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1. What is the best way to "catch" trumpet snails? I have a tank I want to move into a larger tank, and I do not want to move the substrate. However, the tank to be emptied has quite a large population of breeding trumpet snails in it, and I want to keep them. Last night, I put a few pieces of lettuce in the tank, hoping to catch some on the lettuce this morning, but none were on it. I did see many baby snails on the water surface, however. I netted them out into the larger tank, and hand picked the large ones I could see.
Is there another good way to get them up out of the gravel to where I can either capture them by hand or capture them by net?
2. I just purchased a 55 gallon aquarium. I populated it with decorations, filter media, and sand from a smaller tank. It will be stocked with the following:
2 angelfish
a black ghost knife fish
a clown plecostomus
3 dwarf gouramis
5 zebra danios
3 emerald coryadoras catfish
8 assorted mollies
2 paradise fish
1 flying fox
3 german blue ram cichlids
assorted plants and snails
Is that too many fish for a 55 gallon fish tank? I think I may remove the mollies. I would like to take them back to the pet store, as they are too prolific of breeders. However, I do feed the baby fish to my other fish, and it is one of the very few things my black ghost knife will eat.
3. How much filtration (gallons per hour) should I use on a 55 gallon fish tank? Currently, I have a tetra whisper filter that filters 60 gallons per hour. I have a few extra 20 gallon per hour filters around the house, unused. I was considering adding them to the tank. Is it possible to have too much filtration?
4. I have 4 18 watt flouresent lights and 1 20 watt flouresent light on my 55 gallon tank. Is this sufficient lighting to grow something like dwarf hairgrass or glosso or riccia? Would I need to change to a different substrate to do this? I am using pool filter sand.
5. How do I anchor down plants to keep them from being floated up by the fish?
6. How many inches of substrate should a tank have?
I am sorry for so many questions. Thank you for your help, in advance.
Is there another good way to get them up out of the gravel to where I can either capture them by hand or capture them by net?
2. I just purchased a 55 gallon aquarium. I populated it with decorations, filter media, and sand from a smaller tank. It will be stocked with the following:
2 angelfish
a black ghost knife fish
a clown plecostomus
3 dwarf gouramis
5 zebra danios
3 emerald coryadoras catfish
8 assorted mollies
2 paradise fish
1 flying fox
3 german blue ram cichlids
assorted plants and snails
Is that too many fish for a 55 gallon fish tank? I think I may remove the mollies. I would like to take them back to the pet store, as they are too prolific of breeders. However, I do feed the baby fish to my other fish, and it is one of the very few things my black ghost knife will eat.
3. How much filtration (gallons per hour) should I use on a 55 gallon fish tank? Currently, I have a tetra whisper filter that filters 60 gallons per hour. I have a few extra 20 gallon per hour filters around the house, unused. I was considering adding them to the tank. Is it possible to have too much filtration?
4. I have 4 18 watt flouresent lights and 1 20 watt flouresent light on my 55 gallon tank. Is this sufficient lighting to grow something like dwarf hairgrass or glosso or riccia? Would I need to change to a different substrate to do this? I am using pool filter sand.
5. How do I anchor down plants to keep them from being floated up by the fish?
6. How many inches of substrate should a tank have?
I am sorry for so many questions. Thank you for your help, in advance.