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Old 12-26-2009, 11:52 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Default Re: newbie for plants

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Originally Posted by Toad View Post
Thank you. The only problem has been uninvited hitchhikers - snails and recently what looked to be some kind of predatory insect. Looked like a larva from dragonfly or damselfly. Got that out of there - no apparent harm to the fish.

Glad you got the larva out.

Snails (almost) always bloom at first. The a year later there are only a few left.

So I wouldn't worry.

Meanwhile they are cleaning the tank and the eggs providing food for the fish.
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