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Originally Posted by htismaqe
I can't do anything to deliberately kill the pond snails (medication, Assasins, botias, etc.) because she also has Melanoides (Malaysian trumpet) snails and they're not only not a pest, they're beneficial to plants and their roots.
How do you like the RCS? My daughter and I are going to get some tomorrow. If we want them to breed and keep down the algae in the 14G, how many do we need?
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Good idea by going w/ manual removal of the snails. Trumpet snails are pretty cool and, from what I hear, not very cheap.
I love the RCS!! They are entertaining as hell to watch, especially when the females are caring eggs. IIRC, I started out w/ 3 males and 1 female. That's all it took to get the colony started. I would guess that my colony is in the hundreds now and I just got them about 9 months ago.
Honestly, if you're wanting to expedite the breeding process, 2 males and 2 females would be a good mix. I would be careful housing them w/ certain types of fish though. The babies will hide until they get big enough to venture out on their own. However, if they're small enough to fit in a mouth, they could get gobbled up. I just added a Crowntail Betta to that tank and he hasn't eaten any, (that I know of anyway). He does tend to chase them, but the RCS quickly dash away.