Re: [APD] Java Fern Lace, snails

["Liz Wilhite" <satirica at gmail_com>]

On 9/10/06, Stuart Halliday <stuart at stuarthalliday_com> wrote:
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> The usual small snail does do a good job of breaking down the decaying
> matter of dead plants. So you don't want to get rid of them entirely. Not
> that you will of course. Once you have them you'll always have them. :-))


I wish that were true.

I have  3 skunk botias in a 55 gal.  Snails are added once a week, including
adult Mayalsian Trumpet snails.  No snails survive there despite the fact
that it was once overrun with snails.  I keep a snail tank just to feed the
skunks.

-- 
Liz
http://pottedliz.home.comcast.net
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