Advices please

**Whitefit** · 25th Jan 2013, 14:56

My mini shrimp tank wall has a thin layer of algae... I'm keeping crs... Will snail b able to help? And will snail leave a trail behind? Lastly what snail is good and where to purchase?

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**yongkeat** · 11th Feb 2013, 15:01

Nerite snails if you don`t mind them laying eggs on your tank you could also get a magnetic scrubber to manually get rid of them

**Shrimpboii** · 11th Feb 2013, 15:10

Bro , otto will be a good choice ?? This is my point of view because when snail starts to breed there is no way in deterting them unless u wanna intro puffer into tank to clear the snail at the same time it will eat ya shrimplets

**yongkeat** · 11th Feb 2013, 15:12

Originally Posted by Shrimpboii

Bro , otto will be a good choice ?? This is my point of view because when snail starts to breed there is no way in deterting them unless u wanna intro puffer into tank to clear the snail at the same time it will eat ya shrimplets

Good point shrimpboii,maybe after the snail started breeding you could introduce one single assassin snail into your tank to keep the population down.Otto is a good choice too and its cute!

**cheetf** · 11th Feb 2013, 15:19

Have never seen ottos clean algae from the glass.

**Jay91** · 11th Feb 2013, 15:25

Ottos are a good algae CONTROLLER. They just control and limit the amount of algae growth in your tank. But that doesn't solve the problem. The best you could is to introduce some snails. At the same time reduce the lighting and if your have plants in your tank, reduce the Co2(if any) or ferterlizer.

hope this will help.

Cheers~

**Shrimpboii** · 11th Feb 2013, 15:41

Yup , assassin snail would be good too but they will dig into soil ?
Everything has it pros and cons, but it up to you bro , otto loves this song ( I an sexy and I know it , wiggle wriggle wriggle ) when you get the otto you will know what I mean haa

**Draka** · 11th Feb 2013, 15:45

Haha bro IMHO ottos very little bit scared one. I prefer nerites cos although eggs all over the place they don't reproduce in freshwater

**yongkeat** · 12th Feb 2013, 01:08

Originally Posted by Draka

Haha bro IMHO ottos very little bit scared one. I prefer nerites cos although eggs all over the place they don't reproduce in freshwater

they do my friend, i have some baby snails in my tank [IMG]

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**yongkeat** · 12th Feb 2013, 01:11

i maybe wrong though im no expert

**alvinchan80** · 12th Feb 2013, 01:41

Oto might be good but they will 'share' your shrimp food and 'slap' the shrimps in their haste to feed..

Nerite snails causes ugly eggs everywhere in the tank..

If the algae is ugly, just use an algae scrapper or if you don't mind your hands in the tank, an old card/credit card but make sure your hands has no foreign residue like moisturizer, lotion, ruyi oil (those daddy out there knows what I meant)..

And if your tank has GSA (green spot algae) I think only can scrap off in my opinion..

**Draka** · 12th Feb 2013, 01:43

Lol the picture a bit blur bro but pretty sure nerites have a larval stage that require salt or brackish water.

On the other hand if those are somehow nerites that managed to reproduce in freshwater... Bro for sale not 😜

**yongkeat** · 12th Feb 2013, 12:46

oops sorry thse are not babies of my nerite, used magnifying glass and discovered its my ramhorm snail off-spring my bad

**stormhawk** · 16th Feb 2013, 09:17

Judging from the shape of the shells, they're probably not ramshorns either. They resemble young pond snails (Physa sp. ) to me. If you had Blue Ramshorn babies then people would buy them.