So, I want to put a larger snail in the tank with my fry to help with cleanup, there are some pond snails in there, but they are tiny. The only snails that I have are ramshorns and nerites.
Would a nerite snail be okay with them and do what I need it to do?
I've read online that they won't bother fry, so I'm assuming it would be okay, but what do you guys think? Would it even eat leftover food?
A nerite wouldn't eat your fry from past experience, but they are more of a algae eating snail. Keep in mind that all snails are huge waste producers and a filter is needed. Good luck with your fry!
What I do in my fry tanks is when I set them up I throw in about a dozen or so ramshorns that I want to breed and leave them there for a week while the tank settles.
Then I take them out and put in the breeding pair.
The baby rams grow up along with the baby bettas, providing ever-increasing clean up for ever-increasing wasted food. When the snails start getting big enough to make a huge mess of their own, I take them out and sell them.
Oh I know, they're just annoying. I took her out and have mystery snail babies in there now.
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