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

["Clifford Miller" <clifford@clevergeek.com>]

That's a good question.  I know there are definitely types that breed
successfully in fresh water, so if the egg actually hatches I suppose that
would leave less of a mess behind.

The sulawesi's make "egg sacks", so only one larger blob to deal with
every once in a while, but I'm not sure how eagerly they eat algea.  I'll
update once I get them and they've had a chance to fix up or mess up my
tanks...

Cliff

> 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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