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[Branko]

Could some one tell Attachment 3648me what this is.Thanks

[Keri]

does it look like this in the water?if so it's a stomatella snail, they are good algae eaters

[banditpowdercoat]

Looks like a little gooey duck LOL

[Branko]

TY.That is exactly what it looks like,and I am finding more every day.Whew to being good-

[dkcrx]

They are good untill you get over run with them, look at your tank at night, see if you have a bunch or way to many. I have been harvesting them for about 6 months, just picking them off the rocks aprox 20 to 50 a week. They can breed like rabits.

[ponokareefer]

Originally Posted by Branko

TY.That is exactly what it looks like,and I am finding more every day.Whew to being good-

I have been seeing the same thing in my system for the past couple of months. Good to know that they are safe.

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by dkcrx

They are good untill you get over run with them, look at your tank at night, see if you have a bunch or way to many. I have been harvesting them for about 6 months, just picking them off the rocks aprox 20 to 50 a week. They can breed like rabits.

So what negative effects do you notice from them? If you have too many, you must have too much algae. Their will always be a balance in any ecosystem and having too many algae eaters when you have too much algae doesn't make any sense to me

[justinl]

dkcrx, are you sure you dont have flatworms? stomatella dont usually breed to the kind of numbers that would be considered pest proportions.