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I was able to remove a bunch of them tonight. A somewhat tedious process given how small they are. How big do they get if allowed to mature? The biggest ones I'm seeing are about 1/8". I thought about maybe getting an assassin snail or two but what would they feed on after the MTS's have been...

Thanks for the replies. I guess I will start plucking them out of the tank as they make themselves accessible.

I have recently being seeing a number of very small snails in my planted tank. They are about 1/8" to 3/16" long. I'm guessing they came in as eggs on one of the plants. I looked around on the net but couldn't find any info on any that looked like them. I'm trying to find out if they are...

I'm going to try the path of least resistance and try the heat method you guys are suggesting. I'll keep a close eye on progress. If I have to, I can move on to the TTM method if the heat doesn't do the trick. Thanks for the feedback.

I want to make sure that I eradicate it. Will raising the temp kill off any cysts that may be in the substrate? Also I didn't mention it earlier but there is a batch of 2 week old fry in the main tank (in a separate nursery tank). Will the elevated temp bother the fry? Raising the temp would...

While feeding the fish today I noticed white spots on a few of the black neon tetras and my male swordtail. Unfortunately it looks as though the tank has Ich. Because the tank is a planted tank with shrimp, I can't dose medicine (Cupramine) directly into the tank. This make things a little more...

As others have said, I would check out the Aquaclear or the Fluval C series. They are both made by Hagen and are very similar but do have some differences. I have the C series on a few tanks and am very happy with them. They are about a close to a canister filter you can get without getting a...

I had an outbreak of GHA. But the excel made short work of it. No GHA to be found now.

That explains why most of my anacharis died off. Oh well, wife never did like the anacharis anyway.

Try dosing some Excel. I was speaking with a rep from Seachem at a coral swap and during the course of our conversation we got on the subject of hair algae. He had told me that one of the side effects of Excel was that it kills algae. I tried it and he was right. Within a couple of weeks of...

Hi Barliman, I'm no expert at fishless cycling but I happening to be cycling my 29g right now and I'm also using Dr. Tim's ammonium chloride and Seachem's Stability. I have noticed similar results as you have as far as the ammonia level's being low and nitrite being fairly high. To me it seems...

I ended up ordering a Fluval C3 HOB filter. It should give me just over 5 water changes per hour. The C series is very similar to the AquaClears. Same parent company. I liked how it was setup like a canister filter and provides the ability to customize the filter media. I would have went with a...

Thanks for the replies. I will start off with a 5X turnover rate and see how it goes from there. If that doesn't seem to do the trick, I'll move up to either adding another filter or a larger filter.

Need help deciding what size filter would be best for my 29 gallon tank. I have read that you can never have too much water turnover but there must be a point when it becomes excessive/non productive. Also no need to pay more for filter media for a larger filter than what you can take advantage...

I'm currently in the planning and acquiring stages for a new 29g planted tank. As this is my first attempt at the use of live plants, I would like to keep it a low tech, easy to maintain approach. No CO2 for the time being. I have been doing some reading up on plant substrates and would...