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Answer by Danielle
Submitted on 11/2/2004
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You have to be careful what you put in a tank. There are certain things you can and cannot put in the tank. My suggestion is next time you go to your Petstore tell them what you have in the tank and ask if it is possible to add whatever it is that you want to add. There could be a multiple amount of things wrong with the combination of your fish and the snails. The fish you have are also semi-aggressive fish, which isnt a very good idea to be putting all different species together. And the size of your tank does help the factor, and the filter..there are so many things that could have been wrong. Trust me, i work in a petstore, people come in all the time with these kind of questions. Good Luck

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Question by jonnyrock
Submitted on 12/29/2003
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We have some chiclids, silver dollars, tiger barbs and bala sharks - everything was good until we put in some snails in, then our bala'stuned nasty and died and now our dollars are getting funky looking - any idea's - please help soon??

Answer by slick
Submitted on 2/9/2004
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the snail could of had some kind of disease and they gave it to you tank. slick

Answer by joe santana
Submitted on 6/11/2004
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the problem is snails develop or multiply quickly so they take room in the tank so i suggest try removing the snails and you will see the diffrence

Answer by ladygodiva
Submitted on 11/16/2004
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snails carry many diseases as well as they effect the tropical natural slim coat...when the slim coat of a fish is damaged it can lead to many unsitefull disasters. remove snails at once .. maintain tank and prayer

Answer by Eric
Submitted on 11/19/2004
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The snails do multiply quickly and could have also had a disease as both of the above answers said. The Bala Sharks are a very sensitive species of fish (almost as sensitive as the Angel Fish) and he might have felt uncomfortable with the new addition to the tank. I wouldn't recommend snails to anyone with a regular aquarium. Plecostomas do the same if not a better job then sails, don't multiply as easily, and they are alot petter for the fish currently in your tank.

Answer by ivan
Submitted on 12/20/2004
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dont put suckers or albino sharks with chiclid theyll eat them

Answer by bob
Submitted on 3/8/2005
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thats how i lost my puffer... be careful... i thought i was getting a hookup from the local fish place with these 'free' snails... my puffer was dead the next morning.. at least he had a great meal before he died..

Answer by scott
Submitted on 3/16/2005
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snails can and do carry all kinds of parasites your local fish shop will be able to recomend a cure

Answer by fully sick
Submitted on 6/1/2005
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snails are crappy

Answer by Derek
Submitted on 7/27/2005
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Depends on what type of snail it is. The best type of snail you can get are apple snails, aka. mystery snails. They breed by laying eggs at the top of the tank, which are easy to remove if not wanted.

Answer by cmh
Submitted on 9/28/2005
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joe santana is right and the easiest way to get rid of snails is to buy either clown loaches or batios they will take care of the snails.

Answer by nicki
Submitted on 11/22/2005
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i think that ur tamk sucks so the fish are dieing u suck

Answer by koolio 5
Submitted on 11/25/2005
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maybe the snails were parasite snails , if they multiply take all but one out of the tank and put them in a smaller tank then you treat the SMALLER tank with snail killer.

Answer by Moca25
Submitted on 1/16/2006
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If they are looking like they have a fungus (like cotton) get fungus guard otherwise if their fins look wrong try melafix. I highly doubt it is the reproductive habits of snails since snails need a lot of algae to reproduce and time. The snails probably had a disease either on them or in the water that they came in. Adding the snails could have stressed the fish enough to erupt something naturally in the water. By the way how big is your tank and your cichlids? Eventually they are going to outgrow the other fish and start getting territorial and attacking the other fish.

Answer by tyricee mckoy
Submitted on 3/13/2006
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how long do it take for the chiclids to get big

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Answer by tyler
Submitted on 6/19/2006
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snails sometimes care small traces of salmanala and if you add too many a one time this with make you fish grow fungus and died soon after the best way to fix this is to do a 100% water change and wash every thing really good and then get some snail-be-gone at any retial pet supply store. i hope i could help you. -tyler_

Answer by jim
Submitted on 8/21/2006
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What is your experince level ? get rid of the snails first for this and other reasons, then diagnos the illness and treat it