Top shot of my 8" cube

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dru

Discussion Starter · Apr 30, 2014

Last week this tank was overrun with BGA. Ramshorn snails decimated it

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Ashok

· #2 · Apr 30, 2014

Are you sure it was BGA? From what I read no snails eat BGA.

I ask cause I was looking for a BGA solution and ended up using erythromycin. Would have preferred not to use drugs if snails work.

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jmf3460

· #3 · Apr 30, 2014

snails do not eat BGA to my knowledge, nothing does.

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Chris_Produces

· #4 · Apr 30, 2014

dru said:
Last week this tank was overrun with BGA. Ramshorn snails decimated it

So there's still 90% left?:confused1:

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Tihsho

· #5 · Apr 30, 2014

Nice to see another 8" cube! Any other shots of the tank and this 'BGA' ?

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dru

Discussion Starter · #6 · Apr 30, 2014

jmf3460 said:
snails do not eat BGA to my knowledge, nothing does.

Don't know what to tell you. That is wrong.

Ashok said:
Are you sure it was BGA? From what I read no snails eat BGA.

I ask cause I was looking for a BGA solution and ended up using erythromycin. Would have preferred not to use drugs if snails work.

Yes I am sure. I added them to this tank so they would breed and I was surprised when they immediately attacked the BGA, contrary to what I have read.

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dru

Discussion Starter · #7 · Apr 30, 2014

Archerofthemoon said:
Nice to see another 8" cube! Any other shots of the tank and this 'BGA' ?

I will take some FTS when I feel like removing the filter and taking some decent photos.

Here is a shot of the 'BGA'

I tried manual removal every week for about 4 weeks, increasing nitrates/flow, and reducing my photoperiod. I was about to give up and dose anti-biotics but I can't even find an instance of the bga now.

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sharko

· #8 · Apr 30, 2014

Chris_Produces said:
So there's still 90% left?:confused1:

very clever

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Vepr

· #9 · May 1, 2014

Anyone else read that as "Top shot off my 8" cube"? I was thinking how the heck did he or she manage to do that? Hunting snails?

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dru

Discussion Starter · #10 · May 5, 2014

Chris_Produces said:
So there's still 90% left?:confused1:

It is 100% eradicated

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Kehy

· #11 · May 5, 2014

jmf3460 said:
snails do not eat BGA to my knowledge, nothing does.

Weird, whenever I get some, I drop a couple pond snails in the tank, and assuming there's no other food, they'll chow down just fine on it. Then you've got a bunch of green snail poo to deal with, but that's another problem entirely

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Chris_Produces

· #12 · May 6, 2014

I just did the api e.m. erythromycin treatment on my 40B. Half the dose one day (one packet in the am and one in the pm) and then the next day I did half the dose on the same schedule as day 1 treatment. BGA is nowhere to be found and all my livestock are alive and well. I even have berried RCS.

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Kehy

· #13 · May 6, 2014

I guess it's a case of "you milage may vary". The snails take a lil longer, but don't disturb anything. I only get BGA in new tanks though, so I don't have shrimp in them to begin with.

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