MS> I went across a vendor mistake. In a shop I noticed a yellow tropical
 MS> tank snail (ampullaria dormata, something like that). I saw them many
 MS> times along the years but I never bought them. I asked: "What does it
 MS> eat?" - "Algae" For 2$ I get it and now I'm almost without *plants*.
Unfortunately, the real answer to that question is "vegetation".  The snails 
will eat algae if there's nothing bigger to chew on.  I have yet to find a 
single live plant that my snails didn't devour in a day.  I finally had to 
leave one tank plantless for the snails.
Robby
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