Re: snails/gourami spawning

[Victorea Earnest <victoreae@yahoo.com>]

Snails will eat bubblenester eggs, however they are
great in the tank once the fry are free swiming
(infusoria and clean up).  So take them out but don't
feed them all to the loaches :-)


--- haika@drizzle.com wrote:
> It looks like my honey gouramis spawned in my work
> tank over the weekend.
> I have 2 pairs in this tank: 10g densely planted
> well-matured tank. It
> also looks like the snails in the tank are zeroing
> in on the area with the
> bubbles and the dominant male isn't doing anything
> about it. Probably
> can't (weak grin). I've got ramshorn, pond and
> Malaysian trumpet snails in
> the tank and even the trumpets have crawled up into
> the duckweed and
> hornwort/Hygrophilia mat where the bubbles are. Are
> snails typically egg
> predators? I don't remember ever having this problem
> with cichlids, but
> then the cichlid parents may be more aggressive or
> focused on egg
> protection than a gourami. My white cloud rainbow
> minnows spawn
> prolifically in a container with lots of snails as
> well. Thoughts?
> 
> I guess I'd better set up a tank without snails,
> just in case.....my
> loaches are in for a snail fest!
> 
> Betty Goetz
> Bothell, WA
> 
> 
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