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Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V4 #358
On 21 Jun 00, at 3:48, Aquatic Plants Digest wrote:
> >One night, I investigated and found a swarm of baby MTS around the
> >surface rim and around the tops of plants. I observed no direct
> >feeding on the plants by the snails, but by morning the swarm had
> >disappeared and there was additional leaf damage. Keep in mind I
> >don't ever feed the fish.
IME, MTS hide in gravel during the day and climb out during the
night, after dark. I don't know what is the reason for this (probably
feeding), but it seems to be a rather general pattern. Therefore, if
yo see them climbing on the side walls and plants during the night,
it's not anything strange. I am rather suprised that you say they
stopped doing it after a while.
Snails also tend to climb out (and virtually out of the aquarium) if
the water quality suddenly deteriorates.
Jan
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