Re: [AGA Member] Malaysian trumpeter snails

[Max Chang <cpc1007@yahoo.com>]

is it possible to use certain kinds of fish to control
the population of snails? does anyone have experience
about that?

Max

--- Amit Brucker <amitb@gtek.co.il> wrote:
> Cute little guys...
> The good thing about them is that they will enter
> your gravel, thus your
> gravel can get a bit more aerated. Another good
> point is that they do help
> in cleaning some types of algae and helping out in
> the all overall process
> of your tank ecological system.
> The bad thing on them is that one is enough to
> reproduce itself.... You put
> up a few in the beginning and after a few weeks you
> get several hundreds of
> these guys. They are most active at night.
> My opinion is that is that if you can do without
> them.... keep it this way
> unless you can control their population.
> HTH
> 
> Amit Brucker
> www.plantica.com
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Randy Pullen" <rpullen@waterpik.com>
> To: <aga-member@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 6:00 PM
> Subject: [AGA Member] Malaysian trumpeter snails
> 
> 
> > What is your opinions on Malaysian trumpeter
> snails? Do you like them in
> > your planted tanks? I would like to know before I
> add them in to my
> > tank. Any considerations?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Randy
> >
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