Larry Little
Aquarium Advice Regular
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Hi, Y'all --
I have never had an aquarium without a population of snails, usually Maylasian Trumpets. I like snails a lot, but I seem to have an overabundance of a different species in my Asian tank. I think they were probably introduced with some of my Java ferns. They're not doing any harm to my plants, just too many of them. I don't want to get rid of them entirely, but I would like to control the population. I was thinking, perhaps naively, that an assassin snail or two might control without wiping out the population, but I've never kept assassin snails, so I don't know for sure. Is there a way to maintain a balanced predator/prey relationship or am I simply nuts? (That last was rhetorical only; I already know the answer.)
If anyone has any thoughts,I'd surely appreciate your feedback.
I have never had an aquarium without a population of snails, usually Maylasian Trumpets. I like snails a lot, but I seem to have an overabundance of a different species in my Asian tank. I think they were probably introduced with some of my Java ferns. They're not doing any harm to my plants, just too many of them. I don't want to get rid of them entirely, but I would like to control the population. I was thinking, perhaps naively, that an assassin snail or two might control without wiping out the population, but I've never kept assassin snails, so I don't know for sure. Is there a way to maintain a balanced predator/prey relationship or am I simply nuts? (That last was rhetorical only; I already know the answer.)
If anyone has any thoughts,I'd surely appreciate your feedback.