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  1. ulster exile

    Trumpet snail prob

    Don't know mate tbh - Am I mistaken that both pics show the same snail? As this isn't a fish we're talking about, is it possible that you could take out the affected one and perhaps try and open up one of those lumps to see if it's hard or fluid filled? I mean, it's on the shell so perhaps you...
  2. ulster exile

    Trumpet snail prob

    MTS are livebearers - there are no eggs, so it can't be that.
  3. ulster exile

    Hunting for 'different' shrimp.

    There are some harlequin Sulawesi on aquarist-classifieds for only a £100 *whistles*
  4. ulster exile

    AMANO SHRIMPS and WORMER PLUS

    It says on the Plymouth Discus site that it isn't invert safe, so I never used it. I have used something off Aquatics online called Preis Coly which is made from natural ingredients and says that it is invert safe. The symptoms cleared up without any noticeable effect on my invert population...
  5. ulster exile

    Red Cherry

    If you have the tank well planted (what am I saying, it's a planted tank forum :roll: ), then it shouldn't be too much of a problem providing they can get to the plants before the fish get to them. With 20 you only need a couple to survive for numbers to increase, so I wouldn't worry overly...
  6. ulster exile

    Nerite snails

    I do love my nerites and their algae clearing abilities, but I'd also love to know what on earth they have against my CO2 diffusers. Every time I put a clean one in there, it ends up with nerite poo in it! I put a brand spanking new one in last night and voila! tonight it has nerite poo in it...
  7. ulster exile

    Anyone know what this???

    Some sort of longarm shrimp (macrobrachium sp). Not sure on the exact type, but have a look on this site...shrimpscrabsandcrayfish
  8. ulster exile

    Nerite snails

    I know they eat GSA and GSA as I put them in my big tank temporarily while I re-did my little one and overnight they cleared both of the above from the rounded front corners of the tank. (I admit that I did a little dance when I saw that). My tank isn't open topped so I don't know about their...
  9. ulster exile

    Apple snails pic

    I can tell you from personal experience, that apples and botia striata aren't a good combination. I tried a few apples but found them dead after a couple of months oddly enough by the 'cave' where the botias spent most of their time! I wouldn't chance it myself.
  10. ulster exile

    All hail the nerite snail

    Thought as much. Thanks anyway.
  11. ulster exile

    All hail the nerite snail

    On the strength of this thread, I bought a couple of zebra nerites and have been nothing but impressed with their algae eating abilities. Does anybody have any personal experience of keeping them in a tank with smaller botia like striata? I have b striata in my big tank and would like to...
  12. ulster exile

    Shrimps

    I do - both do fine as far as I can see.
  13. ulster exile

    Invert safe wormer?

    It does help, thank you, although I have ordered the Preis coly stuff. Panic buying at it's worst I think - found another pencilfish dead this morning with a shrunken belly so felt I had to do something. Thanks
  14. ulster exile

    Invert safe wormer?

    Wow, post and a half! Thank you for that. I don't have the equipment, or the necessary knowledge :oops: to do a faecal examination. I do want to treat externally, as well as internally since the occasional 'flicking' behaviour indicates there may be an external problem as well. You obviously...
  15. ulster exile

    Invert safe wormer?

    Hi James, most of my info is indirectly from Paul - he was the one who posted about Flubenol15 (having 15% of the flubendazol instead of the 5% the new wormer plus has) not killing amano's to his knowledge, with the caveat that he didn't know about the long term impact of it's use, or it's...
  16. ulster exile

    Invert safe wormer?

    The old Flubenol isn't the same as the new - I think there was some change in regs which meant that the Flubenol15 that everybody was buying a year and a half ago isn't the same as what is being marketed now. The old killed snails, but was reputed to be 'safe' at least for some inverts...
  17. ulster exile

    Invert safe wormer?

    Can anybody recommend one? I was just about to get Wormer Plus then realised that it says that it is not safe with inverts. I can't really treat the fish separately as I don't have a large enough tank to do it in and would imagine that trying to catch all of my fish to move them and treat...
  18. ulster exile

    trumpet snails

    Yes, they are. I do like having them in my tanks and I like the idea of them turning the substrate over (it's nice to know that they're earning their keep) but I'm not comfortable with relying on them to prevent anaerobic pockets building up in any deep areas of substrate tbh.
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