NLS = More detritus?! Quick question.

[jschall]

I like that idea! But what if the snails end up in the filter due to breeding ? also don't bichir's eat snails ?

Why's it matter if they end up in the filter?

Also, these are tiny little snails. I don't know if the bichirs are going to bother putting in the effort to crush them for a when they get delicious NLS every day. Who knows, maybe they eat a few, but I have hundreds.

 

[tcarswell]

Why's it matter if they end up in the filter?

Also, these are tiny little snails. I don't know if the bichirs are going to bother putting in the effort to crush them for a when they get delicious NLS every day. Who knows, maybe they eat a few, but I have hundreds.

Wont they damage the impellar ?

 

[jschall]

Wont they damage the impellar ?

Doubt it. I have so many small snails that I'd know by now if they damage impellers. Who cares, anyway. Worst case, impeller damage - new impeller. $10. In this hobby, that's chump change.

 

[tcarswell]

That is true. Ill just go for that and keep an extra impeller around. What about mystery snails would they help with any brown algae ive been getting / food bits.

 

[cypher1024]

I noticed a lot of what looked like poop in my new quarantine tank. It's got 5 clown loaches and some serpae tetra, mostly being fed NLS.

Upon closer inspection, I noticed that the 'waste' was in fact small snail shells. They must have hitched a ride in the filter media I pulled out of my sump, and given the little loaches a nice treat

 

[tcarswell]

lol nice.