snail for algae

dreamwallaby · 01-19-2013, 01:56 AM

so my 9 gallon is getting some algae on the glass. I want to get a few algae eating snails but not nerites. I have them in my bigger tank and love them but I don't want all those scatter eggs on my smaller tank. I have about 20 shrimp, 2 scarlet badis and 4 endlers so I don't want to add more fish (as in otos) So what other snails will be great for algae but nice to my plants, shrimp and not leave scatter eggs??

amberoze · 01-19-2013, 01:58 AM

Siamese algae eaters might work.

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rodcuda · 01-19-2013, 02:21 AM

Just get some ramshorns, they are great for keeping the glass clean and are not so bad about overpopulating.

musician71604 · 01-19-2013, 02:52 AM

Ramshorns are doing a great job for me in my smaller tanks. Excellent algae eaters.

**l8nite** · 01-19-2013, 03:14 AM

Strangely, I have 2 Nerites in my 5G Marineland Hex, and I have never had any eggs on the sides of the tank. They lay the majority of them on the small rocks I put in there.

01-19-2013, 01:56 AM	#1
dreamwallaby Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: magnolia, NJ Posts: 72	snail for algae so my 9 gallon is getting some algae on the glass. I want to get a few algae eating snails but not nerites. I have them in my bigger tank and love them but I don't want all those scatter eggs on my smaller tank. I have about 20 shrimp, 2 scarlet badis and 4 endlers so I don't want to add more fish (as in otos) So what other snails will be great for algae but nice to my plants, shrimp and not leave scatter eggs?? __________________ Stacy ~my tanks 9 gallon eheim aquastyle: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/yourtanks.php?do=view&id=5130 44 gallon pentagon: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/yourtanks.php?do=view&id=5138 Last edited by dreamwallaby; 01-19-2013 at 02:07 AM.. Reason: mistyped

01-19-2013, 02:21 AM	#3
rodcuda Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Central Florida Posts: 843	Just get some ramshorns, they are great for keeping the glass clean and are not so bad about overpopulating. __________________ Rod

01-19-2013, 03:14 AM	#5
l8nite Zombie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 682	Strangely, I have 2 Nerites in my 5G Marineland Hex, and I have never had any eggs on the sides of the tank. They lay the majority of them on the small rocks I put in there. __________________ HANdS: 110G Community, 10G Fry Containment Unit, 7.5G ADA Bettascape, 2.3G Moss Recovery Unit, 2G Fluval Spec

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01-19-2013, 01:58 AM	#2
amberoze Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: lexington, sc Posts: 306	Siamese algae eaters might work. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

01-19-2013, 02:52 AM	#4
musician71604 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: AR Posts: 128	Ramshorns are doing a great job for me in my smaller tanks. Excellent algae eaters.