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Exploding algae in the fish tank is a headache, and there are many ways to deal with it online, and each routine has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Ben Meng today to share my own fish tank algae removal tool - small bees.
This article is suitable for small and medium-sized tropical fish players to read, and it is also suitable for you living in the tropics. Expected to read 3 minutes.
Little bee snail
The bee snail is the most cute one in the ornamental snail.
It is a semi-saline organism itself, but in actual use, fresh water is no problem.
Bee snails prefer hard water to soft water.
Bee snails are pets in tropical fish tanks, especially often found in grass tanks.
Its greatest skill is in removing algae.
Some aquarists say that bee snails are weak in removing algae.
Scales believes that it is because there are too few, and if you increase the number of bee snails appropriately, you will be pleasantly surprised.
When using snails to remove algae, the biggest headache for aquarists is the rapid reproduction properties of snails.
Usually the algae is reduced, but there are popping snails.
At this time, the advantages of the bee snail are highlighted.
The bee snail also ovulates in the fish tank, but because it is a semi-salted snail, its eggs cannot hatch in fresh water, thus achieving the purpose of sterilization.
Is it the best of both worlds?
The legendary Easter egg snail
As shown above, it is the legendary Easter egg snail.
The reason why it is said to be a legend is because Scales has not objectively played with Easter egg snails.
An article can be found on a well-known aquarium forum saying that bee snails are easily confused with Easter egg horn snails.
It is also said that the bee snail has horns, while the Easter egg conch has no horns. Thus distinguishing between the two types of snails.
Scales had never played with easter egg conchs, so he decided to buy some online.
On a certain treasure to know, the seller is divided into two major factions.
One faction says: Bee horn snails are Easter egg horn snails, they are two names of a species;
The other school says: They are not the same, one with horns, one without horns.
It took more than an hour to consult the high-ranking people who played with snails, and the scales made it clear: there is no easter egg horn snail at all!
Only Easter egg snails, no Easter egg horn snails.
It is not that the scales are more real, but that the Internet is full of too many misleading information. The owner of the online store has no recognition ability, so he follows the wind to deceive consumers.
The terms in a famous search site are also confused in concept, and interested aquarists can compare them.
Conclusion: The bee snail and the Easter egg snail look somewhat close, the bee snail has horns, and the Easter egg snail has no horn. There is no such thing as an Easter egg horn snail.
Bee pagoda snail
Bee pagoda snail, also known as killer snail.
It is used to remove snails.
Why are you talking about it here?
Many players have tried to remove algae with apple snails. A sufficient number of apple snails is also really powerful to be able to do this hard work.
But - the apple snail is too capable of cubing!
The snail that aquarists usually complain about the most is the apple snail.
At this time, it is time for the bee pagoda snail to appear.
Operation process—— The first step is to put apple snails in the fish tank that has exploded to remove the algae; In the second step, after the algae is suppressed, the bee pagoda snail is placed in the fish tank to remove the excess apple snail. The third step is to remove the bee pagoda snail; In the fourth step, the apple snail continues to increase; The fifth step, please come back to the Bee Pagoda again; And so on.
One might ask: Why bother?
Because bee pagoda snails have a characteristic: they first eat the large apple snails in the fish tank. Therefore, Scales suggested that the large apple snails should be fished out first, put into other fish tanks, and when the small snails were not destroyed, then the large snails should be invited back. Switching back and forth with two fish tanks not only solves the ration problem of the killer snail, but also removes algae, the best of both worlds.
Important lesson: Do not use snails in the koi tank to remove algae, because koi eat snails.
The method mentioned in today's article is more suitable for small and medium-sized fish tanks, and large fish tanks should not be tried.
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