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Old 05-23-2012, 12:06 AM
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what would be a good clean up crew looking at my tank i cant seem to find out where all my snails have gone
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Old 05-23-2012, 01:23 AM
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i use brissle worms and a few snails
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Old 05-23-2012, 01:41 AM
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do you buy brissle worms ?
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Old 05-23-2012, 01:44 AM
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Lol. No. There in pretty much everyone's tank. There population will tell you if your over feeding or not.

I feed pellets daily and mysis a couple times a week. And haven't seen any over a inch in a while. When I was feeding heavy there were a few 6" in there
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+1 on the worms..... excellent at getting anything extra left floating around the sand :-)
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Guess I should have asked this different, any ideas as to why I am losing snails and worms ?
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crabs?
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Old 05-24-2012, 05:16 AM
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Makes sence, crabs die too
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Guess I should have asked this different, any ideas as to why I am losing snails and worms ?
How long has your tank been running and what are your water params ?
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