And so I added some clea helenas...
2 months ago I added 3 assassin snails as I had a proliferation of the common pond snails probably that came through plants. What I had read at that time led me to believe they would not reproduce that much or at least not that quickly. Well ladies and gentlemen that is far from the truth. To be fair though they don't reproduce as fast or as much as the pond snails. Let me tell you the full story...
I removed the 3 clea helenas 2 weeks ago because I was going to add some zebra nerite snails. My plan was to control the population of pond snails with a trap. That failed miserably and I end up killing ~25 shrimps (mainly cherry shrimps) that got caught in the trap and died of intoxication due to the ammonia spike inside the trap. I am going off tracks here so back to the clea helena... So a few days ago I started noticing some empty pond snail shells. I was intrigued as the 3 clea helena had been removed and honestly did not think those 3 assassin snails had reproduced in such a short period of time. After very close inspection though I noticed there were tiny clea helenas roaming around. I was like WTF. I was able to hand pick 9 of them but I am sure there are more. The proof:
2 months ago I added 3 assassin snails as I had a proliferation of the common pond snails probably that came through plants. What I had read at that time led me to believe they would not reproduce that much or at least not that quickly. Well ladies and gentlemen that is far from the truth. To be fair though they don't reproduce as fast or as much as the pond snails. Let me tell you the full story...
I removed the 3 clea helenas 2 weeks ago because I was going to add some zebra nerite snails. My plan was to control the population of pond snails with a trap. That failed miserably and I end up killing ~25 shrimps (mainly cherry shrimps) that got caught in the trap and died of intoxication due to the ammonia spike inside the trap. I am going off tracks here so back to the clea helena... So a few days ago I started noticing some empty pond snail shells. I was intrigued as the 3 clea helena had been removed and honestly did not think those 3 assassin snails had reproduced in such a short period of time. After very close inspection though I noticed there were tiny clea helenas roaming around. I was like WTF. I was able to hand pick 9 of them but I am sure there are more. The proof: