My toddlers tank
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Some may disagree with me but I want to remove the snails that came home with the plants I purchased that in turn turned out to be house plants.
I tried to reply to a forum that was already started on this topic but it was too old.
So in turn I have a 50% water change scheduled for wed the water is sitting in the buckets now, I am going to remove the last of the house plants from the aquarium at this time. I have consistently read that I should place a piece of lettuce in the tank after lights out and remove it after a couple of hours and repeat until the snails are gone. Simple enough but I have questions :s
1 does it matter what kind of lettuce leaf?
2 will the eggs survive elsewhere like my driftwood, in the gravel etc?
3 if so will wiping down my driftwood in the bucket and vacuuming the gravel help?
4 if I were to take pity on 1 snail as I haven't had success with plecos to date. Will it reproduce itself without a mate?
I really don't want mass amount of snails especially since mine are leaving the aquarium and crawling on the outside of my filter. ( all 2 I have spotted so far)
Thanks
I tried to reply to a forum that was already started on this topic but it was too old.
So in turn I have a 50% water change scheduled for wed the water is sitting in the buckets now, I am going to remove the last of the house plants from the aquarium at this time. I have consistently read that I should place a piece of lettuce in the tank after lights out and remove it after a couple of hours and repeat until the snails are gone. Simple enough but I have questions :s
1 does it matter what kind of lettuce leaf?
2 will the eggs survive elsewhere like my driftwood, in the gravel etc?
3 if so will wiping down my driftwood in the bucket and vacuuming the gravel help?
4 if I were to take pity on 1 snail as I haven't had success with plecos to date. Will it reproduce itself without a mate?
I really don't want mass amount of snails especially since mine are leaving the aquarium and crawling on the outside of my filter. ( all 2 I have spotted so far)
Thanks