and for the breeding tank would it be safe to put a internal filter in or should i put some snails and "The Bubbler" by pen-plax in the tank?

oh and thanks for the help i now know i just have to keep the pop. down

they r tadpole snails i looked them up and found several pic that looked like they came from my tank. and i also found out y my they attacked the fish. the fish WHERE dieing and couldnt move due to the very limited amout of food they scavenged off from( the snails ate it) and where starving so the ...

i have fixed prob last night i got the last big snail out and i think there is one remaining but ill get u a pic and if any of u what the snails , go to the pet smart in Granville, MI

and dont say the fish where dead eather cuz the little snails covered them when they where ALIVE true story me and my fish have gone threw alot, my guppies come from a family that has lived in temps of 100F due to heater failur and around 50 f due to heater also( thank god i got rid of it after that ...

i used to have the guppies i called couch potatoes. they where always touching the bottom. they where doing fine until i added a plant that had snails on it and they KILLED my beloved misfits :( and is there any thing i can do to rid of them with out hurting my otos( i also have ghost shrimp and 2 ...

well mine r not harmless but will the salt affect the snails and not kill my otos(PS i just got another tank setup for breeding just in case:) the reason i need to rid of them is that the eat all my algae

and these r TADPOLE SNAILS not the harmless ones
i have tried the trick and many others things but they never worked
and these things r even more iritating cuz they only get to a max of 1 cm in length

well first these snails r devil snails the have in the past killed 5 of my guppies and my first pleco. second i dont keep live plants that what gave me the dam snails. dam petsmart

i have a tadpole snail infestation in my 30 gallon tank and my dad said that salt will kill the snails. i was wondering if any one could tell me if it is safe to put salt in a tank with 8 otos and how much it would take to kill the snails with out killing the otos.

thanks im going to need it!!!!!:P

hey i got more otos and i think they feel crowded 2 attempted to breed though. i think i have more than one speices and i was wondering if they will breed with similar otos?

aw that would kill me i am dedicated to them its going to be hard for me in college (im class of 2012 in high school)
i just got 4more of them for my 30 gal. tall and now i have 8 im planing on breeding them

so u love oto too?

thanks thats helps

i would but im on a small budget and the corysies around where i live r around $4.00 and i have a small tank at the moment

oh and small otos LOVE cucumber and make sure to get at lease 2 to 4 of them or they will become boring belive me i had to deal with it for 2 years and i just got 3 more and now they r hyper active

i have always had an interest in these little fish and i really wanted to breed them
i have a 30 gallon tall tank(main tank it has guppies), a 10 gallon which is empty(planing to make into breeding tank), and a 2 gallon fish bowl (brine shrimp hatchery?)
can any one help????

well the 2 r similar and the top pic has a water spot on it if it would help i can make a vid or take a clearer pic

this oto is 2 inches long and at least 2 years old

these otos r hopefuly the same kind and r barly 1 inch long

plz help id them

i have had an otocinclus for about 2 years and it is about 2 in long and i just got 3 almost 1 in otos of the same species(i think) and i have had no prob with feeding the big one even without algae and without feeding green foods. but i started putting cucumber in the tank so that the small one can ...