there's some stuff called had-a-snail that is a great way to get rid of snails... just a couple of drops and they start crawlin out of the tank themselves...

you could also get some fish that eat snail eggs and baby snails... i think the synodontis eupturus does that... but i'm not sure... or some loaches as well...

I would also say it's a freshwater clam. If it's still alive they are great for natural filtration. I was thinking of getting a few myself for my tank for extra filtration but I don't have much room left.

I don't know exactly but I think they filter about 5 gallons an hour. Don't quote me on this though I may be wrong but if you get a bunch of them they work good so I've heard.

i am in no way trying to be a pest or change the topic here, but I can't be the first person to tell you that your 30 gallon is waaaaaaaaay overstocked. How do you keep the fish from dying, im genuinely curious?

Read up, he/she mentions a ''new'' 125 gal. I'm guessing the setup we see in his/her profile picture is the 30 gal, and just temporary.

Hey spongebob, did you read my update on profile? It says size of aquarium, and I put 30 gallon, but just got a 125 gallon and will post update pic of it after it gets finished cycling. The tank started out with about 40 fish, but all those livebearers took over. I didn't have anywhere to put the babies so they grew up and now they have babies. I didn't want to flush any of them down the toilet so I left them alone to do their thing, and they did. I have to do water change and filter change about once a week, but there isn't much or any food to hit the bottom, someone is always there to eat it up so nothing decays. My plan is to herd up the platies except for about 5, and all of the mollies except for about 5 out of the 43 babies and trade the rest at the pet store on something different.

I put all the that I was keeping in the 125 gallon tank Friday and it really looked nice. The 3 silver dollars darted and raced across the tank, all the different tetras immediately joined their school and had class until I felt sorry for all that were left in the 30 gallon so I herded up about 4 buckets full of the others and put them in the tank so I could clean out the 30, and now everyone swims together and there are no schools. They were all juveniles when I got them and introduced them at the same time in the small tank so I guess they aren't really sure what fish they are, they just swim and get along with everybody, no fights, chases, claiming territory, etc. Main thing that I have had to do is keep the water filter from getting plugged and constantly feed, go through a 6.35 ounce can per month of fish crispy flakes, and the 2 big pinches I put in there, there are some that probably don't get that much to eat, but that doesn't stop the rest of the herd from being the first in line waiting for me to approach their tank with some food.

I'm going to update the pic with the 125 gallon tank hopefully next week after I have traded off the herd.