Snails in a 40l
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2016 7:35 pm
I have a rather large colony of ramshorn snails in a 40l tank.
My question is how many is too many, I reckon I have over 100.
Up until today the tank has been cycling ok with no real spikes in ammonia or nitrite but today ammonia was up into toxic levels, nitrite had also gone one up on the scale.
I've done a large water change and put some prime in just in case the snails aren't as bomb proof as I thought.
I'm just worried the filter won't be able to cope with so many, obviously when I get my puffer he will cull the population.
My question is how many is too many, I reckon I have over 100.
Up until today the tank has been cycling ok with no real spikes in ammonia or nitrite but today ammonia was up into toxic levels, nitrite had also gone one up on the scale.
I've done a large water change and put some prime in just in case the snails aren't as bomb proof as I thought.
I'm just worried the filter won't be able to cope with so many, obviously when I get my puffer he will cull the population.