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Hi all,
I’m seriously considering not adding snails or crabs to my new build. My last build I didn’t add any crabs, just snails. Early on they proliferated like crazy but over the years their numbers diminishes, I have a bunch of empty shells and now the few that remain are clustered in the corners of the tank waiting to die a slow death (I presume).
The drawback to snails are they can jam up pumps and powerheads, and can suck up alk after spawning.
I’ll have plenty of algae eaters for fish, and stomatella always seem to pop up. But is anyone running a healthy algae free tank without snails or crabs?
I’m seriously considering not adding snails or crabs to my new build. My last build I didn’t add any crabs, just snails. Early on they proliferated like crazy but over the years their numbers diminishes, I have a bunch of empty shells and now the few that remain are clustered in the corners of the tank waiting to die a slow death (I presume).
The drawback to snails are they can jam up pumps and powerheads, and can suck up alk after spawning.
I’ll have plenty of algae eaters for fish, and stomatella always seem to pop up. But is anyone running a healthy algae free tank without snails or crabs?