Aquarium Plants & Snails
Plastic Plants: They are not only decorative,
but are useful in spawning situations. If angelfish lay eggs
on a leaf, just remove it and hatch the eggs artificially. After
they hatch you can put the leaf back on the stem. We use
them most often in livebearer tanks. We let them float in a
bunch and the new-born fry find it great to hide in. This
is why we've chosen to carry a lot of fine-leaf plants.
Real Live Plants
These are grown in our disease free tanks, so are safe to put
into any of your aquariums. If you want these to go out in a
fish order then order them through the
Fish Store, however plants
will add a lot to the cost of shipping when sent by Overnight
carrier.
Duckweed: Some look at this floating plant as a weed or a nuisance in an aquarium. We see it as an almost magic-like plant. It grows very rapidly, which means it's removing nitrates and phosphates at a high rate. It's a water purifier. It also helps slow or eliminated algae growth. Hornwort: This floating plant is in most of our lighted tanks. It is a very rapid grower and has all of the positive characteristics of duckweed. Cryptocoryne: One of the prettiest crypts. It grows fast and is very hardy. We plant ours in pots where they spread by runners. Each pot grows dozens of plants which each can easily be transplanted to grow and fill their own pots. Anubias: It is a slow growing plant, but very hardy and absolutely beautiful. It also does very well in bare-bottom tanks. Wedge it under some driftwood or a sponge filter and it will do great. The rhizome we send will contain approximately 15 leaves. Green-Plant Liquid Fertilizer: For those who want to give their plants a kick-start. Contains iron, nitrogen, potassium, boron manganese, calcium, zinc, magnesium and copper. Dose is one capful per 10 gallons, once a week. Snails
They are
very hardy and can handle cold quite well, but they will die
if the temperatures get much below 40 in their box for several
hours. They will also not travel well if the box
gets much above 90 for too many hours.
If you want these shipped with fish, they must be ordered through the fish store.
Apple Snail - Pomacea bridgesii effusa,
these beautiful snails now come in several color varieties.
We will be adding more color varieties in the future. The
only plant we've seen them eat is duckweed - which they
love. A really big one will grow to about 2" in diameter.
They lay their eggs in a cluster just above the water line,
so it's easy to control them. Just remove the clusters or
keep the water to the top of the tank. Dark Striped Purple
(DSP) have a dark foot with purple stripes. The Light Striped
Purple (LSP) have a light foot with purple striped. The
foot color affects the way the shell base color appears
and the shade of the purple. There is a fair amount of variation
among the adults. The ivory apple snail has a light
foot in a white shell. Red Ramshorn - The red variety will breed true if you keep them separate from the other colors. They are amazingly bright colored and really add to a tank - much better than the brown variety. They don't eat plants.
Asoline spixi - This is a beautiful apple
snail. It stays relatively small, the largest being about
1" - 1.25" in diameter. This species is not a plant eater,
but it's a good cleaner. The eggs are laid underwater in
small jelly-like groups. They are easily removed if you
don't want them reproducing. They will generally live at
least a couple years.
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