That depends on how much algae is there for it?
I have 1 in my 3 ft. not much algae in there. But 2 in my 2ft tank.
I just bought 2 Horned Nerite Snail to test out how effective they are in eating algae. Got this read out:
Horned Nerite snails are highly regarded in the aquarium environment due to the fact that they feed voraciously on various brown and green algae that are commonly found in established freshwater aquarium substrate, rocks, plants and glass. At the same time Horned Nerite Snails will not touch living plants or desirable mosses. If algae populations decline, its appetite can be easily satisfied with algae wafers, Spirulina discs or fresh vegetable pieces. They are as resilient to a wide variety of environmental conditions as they are used to frequent habitat changes, doing well at temperatures ranging from the 50�s to the upper 80�s (F) and in waters of 6.3-8.4 in pH
But from you guys experience, how many snails are enough for a 3 feets tank? Thank you.
That depends on how much algae is there for it?
I have 1 in my 3 ft. not much algae in there. But 2 in my 2ft tank.
I am balding but i am still young!
I also have 1 in my 3ft. But i am targeting to have around 5 since it is quite hard for them to breed.
Below is an article I come across from tropica website:
http://www.tropica.com/en/tropica-ab...e-control.aspx
it states that, Tropica recommend 1 Amano shrimp per 5 L water during the start-up of a new plant aquarium. They have also a recommended mixture of algae eaters:
http://www.tropica.com/en/tropica-ab...ae-eaters.aspx
Today, I have the below armies for algae control in my 60x45x45:
5 x oto
9 x Amano Shrimp
3 x siamese algae eater
3 x golden algae eater
5 x horned Nerite snail (4 x RIP)
8 x Zebra Snail (5 x MIA, must be somewhere around my tank)
all of them introduced from the 3rd day of setting up my tank onwards. My habit of overkilling. haha...
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i have 2 in my 3 feet, but it's seldom seen.
@eric, you can bet most of us are SAE. Soon when they grow up will be terror. Zebra nerts MIA? i doubt so they exit the tank more often then any other snail i know & found 4-5 meters from the tank.
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a day or so if left dry. normally after they clear my outside tank's gsa they go mia only to be found along the small drain.
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They do eat algae, I have 5 in my 4ft but can't depend on them alone to keep your tank clean, end of the day, you will still need your hands, sponge and water change to keep algae away.
These snail laid eggs and you can see ugly white spot on your woods tank walls etc. So just keep for fun. Algae cleaning, is still a hands on job I feel.
Hi Max Lim...while it is good to have an algae cleaning crew, but always use them with caution as you have heard of the story of the 'King and the Rats'
It would be better to learn how to control algae with minimal use of cleaning crew.
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That's a lot of algae eaters.
Learn to balance the nutrient in the tank and adjust the tank's photo period. If you're not injecting co2 you may want to start. The lack of co2 causes your plant to stop photosynthesizing and losing out to the algae in the process.
P/s: once the SAE grows, it's appetite for algae diminishes.
Thank you guys for the suggestion.. look like 2 snail is enough for me.. I also have other algae crews, tank is CO2ed.. after watching these 2 snail for 2 days, I think I will treat them for display purpose.. searching for them inside the tank is fun but also tiring..haha.
So my worry now diverted to : will they climb out of the tank one day?? :-(
They start climbing out only if there is no food, high NH or NO or poor oxygen levels.
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I am balding but i am still young!
Wah! Meaning Nerite climbing up is a symptom of high NH, leak of oxygen etc. Can use as tester to tell us is time to change water:-)
I have 12 nerite in my 3ft tank. The nerite will climb out and will not return back to the tank. I found 2 dead in the kitchen.
I have another 4 horned type. The horned nerite may be a pain if you happen to step on it. So far, that never happen to me or my family yet.
Erctheanda, I am quite sure it's one of those. Remember my rescaping?
Prior to the rescaping, my nerites never climb out of the tank. Till I hauled all my inhabitants out and into a spare tank with no filter and no air pump for a week.
I may rule out O2 cause all my fishes did not display any signs of lack of it. The fishes were still fed so there was quite an amount of fish poo. I am quite sure that the NH and NO should be increasing towards the end of the week and that is when my wife told me my snails are climbing out of the tank.
So it's either NH and/or NO, or it could be no food.
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Hi all, I bought 6 nerite snails for my 4 feet tank but they all died within a week. Tried another 6 with the same results. I have 7 angel fishes and 4 corys in the same tank but they are all healthy and ok. Are the angel fishes attacking them at night? I don’t see them doing it in the daytime. Anyone has experienced this before?
Thanks in advance.
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