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Posted by Roger Sleet on May 3, 2006, 4:45 am
Please log in for more thread options kate@prolineaudio.co.uk (kt) wrote:
> *Date:* 2 May 2006 12:35:05 -0700
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> Hi All
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> We have just started an aquarium for our children of (for now) 4
> aquatic frogs and 4 giant apple snails, 3 small apple snails. We have
> been feeding the frogs bloodworm and the snails cucumber. The tank
> water has become incredibly (whitish) cloudy over the last two weeks
> since we started with the cucumber - are we overfeeding? how much
> should we feed them? We have been feeding three fat rings of cucumber
> to the snails per day and it's all being eaten. All the different
> chemical levels of the tank are fine as we've rigourously tested. Any
> help would be really appreciated...
Just a guess. Apple snails used to be called Infusoria Snails and were
used by aquarists to raise large quantities of Infusoria for feeding small
fry by heavy feeding with low grade food. You tell when your Infusoria
culture has taken off because the water goes cloudy :-). If you can get
hold of a low power microscope it might be quite fun to look at the water.
Try switching to smaller quantities of a higher grade food source such a
blanched potato.
Roger Sleet
Roger's Aquatic Pages http://www.sleet.plus.com
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> Hi All
>
> We have just started an aquarium for our children of (for now) 4
> aquatic frogs and 4 giant apple snails, 3 small apple snails. We have
> been feeding the frogs bloodworm and the snails cucumber. The tank
> water has become incredibly (whitish) cloudy over the last two weeks
> since we started with the cucumber - are we overfeeding? how much
> should we feed them? We have been feeding three fat rings of cucumber
> to the snails per day and it's all being eaten. All the different
> chemical levels of the tank are fine as we've rigourously tested. Any
> help would be really appreciated...