Eggs, fungus and malasian trumpet snails
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not tried MTS, although I have them around in the tanks anyway, I have in the past used water louse from garden pond , they are excellent at eating fungus and dead eggs but leave the live ones. I also read that cherry shrimps are good too.
I used to have gazillions of trumpets before i bought some assassins. I cant really say they did anything for the eggs but I did notice they liked to hang out in the fry savers alot.
Cheers
thegeeman
Cheers
thegeeman
Hi all,
I've used Red Cherry Shrimps, Asellus (Water Louse) and MTS as "egg janitors" and they have all worked in that they didn't eat the eggs and I didn't get any fungused ones.
cheers Darrel
I've used Red Cherry Shrimps, Asellus (Water Louse) and MTS as "egg janitors" and they have all worked in that they didn't eat the eggs and I didn't get any fungused ones.
cheers Darrel
Alder cones are also good for eggs as they have natural anti fungal properties. And i use MTS in a fry trap with my tatia eggs.
Hi all,
I'm with FFMK II on that one.
Alder cones are very good, they do the same job as Indian Almond leaves and if you collect your own they are free :woohoo:.
TA aquaculture sell them as well http://www.ta-aquaculture.co.uk/Leaves.htm, at the bottom of the page.
cheers Darrel
I'm with FFMK II on that one.
Alder cones are very good, they do the same job as Indian Almond leaves and if you collect your own they are free :woohoo:.
TA aquaculture sell them as well http://www.ta-aquaculture.co.uk/Leaves.htm, at the bottom of the page.
cheers Darrel
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I have a few trees around by me that i collect alder cones from.
If anyone is unsure of what they look like http://galactinus.net/vilva/retro/eos350d_dogmar_files/do9456s_s.jpg
TA Aquaculture also sell alder oil!
If anyone is unsure of what they look like http://galactinus.net/vilva/retro/eos350d_dogmar_files/do9456s_s.jpg
TA Aquaculture also sell alder oil!
Never used it myself but i would imagine so. I was wrong to say "oil" its actually extract.....possibly the same thing lol
There's a recent debate about snails and bichirs whether the snails are eating slime coat on MFK and the consensus is that the snails are harmless which would make me think that they would be much similar on eggs.
I read today that cappata leaves can also be used to prevent fungus on eggs. Theres some info here about the leaves
http://www.tropical-aquaworld.com/terminaliae.htm
Are they also known as almond leaves?
http://www.tropical-aquaworld.com/terminaliae.htm
Are they also known as almond leaves?
Hi all,
Yes these are the Indian Almond Leaves "Terminalia catappa". They both lower the pH and add tannins, and are very widely used in Asia by Betta breeders etc.
The advantage of the Alder cones (or Oak leaves) is that they are free and you can make sure they were collected from non-polluted sites.
cheers Darrel
Yes these are the Indian Almond Leaves "Terminalia catappa". They both lower the pH and add tannins, and are very widely used in Asia by Betta breeders etc.
The advantage of the Alder cones (or Oak leaves) is that they are free and you can make sure they were collected from non-polluted sites.
cheers Darrel