Camille Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 My question: can I cycle my 40 gallon tank with only snails? I seeded the tank with bio material from another established aquarium, bought my first sponge filter from Aquarium Co-op and used plant and rocks from another aquarium for the new tank. I want to eventually add pea puffers purchased from AquaHuna once the tank is good to go. I will probably wait until spring before I add them. I read about cycling a new tank on the co-op blog but it wasn't clear to me if I could use snails. I know snails release minimal ammonia but I'm hoping they poop enough to get the cycle started. I have 8 snails in the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 You can use snail but what I do is add a small amount of fish food every couple of days to keep the cycle going and feed the benefial bacterial the snail will all so help with this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camille Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 Thank you. I’ve been adding flake food and pellets every other day. So far so good. I made a Java moss wall for the back of the aquarium. It came with a snail or two. I ordered the moss from eBay. I’m sure that wouldn’t happen with the co op. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 With the plants and snails plus adding fish food I don't think you will have any problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenA Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 You can also dose "house hold ammonia" but make sure not to go over 3ppm. Once your test shows '0ppm' you need to dose the water again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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