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Last week this tank was overrun with BGA. Ramshorn snails decimated it
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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.
snails do not eat BGA to my knowledge, nothing does.
Last week this tank was overrun with BGA. Ramshorn snails decimated it
So there's still 90% left?:confused1:
Nice to see another 8" cube! Any other shots of the tank and this 'BGA' ?
snails do not eat BGA to my knowledge, nothing does.
Don't know what to tell you. That is wrong.

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.
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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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? :)
So there's still 90% left?:confused1:
It is 100% eradicated
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
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.
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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