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Algae Eaters

Halil

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Hi,
Are the any algae eating inverts or fish that i can keep with minimal water change in a planted tank? Without having eggs everywhere?

I know Nerite snails are the only snails that are male or female but i dont think i can buy just MALE Nerite snails?

Thanks


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Ahh OK. Don't know much about snails. Obviously there's the usual suspects Amano shrimp, ottos and Sae's. I wonder if there's a type of fish that eats snail eggs so you could combine the two maybe.

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Ahh OK. Don't know much about snails. Obviously there's the usual suspects Amano shrimp, ottos and Sae's. I wonder if there's a type of fish that eats snail eggs so you could combine the two maybe.

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Need something to clean the glass, and only fish and snails would do so. Unfortunately with fish i would have to do more water changes.
Hmm maybe i'll have to buy a couple nerites and find out which one doesnt lay eggs...


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If it's just glass cleaning you are after just an algae cleaner pad on a stick would do. 10 minute job once a week.
 
Supposedly nerite snails only breed in brackish so you might get away with it... having said that I had eggs laid in my soft water tank but they really only come out at night

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Add more plants if you're having algal growth. Weedy ones like water sprite are good for that

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Orange ramshorn snails are voracious algae eaters, but with plenty of food on offer, they multiply in big numbers.
I would suggest amanos but only if they are the only shrimp in the tank and as long as there is plenty of food, they are machines that can be aggressive and destructive. I would reduce your photoperiod down to 6 or below hours and add some greedy plant like valis, or floating frogbit, natans etc.
Good luck, algae is a task but once you figure the imbalance you're sorted.
 
Orange ramshorn snails are voracious algae eaters, but with plenty of food on offer, they multiply in big numbers.
I would suggest amanos but only if they are the only shrimp in the tank and as long as there is plenty of food, they are machines that can be aggressive and destructive. I would reduce your photoperiod down to 6 or below hours and add some greedy plant like valis, or floating frogbit, natans etc.
Good luck, algae is a task but once you figure the imbalance you're sorted.

Thanks. Moved over to a new tank so no algae problems as of yet. Would like to get some nerites but only males. Ive got a small bunch of natans just gonna have to wait for them to multiply


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Thanks. Moved over to a new tank so no algae problems as of yet. Would like to get some nerites but only males. Ive got a small bunch of natans just gonna have to wait for them to multiply


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I would plant heavy with a new tank, as the algae will cone back if you don't do things a bit differently.. reduce the photoperiod now, and gradually increase, but I would say get as many heavy feeders in there as you can. The algae won't appear if there's nothing for them to use as food, and that's where valis among others, comes in handy. Good luck!
 
Hi,
I always use as algae eaters Spiral Horn snails. Together with Amano, they are doing a great job. I am cleaning the walls of aqvarium only once in 2-3 months, and then especially for salt deposit. Spiral Horn are also nice, having a kind of thorns on the shell. They are not breeding (some people are upset because of this, me included) they are very active all day long, compatible with most of the fish and making no damage to the plants (despite what many people think). In an aqvarium of 100 litters, 5-6 Spiral are more than enough to have everything free of green and brown algae.
 
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