Re: [GSAS-Member] Nerite Snails (was cpd's and nerite snails...)

[Shango Los <shango@shangolos.com>]

Are there any versions of Nerite snails that do not leave those
indestructible eggs everywhere and attached to everything?


On 8/6/08 10:37 AM, "Clifford Miller" <clifford@clevergeek.com> wrote:

> My fry seem a little more outgoing than the adults, but the fry don't have
> the fantastic red fringing that the adult male do. I never see my adults
> out and about in their heavily planted 10 gallon.  Never.  This reminds me
> that I should move my adults again, both to confirm their continued
> existance, and to see if I can get another batch of fry.  Mine are ninjas
> when it comes to picking off their offspring...
> 
> Not to hijack the subject, but while I'm posting I thought I'd mention
> that I placed an order today for some snails-- a few sulawesi varieties
> and some "fancy" nerites for algae cleanup.  (red spotted and zebra --see
> attached photos).  If anyone else is interested in picking up a few of
> these, I ordered some extras- please mail me off-list.
> 
> Cliff
> 
> 
>> I'm surprised by how outgoing these fish are! I'd read quite a bit of
>> on-line material that suggested that they were shy fish. Not so in my
>> tank! It's a 5 gallon acrylic tank, planted, with 2 orange hatchetfish
>> (Chela dadiburjori) in it. I added 6 very small CPD. Maybe it's the
>> dither-fish qualities of the orange hatchets? The orange hatchets are in
>> quarantine before coming to work to add to my depleted school in a 29g
>> tank. Then the CPD will have the tank to themselves. We'll see if they
>> turn shy then. They are filling out nicely and hopefully I'll soon have
>> fish that look like the pictures (wink). I think they are quite
>> young....they are very small (~1/2"). Perfect for nano-tanks! I've read
>> that they don't get much larger than 1".
>> 
>> Betty Goetz - who hates that name....galaxy rasbora was much better!
>> 
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