Cycling with snails?

Ownager2004 · 07-12-2005, 09:38 PM

I want to start cycling a growout tank for my krib fry that are on their way. I have 2 apple snails and I was wondering If I could cycle a tank with one of them. any ideas?

MyraVan · 07-13-2005, 07:38 AM

Yup, you can do this, if you are careful. Snails aren't as tough as say zebra danios when it comes to surviving nasty chemicals. I cycled my 5 gallon office tank with 2 snails (one apple snail and one nerite) and both snails are still alive and healthy today. However, I put lots of floating hornwort in the tank to keep the ammonia levels down while the bacteria were growing, so ammonia and nitrite never got over 0.5ppm.

I would suggest using floating plants as I did, or else doing lots of big water changes to keep the levels of nasty chemicals low while you're cycling the tank.

Ownager2004 · 07-13-2005, 03:56 PM

Actually... i have a new idea

The filter pad from my current tank is getting 3-4 months old and its getting a little raggedy from the cleanings i do to it. I think ill just throw that in the new tank and the hopefully it'll cycle in no time.

blixem · 07-13-2005, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Ownager2004

Actually... i have a new idea

The filter pad from my current tank is getting 3-4 months old and its getting a little raggedy from the cleanings i do to it. I think ill just throw that in the new tank and the hopefully it'll cycle in no time.

That's actually a great way to cycle a tank. Just make sure you add some bioload to the tank or the bacteria in the filter pad will go dormant.

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07-13-2005, 07:38 AM	#2
MyraVan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 864	Yup, you can do this, if you are careful. Snails aren't as tough as say zebra danios when it comes to surviving nasty chemicals. I cycled my 5 gallon office tank with 2 snails (one apple snail and one nerite) and both snails are still alive and healthy today. However, I put lots of floating hornwort in the tank to keep the ammonia levels down while the bacteria were growing, so ammonia and nitrite never got over 0.5ppm. I would suggest using floating plants as I did, or else doing lots of big water changes to keep the levels of nasty chemicals low while you're cycling the tank.

07-13-2005, 03:56 PM	#3
Ownager2004 L33t n00b Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Athens, Ohio Age: 25 Posts: 466	Actually... i have a new idea The filter pad from my current tank is getting 3-4 months old and its getting a little raggedy from the cleanings i do to it. I think ill just throw that in the new tank and the hopefully it'll cycle in no time.

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