Glass cleaning

I believe those are a variety of nerite snails. They will eat stuff off the glass for sure! I have a little Olive Nerite, it crawls around sucking on the glass alllll day long
Cool, that's what I'm after.
They don't breed like crazy right?
 
Nerite snails are actually unable to breed in freshwater, so no babies from them!
 
I believe they will lay eggs, but they can't hatch. Another cool thing about nerite snails is they come in a variety of color choices
 
I believe they will lay eggs, but they can't hatch. Another cool thing about nerite snails is they come in a variety of color choices
Yea I've seen some nice ones, do like the horned ones though. Also those Aztec looking orange,black type. Hard to find them.
 
These are them, red racers. Love them
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I use a razor on the end of a stick, cheap one from amazon. I used the magnetic glass cleaner but they tend to chatter on the glass and that really stresses the Ornate tetras, they go pale and hide for a couple of days. I don't clean the back glass, I leave that for the BN pleco. My I am OK with some algae in the corners.
 
I use a razor on the end of a stick, cheap one from amazon. I used the magnetic glass cleaner but they tend to chatter on the glass and that really stresses the Ornate tetras, they go pale and hide for a couple of days. I don't clean the back glass, I leave that for the BN pleco. My I am OK with some algae in the corners.
I don't mind leaving some on the curves, snails will sort that out.
So do you only use razor or some kind of sponge as well?
 
I just use a sponge. (The type for dishes)

The “scrubby” side is rough, so it can get that nasty algae off of the glass.


So do you only use razor or some kind of sponge as well?
A razor blade seems like overkill IMO. Most algae will come off easy with a few scrubs.


I believe they will lay eggs, but they can't hatch. Another cool thing about nerite snails is they come in a variety of color choices
They definitely do that... super annoying
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(That’s the rock or just one snail)
 

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