From: Trish <snips36@yahoo.com>Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat<gsas-member@thekrib.com>To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat <gsas-member@thekrib.com> Subject: RE: [GSAS-Member] Snails! Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 16:33:23 -0700 (PDT) I think I may try some of those Pea Puffers, they are sooooooo cute! I do have an abundance of snails, they are the maylasian trumpet snails, I can bring you whole bunch for you Holly. Also I wanted to know if anyone has any spare female endlers they would be willing to trade for some males. I think I have about 6 males.....they are young and are now coloring up. The ones at school just had another batch,, so I am sure I will have more soon. As to the Pea Puffers, can they go in as small of a tank as a 5 gallon? and if so can there be 2 or 3 in there. Thanks! Trish --- Holly <holly@ourglasshouse.com> wrote: > I also kept Carinotetraodon travancoricus. I > personally would not keep > puffers with other fish after my experience with > them. Not all are highly > aggressive, but all are total pigs. Any fish that I > have put in with my > puffers cannot get his own food because the puffers > will devour it, leaving > the other fish no chance at all to eat. > > I currently keep two Colomesus asellus, which are a > much larger freshwater > puffer than the pea puffers. I put a bristlenose in > with them for a while > to help with an algae problem but the puffers sucked > down his algae pellets > after a giant meal of frozen krill. I think this is > the type of fish that > would literally eat itself to death. They're total > scavengers. I raise > snails in a separate tank to feed them. Their beaks > grow pretty rapidly if > you don't have hard things for them to eat which > keep the beaks trimmed. > They're a very interesting fish. They are not > really aggressive except when > it comes to food. In fact, they're a bit flighty > when I walk past their > tank. These fish are in constant motion. Actually, > they're just plain > spastic :P > > BTW, if anybody is getting rid of snails I plan to > be at the auction and > would gladly accept them as food for my two little > piggies. Thanks! > > And here are some photos of my fish if you want to > take a peek: > http://www.ourglasshouse.com/holly/pets/fish/Puffers/ > > > Holly > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com > [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf > Of Linda Knapp > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 12:16 PM > To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat > Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Snails! > > Gee Thanks for giving me another fish to put on my > want to have list! They > do look very cute - However the tank with the snail > problem has a mated pair > of angels which lay eggs regularly - and > unfortunately eventually eat them - > although they may just not like the 20 gallon tank > and need a bigger tank. > They do care for the eggs for a couple days before > the eggs dissapear. > Anyway the only other animals in the tanks (besides > snails) are several > ghost?? > (algae eating) shrimp - Also lots of plants. The > shrimp are about 1 inch > long or better - would the puffer bother them?? > Would the angels bother the > puffers? I think probably yes but anyone have them > in a community type tank > out there? > > Linda > > On Wednesday 05 April 2006 11:37, Scott Frayo wrote: > > Another great snail eradicator is the pea puffer. > Not only are they > > fun to watch, but 3 in my 150g tank will take care > of a snail > > infestation usually within 1 week. > > > > -----Scott > > > > R. Scott Frayo > > Pacific Northwest Herpetological Society > > 2006 President > > www.pnwhs.org > > > > >From: Linda Knapp <linda@bozuk.org> > > >Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member > > > >chat<gsas-member@thekrib.com> > > >To: gsas-member@thekrib.com > > >Subject: [GSAS-Member] Snails! > > >Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 11:05:43 -0700 > > > > > >I have developed a swarm of snails in one of my > tanks - the one with > > >a pair of angels laying eggs.... > > >Any tricks to getting rid of them? They are just > the standard little > > >round aquarium snail. > > > > > >Linda > > >linda@bozuk.org > > >_______________________________________________ > > >GSAS-Member mailing list > > >GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > > > >http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > > > > _______________________________________________ > > GSAS-Member mailing list > > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > > > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > > > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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