You haev to MAKE SURE that you get this type of snail: Pomacea (pomacea)
bridgesii

http://www.applesnail.net/content/sp...a_bridgesi.htm

"Chris_S" wrote in message
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I've got a 10 year old tank, heavily planted, and I have a hard time
keeping
up with all of the dead plant debris and general gunk that builds up on
the
bottom. Even with pruning it is hard to get at all that stuff, because of
all the plants.

Are snails good for that?

Here's my specs:

55G tank
DIY CO2
Eheim 2227 W/D (Bio)
Eheim 2224 (MechFilter)
2x55W 6700K PowerCompact
Heavily planted
Large Angels
Temp = 80F
pH=6.0
GH=2.5 Deg (45ppm)
CO2=6ppm
NH3=0.0ppm (amo)
NH2=0.0ppm (nitrite)
NH3=25ppm (nitrate)
PO4=1ppm (phos)

Thanks, Chris.