I Ordered 240 Nerite Snails! Snail Army Vs Brown Algae

[@BB-bv6uq]

Change the battery in that smoke detector... 🤣😂🤣

[@moefuggerr2970]

Change your smoke detector battery.

[@k9feces]

You need 500 nerites for clean stem plants.

[@betterness23]

underrated comment haha

[@cutefish7317]

That beeping alarm sound scares me.

[@rvscape]

😂

[@jamesgrant3343]

Smoke alarm battery need replacing??

[@Scouse.raver1]

Bristlenose pleco will help with algae a little but still need feeding veggies 😊

[@ctophercs]

Where did you order the snails from?

[@rvscape]

From ebay, best price I've found for these snails www.ebay.com/itm/272972237413

[@henrymcdoo]

Hi, CO2 and Phosphates might be a issue for algae and slow to none stem plants growth. You should try supplementing your tank with additional CO2.

[@rvscape]

Thank you! This makes sense, I have considered adding CO2 to the system, I've just been intimidated by it. Also afraid of what the cost might be on a 350 gallon tank to run CO2.

[@henrymcdoo]

@@rvscape You are welcome and you are right :) . CO2 systems may be quite expensive. But there are a plenty of homemade DIY ways to make it. Some people use sugar and baking yeast but I would recommend more Sodium-Bi-Carbonate and Citric acid. PROS: Very cheap, easy to make CONS: Hard to make correct dosage, one dose doesn't last log 4-5 days or more depending on size of containers.

[@paulmacdonald7068]

@@henrymcdoo tank is too big for diy co2

[@henrymcdoo]

@@paulmacdonald7068 You are welcome :)

[@audioaficionado9494]

If you don't add dissolving calcium like crushed coral into your CO2 tank to raise KH and GH, it will cause all your snail's shells to dissolve eventually killing them. I even lost ramshorns to CO2. Plants loved it, not the snails.

[@tobelgica1197]

How many aquariums do you have ? 😊

[@rvscape]

Right now I have 4 aquariums.

[@Leeuwtje1979]

What kind of nerite snails you used?

[@stoneysscapes7544]

Hey I guess I heard him say "Olive Nerites " 🪐

[@h.s.6390]

First lower your lights and change once a week your water 30% / 40% and get some fast growing plants, add every day plant nutrition and with the snails and some other algae eaters like Amano shrimps and Siamese algae eaters your problems will disappear and use seachem Purigen in your filter! Good luck

[@dramaticexperiment144]

To get rid of the algae on the stem plants you could get hill steam loach or siamese algae eater or otocinclus

[@rvscape]

Thank you for the suggestions! Do you think the otocinclus and hillstream loaches would be big enough to get along with the severum?

[@dramaticexperiment144]

@@rvscape probably not because if they can fit in the severums mouth the severum will try to eat them, so probably try the siamese algae eater or rainbow shark or redtail shark. I have a rainbow shark and it keeps my plants clean

[@donnaford7488]

Where did you order them from

[@rvscape]

Here is the link www.ebay.com/itm/272972237413

[@ctophercs]

@@rvscape thank you I'll check it out.

[@MrRoverpilot]

Are you sure that is staghorn algae and not “Hydra”

[@rvscape]

Not sure, I am not familiar with hydro.

[@BetterDeadThanRed99]

@@rvscape do a quick youtube search of Hank Greene, Hydra . Enjoy.

[@vlogwindiy3898]

Very nice.. I have much nerita, : nerita squamulata, nerita albicilla, nerita chamaeleon, Nerita patula, Nerita Exofia, Nerita 😊

[@bluebowser3121]

Amano shrimp will eat algae. I heard they can coexist with cichlids, but they need enough space. They wont breed in your tank so you may have to buy in bulk like you did for the nerites.

[@rvscape]

That is interesting, I would love to keep amanos in that tank because I know they are extremely good algae eaters. I may try them in the future, thanks!

[@Loftikaz]

I stop feeding my balloon mollies and all hair algae gone :)

[@satguy]

Caution, Only the Olive Nerite Snail is a freshwater snail. The other nerite varieties are saltwater snails that will live for a short time in your freshwater tank.

[@kenjiro2676]

Can you elaborate more on that? I wanna get some black, red, and orange nerites as well as Batman and king coopa nerites.

[@jjxtwo1]

Yeah, that is incorrect. Adult Nerite Snails thrive in freshwater.

[@-pickle-4726]

That mustve cost a FORTUNE

[@rvscape]

Olive nerites are actually pretty cheap. I think these were all around $100.

[@-pickle-4726]

You also should've acclimated, that may have been a reason for the large amounts of death

[@rvscape]

@@-pickle-4726They're shipped without much water so it is hard to acclimate. But I usually don't any die from this, I mostly have deaths from the clown loaches occasionally getting a snack.

[@-pickle-4726]

@@rvscape would any autocynclus survive in there?

[@rvscape]

@@-pickle-4726 I think they probably will, I've considered getting some. The severum, or the angels might be able to eat them, but the tank is so big I don't think it will be a problem. Also thinking about siamese algae eaters.

[@ssjfranky07]

Those are not narite snails

[@rvscape]

They're olive nerite snails.

[@HarryPage-hs6cs]

Eggs eggs everywhere

[@rubytuesday2859]

Add more catfish 🥰

[@sarahapplebottom]

Change your fire alarm battery. Jesus, so annoying.

[@rvscape]

Lol it's become normal now, no one in our house notices it anymore.

[@peepslostsheep]

@@rvscape Viewers do. Interesting video, but that alone stops me from subscribing, since I'm sensitive to high pitched sounds.

[@rvscape]

@@peepslostsheep I apppreciate the feedback, it has since been changed

[@thesmartass]

Some black molllie can help ..... They eat hair algae very well

[@rvscape]

Thank you, I did not know this!

[@thesmartass]

@@rvscape do try them once...... Don't forget to keep them underfed

[@dylanhughes5944]

I have them, but they don't eat it lol