Wolfgang8810

added my cleanup crew

1 tongan nassarius snail
1 mexican turbo snail
2 button snails
2 margarita snails
2 turbo snails
1 emerald crab

in a while ill be adding the rest

2 skunk shrimp
1 blood shrimp
1 serpant star ______________

Jim

Wow, nice snail line-up. Sounds like you know snails, maybe you can help me.
I'm thinking of adding a couple snails for a while. I have a lot of chain swords in the front of my tank, and they're spreading like mad. The problem is the ones I originally planted had mostly terrestrial leaves, and these are dying and/or dead. It isn't really a problem, they're supposed to do this; the middles are all nice new bushy aquatic leaves. It just looks lousy, and I hate having the old leaves just rot away. But they're throwing out new chains all over the place, and it's hard to get in there and trim the dead leaves. So I need a snail that likes to munch on dead leaves, but will for the most part leave the live ones alone. Any ideas?

Wolfgang8810

well the snails im talking about are saltwater but for freshwater you could try ramshorn snails. they multiply like crazy and CAN destroy plants but if there are enough dying leaves that you dont mind losing them they should just stick to the dying leaves and algae. to avoid a plague of them you can check your glass and corners for eggs and jsut squish them to keep the populations down

Jim

I know yours are salt... that's in my future plans someday. I was actually thinking of a gold mystery snail. I've read they're pretty safe around plants, provided they have something else to eat, and they're one of the few that eat hydra. The biggest problem I have is I have to try and catch my loaches first. Because of this, and the fact they're eating my angel babies, I'm taking them back today.

Wolfgang8810

the mstery snails would be a good option they will only eat decaying plant matter and cannot A sexually reproduce