Number of posts : 5 Age : 55 Location : Aberdeen UK Activity Points : 5465 Registration date : 2009-05-25
Subject: What filtration would a snail only tank need? Mon May 25, 2009 5:38 am
Do snails produce ammonia like fish & hence depend on biological filtration to remove the ammonia/nitrites? Or is purely mechanical filtration sufficient?
Severum Boy Moderator
Number of posts : 52 Age : 33 Location : Somerset Activity Points : 5599 Registration date : 2009-01-20
Subject: Re: What filtration would a snail only tank need? Tue May 26, 2009 12:30 pm
Like most aquatic animals, snails produce ammonia and will need a biological filter with water changes to keep them alive.
You can try a mechanical filter, and indeed I use a mechanical filter in a very small tank. However, this is understocked and gets 20% water changes every 4 days.
Kin Small Snail
Number of posts : 21 Location : Romania Activity Points : 5080 Registration date : 2010-07-02
Subject: Re: What filtration would a snail only tank need? Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:44 am
I have a nano-tank for my 2 Sulawesi Elephants (and their little baby), and i have a internal filter, that has (in this order) : Course foam, Fine Foam, a few JBL Micromec balls (for biological filtration), and a little 2x2 cm perlon pad (JBL Symec Micro)
It works great, the NH4 and NO2 stay very low, almost gone.
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Subject: Re: What filtration would a snail only tank need?
Sat May 04, 2013 2:57 am by bungy
