Unnatural_Selector Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 This is a kind of odd question, but has anyone tried cycling a tank with mystery/apple snails? A bloke from work has setup a tropical tank, I was just telling him about the ammonia cycle (as the shop didnt!). Anyway I told him to start putting food in with no fish. He's not interested in taking fish back to the shop (ie. wont use goldfish) so I was wondering if I could give him some of my snails to help get it started, anyone see any problems with this? I'm assuming they're hardier than your average tropical fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 you can just dump the food in & let it rot - a snail won't hurt I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunnel Rat Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 This is a kind of odd question, but has anyone tried cycling a tank with mystery/apple snails? A bloke from work has setup a tropical tank, I was just telling him about the ammonia cycle (as the shop didnt!). Anyway I told him to start putting food in with no fish. He's not interested in taking fish back to the shop (ie. wont use goldfish) so I was wondering if I could give him some of my snails to help get it started, anyone see any problems with this? I'm assuming they're hardier than your average tropical fish. Mystery snails do not handle Nitrite very well at all they will dye long before a lot of fish will cya Rat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnatural_Selector Posted August 24, 2006 Author Share Posted August 24, 2006 Ahh okay, thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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