flavia21
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Hi! I have a lot of algae I would like to reduce. Is anyone selling any snails that don't reproduce in freshwater that are good for eating algae?
Thanks!,
Thanks!,
You'll probably want to go with Nerite snails, they can mate, but their eggs wont hatch in freshwater, and I'm pretty sure they need one of each sex but not positive on that one. Mysteries could work as well, they need one of each sex to reproduce for sure but lay their egg clutches above the water line so they are easy to find and remove if you want them too.
I have a few blue and ivory mystery snails that got tossed in with the magenta's I bought recently, PM me if you are interested and we can work something out.
I haven't had an algae problem myself not a single spot since I got my tank last month but try reducing the amount of light and sunlight to the tank.
How big is your tank what's the stock?
Go with nerite as mentioned earlier, do a better job on algae than mystery snails (and i breed mystery snails) and cant reproduce in freshwter as stated. Plus some look pretty darn cool!