Choose your “disaster”

[QCAquaholic]

I'm just curious what everyone would rather want to deal with. There are stipulations though...say the algae isn't the type you can easily wipe off of the glass like BBA, you don't have puffers, loaches or anything else that eats snails, and you don't have goldfish or anything else that eats duckweed.

 

[Ouse]

I’m gonna have to say snail infestation because snails can be more beneficial than the rest and my tank has got some hitchhiker snails already.

 

[Passionfish]

Duckweed is largely beneficial and it almost eliminates nitrates, so if you thin the population down every so often, why not?

 

[N13]

I will pick snails because I can feed them to future fish like pea puffers

 

[Passionfish]

I will pick snails because I can feed them to future fish like pea puffers

He said you wouldn't have anything that eats snails...

 

[BabsandLoon]

I'd rather deal with the snails (since I have goldfish who will happily eat the duckweed thus eliminating it from my choices lol).

I've dealt with a horrible algae outbreak already and will take snails over algae any day!

 

[N13]

He said you wouldn't have anything that eats snails...

Still picking snails, they help clean the tank from algae

 

[AverageAquarist22]

I would say duckweed because we have chickens so I could just dry the duckweed out and feed it to them lol

 

[Mattherrt]

Duckweed. Algae is a pain and I can just take out some of the duckweed pretty easily. It is also beneficial, like some other people have stated.

 

[Pariah]

We embrace all the snails in our tanks. From the lowly bladder snails to our daughter's lazy ping pong ball sized mystery snail that only wants to eat my Salvinia.

 

[The29G]

I’ve had all of these but the only one I haven’t done anything about is the snail infestation. I actually enjoy having them around. I was able to completely eradicate duckweed. Algae is just the worst.

 

[phnx314]

I’m honestly okay with most algae, but it seems I always get the kind that stays in the water, NOT on the walls, so that’s eliminated.
For snails, would they stay in control with the bigger fish eating the babies? Probably, but after a traumatic snail outbreak in a 5 gallon you can never go back.
So that leaves duckweed. Annoying and unsightly? Sure, but my angels eat anything that fits in their mouth, besides my salvinia already outcompetes it easily.

 

[Theulli]

The plant issues are easy to control by moderating light and nutrients. Snails...you miss one of those **** and you’re back to square one. Unless you nuke them from orbit with copper or something, which is not always an option