Leporacanthicus galaxia and snails

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Leporacanthicus galaxia and snails

Post by Giovanna Galvani »

Hi group,
I read somewhere that plecos were eating snails....well, I bought 2 weeks ago a new plant and some days ago started to see 1 snail....I thought well wait a bit and see what happens with the galaxias.....tonight appeared 5 or 6 snails of various sizes.... :evil: .... it seems that my pleco doesn't like them....so will start catching them again! Will put also the trap during the night! have a nice week! Giovanna
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Post by Yann »

HI!

Well Leporacanthicus galaxias are snail eater but don't count on them to erradicate all of them.
So better remove them by hand first...again like fish it is also a good thing to quarantine plants or at least desinfect them. I read somewhere that a little short bath in water with a little bit of javel....

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