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Oh....I'm planning on setting up a tank for a puffer soon so i think that will take care of the overpopulation problem

This tank only "had" a male beta and snails in it, so the beta got fed 3 pellets a day. Moved the beta to another 10 gallon recently and haven't fed the "snail tank" since. I randomly put a slice of cucumber or leaf of kale in occasionally but only leave it in a day. I dunno, there is a lot...

Lol! I know shellyx! That was my way of trying to be funny about the situation! Unfortunately, I am going to have to abort some soon.....mamma laid another clutch last night! All those darn snails do is eat and reproduce!

I have found homes for most of the apple snails. Waiting on the blue Ramshorns a to hatch before I start looking for homes for them. Can you get snails neutered?

These guys (golden apple snails) are just hatched and about the size of a BB! Also have about 20 clutches of Blue Ramshorn snails!

My husband an I are wanting to get a small tank for shrimp. We have narrowed it down to the Eheim Aquastyle 9 and the Fluval. After reading reviews online it seems people have complaints about both tanks. We were just wondering in everyone's opinion if one really stood out over the other.

Anyone have any Blue Ramshorn Snails to sell? I would like to have 2.......

Ok, I will continue using the spring water! Thanks for all the advice!! And yes, major lesson learned! Unfortunately I live in a pretty rural area and the closest LFS other than Petco is about an hour away, but worth the drive for healthy fish!!

I have not tried letting it sit for 24 hours.......wonder if this would help with the salinity also?? Is there any way I could test the salinity?

Safety and quality of life for the fish........** correction

After, my water is orange and smells like rotten eggs and rusting metal before going through the softener/neutralizer.

The safety and quality of life is my main concern aqua_chem! I just want to make sure that the 11 GH/KH in the water I am currently using is not going to be detrimental to the fish.

My tap water is NOT municipal, it is well water and tests: pH - 8.8 GH - 6 KH - 9 Currently, we use water from a natural spring which tests: pH - 7.4 (Co2 lowers it to 7.0 in tank) KH -11 GH - 11

So, deciding to use spring water instead of my tap water was he right decision? I am assuming the salinity is more hazardous than the high GH and KH? Thank you, so far, for the info guys!

Well, so far I have lost a few of the tiger barbs to what I thought was columnaris, but not totally sure. They came from Petco and could not close their mouths. We noticed it right away and QT'd and treated them but lost 3 anyways. Unfortunately, our QT tank is taking a lot longer to cycle...