroy swords, they dont seem to like the emersed leaves much but they will obliterate the softer submerse leaves.

amazons are one of the toughest swords there are, i had one doing great tied to drift wood, just remember they are heavy root feeders so fertilize them every 3-6 months with a couple of florish tabs clay balls etc.

[alan j t]

sounds good thankx
so are mystery snails out of the question
what woulb be s suitable algea eater for my discus tank

[scott bowler]

alan i have mystery snails in a planted tank with discus and they seem fine . they dont sem to hurt the plants