Removing Snails And Adding *Moonlight*

Since I discovered that the eggs that I thought were killifish eggs are really snail eggs, I need to get them out of the aquarium before the snails take over. I came home and used a 1/8 teaspoon measuring spoon to remove what eggs I could see off of the plant leaves. I then also removed the five snails that are the cause of these eggs. I noticed that I already have some smaller snails that must be the offspring of the ones I just removed. If I couldn't remove them, I used my Azoo Aqua aquaplant clip that I purchased from Drs. Foster Smith online to kill the little suckers. I know now that I'm probably going to be fighting the snails for quite a while.



After messing with the snails, I went ahead and removed the Penn-Plax Aqua Nursery (no need to have a *nursery* for snails that I don't want in the tank!) I also re-installed the moonlight that I purchased from Fish Tails in Rainbow City.



I just recently finished reading "The Simple Guide to Marine Aquariums" by Jeffrey Kurtz. Based on something that he wrote about replacing carbon filtration (waiting a few days after a water change before changing carbon to lessen the impact on beneficial bacteria), I waited until tonight to change out the carbon filtration in the aquarium. I'm also going to forego my "48-hour" water testing and check the water tomorrow to check water quality. As the aquarium stands, the killifish seem to be acting normal, as well as the japanese trapdoor snail and japonica amano shrimp.



After all that, I cleaned up the outside of the aquarium and the took a few pictures - some "daytime" and some "nighttime":



Daytime Version





Nighttime Version





As always, the rest of the pictures can be found in the Pictures of Aquarium link to the right.