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Posted by Charles on April 21, 2006, 5:13 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:36:53 GMT, "David McDermott"
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>> David McDermott wrote:
>>> I have finally decided to tackle my aquarium's algae problem. For many
>>> months now I have simply bit the bullet and scrubbed my tank with a algae
>>> scrubber, but over time the situation grew out of control because I
>>> couldn't reach all the little nooks and crannies and the tank was
>>> starting to look really grimy. So, about 3 weeks ago I decided to put a
>>> single snail in the tank to eat. What a job he did too!
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>>> I know that many people have problems with snails breeding and taking
>>> over the tank, so me, thinking I was very clever, only got one snail,
>>> hoping to deny him the pleasure of finding a mate. Now my friend informs
>>> me that snails have both male and female parts and can still reproduce.
>>> Is this true? Please say no because he is such a good cleaner and I
>>> don't want to get rid of him (or her, or both I guess)!
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>> What sort of snail is it?
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>That's part of the problem. In my haste and naivety I didn't even think to
>ask. Assuming it didn't make much difference, I just told the pet store guy
>"I need a snail that eats algae" and he said "here ya go" or something like
>that. Are some species self reproducing and some not? That would certainly
>be helpful for future reference.
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Try googling for ramshorn snail and for apple snail, those are the two
you would most likely be given.
As far as I know, what Gill told you is correct, except that there are
a few snails that have separate male and female genders, most are
hermaphroditic. The problem with just one is that it may have been
darted already and be developing eggs.
People complain about snails, but learn to live with them.
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