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11/25/2007, 09:24 PM
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Blennies safe with baby snails?
I have a huge number of baby snails, somewhere in the thousands, they are all over the rocks and glass. I would also like to get a lawnmower or black sailfin blenny but since there are so many little snails on the rocks will the blenny eat the snails? I don't want to kill the snails unnecessarily I am having a tough enough time trying to get them to grow as is, also would the shells damage/hurt the blenny?
Thanks Cory |
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11/26/2007, 10:10 PM
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If you have thousands of small snails, at the rate they reproduce, youre gonna want something in there eating them to keep their population under control. No? That would be as it is in the ocean at least...
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#6
11/26/2007, 10:17 PM
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blennies come in two broad classes, combtooth [eats algae] and fangtooth [not usually good for the beginner.] The horse-faced blennies are generally combtooths of various types.
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#7
11/26/2007, 10:36 PM
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DJPB,
I am not worried about the over population, I am hoping to have a few actually grow up to adult sizes and trade/give them away to fellow LA reefers. So far i have only had a few actually make it to a size larger then a pin head. Most seem to some how get caught in the power heads, hopefully that will change a little when my koralia's arrive. With no skimmer there is plenty to eat but growth is slow or the die off is high its hard to tell with so many. Sk8r, I'll definitely be going with a lawnmower or sailfin blenny and i am pretty sure they are both combtooth |
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#8
11/26/2007, 10:53 PM
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With that kind of die off, do you notice any spiked anmonia nitrite or nitrate levels? If so, that could also be fueling the algae growth which in your case could be beneficial to keeping more snails growing. Kind of a wierd circle huh?
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#9
11/29/2007, 07:37 PM
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DJPB
I haven't really noticed any spike, but my algae growth is pretty good anyway since I am running no skimmer and no sump. Probably why i have some many baby snails there is plenty of food for everything. But yes it is a weird cycle, all part of the fun of the hobby, i really enjoy the crazy amount of life in the tank. |
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