Marble Snail and hair algae

["Gary Lange" <gwlange at mindspring_com>]

Someone has suggested to me that the "Marble Snail", Neritina reclivata does
a pretty nice job on hair algae.  Has anyone on this list tried these snails
before?  They were seen chomping on hair algae in a bare bottom tank but I
was wondering if anyone had tried them in the planted aquarium.  They don't
seem to be chewing on the plants.  Do they reproduce like mad or is this a
slowly reproducing snail?

thanks,

Gary Lange
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