Inca Snail

Yesterday, despite the insane cold, Ben and I made a Petco run (in his pajamas). Although they didn't have any nerites, I got four inca snails. They're part of the Apple Snail family, and they don't get too big. I put two in the 29g and two in the 6.6g. I don't think they eat hair algae, which is the problem in the 6.6g. I don't know what I'll do about that. I can shorten the light duration to 6 hours, but it seems like an awful waste of a CO2 setup.

I also got a bottle of Prime, a check valve for the 6.6 CO2 setup and 3 airstones. For whatever. I had $15 in PALS coupons so I only paid $4.71 for everything. Nice!

 

I had the following conversation with the stupid guy running the fish area at Petco:

Me: I'm looking for nerites.

LFS Guy: We have some snails, but if you really want algae control we have some of those sucker fish.

Me: Oy. Plecos.

Guy: Yeah.

Me: Yeah, I only have a 55 gallon and they get way too big.

Guy: They do get pretty big. I have a 55 gallon tank at home with a pleco that's half as long as the tank. He's in with four oscars. We're having a dollar per gallon sale if you want a 55 so you can get one.