Any fishkeepers here? Saltwater or freshwater

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Lumpy

This is true, but he has some time before they outgrow the tank. I now have 3 in my 55 gal, (I was bad and got 2 more a few months back). My oldest has been in the tank for almost 2 years and he's only 4-5 inches long. He was hiding a lot up until I added the other 2. It's great to see him swimming around again!

A few nights ago, I dumped about 50 pond snails in the tank and they enjoyed the feast! It sounds morbid, I know, but it's beneficial to the CL's health for them to consume a variety of foods.

Speaking of which, if anyone needs any free pond snails, shoot me a PM.

Be careful with the snails. Many loaches will get lazy over time and you'll end up with an overpopulation problem.

There for a while I was removing 200-300 PER DAY from my daughter's 14G.

[Lumpy]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Be careful with the snails. Many loaches will get lazy over time and you'll end up with an overpopulation problem.

There for a while I was removing 200-300 PER DAY from my daughter's 14G.

Damn.

My CL's devour 50 or so within an hour or 2 and luckily very few strays are found afterwards. I'm breeding the snails purposely for food, (in my 5 gallon along w/ a growing colony of RCS). The snails are reproducing pretty well, but not to the point of having a few hundred per day. Again...

Did you get an Assassin Snail to take care of the problem? I heard those guys are ruthless on the little buggers!