alanmin4304 Posted October 30, 2006 Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 Given time the snails and pleco will give up eating the plant and the new growth will be fine. Time cures all they say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirkus Posted October 30, 2006 Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 lol i like it dasher, interesting perspective. i have both snails and plecs and neither have an effect on the hygrophila which seems to show the problem when there is either a lack of light or no waterchange in a while, either way its a decent bio indicator of the water quality/'happiness' of the fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Since there is one in there and it isnt that big a tank I would say the changes of it being snail damage by anything smaller than a mature Apple Snail are slim. LOL your kidding right? a mature apple snail will demolish a fully planted tank in hours. The kind of damage shown on your plant is minimal! Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasher Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 LOL your kidding right? a mature apple snail will demolish a fully planted tank in hours. The kind of damage shown on your plant is minimal! Shae Lol - Was refering to the fact that the clown loach in the tank would eat snail smaller than an applesnail, not the consumption rate of an apple snail on plants.. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Infact, more probably, you'll find that a snail spawned on the underside of the leaves, and though it might appear you have no snails in your tank, the baby snails are eating away the leaves. Shae And thus, the above makes more sence then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 I will retain my bet on the fact that the leaves are drowning because they were grown emersed and the new growth will be fine as the pic shows for both corymbosa and roseafolia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasher Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 I will retain my bet on the fact that the leaves are drowning because they were grown emersed and the new growth will be fine as the pic shows for both corymbosa and roseafolia Does sound most likely. But I like my idea for originality - :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 There is probably more than one reason and we all could be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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