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June 28th, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Hitchikers
Reading the other posts and looking at photos, I've determined that my new plants had pond snail hitchikers. Someone said that some fish will eat the little boogers, I was wondering if molly's or platy's will eat 'em or maybe cory's?
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June 28th, 2008
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Clown loaches and puffers are big snail eaters.
Corys, mollies, and platies will not eat snails from what I know.
Everytime you see one just squish it. That will slowly but surely get rid of most of them.
In order to prevent more snail hitchhikers. Get a bowl of ice cold water and dip your plants in it for about 5 seconds before adding to the tank. Kills any snail eggs and most snails.
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June 28th, 2008
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Fish Master
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Coryd55
Clown loaches and puffers are big snail eaters.
Corys, mollies, and platies will not eat snails from what I know.
Everytime you see one just squish it. That will slowly but surely get rid of most of them.
In order to prevent more snail hitchhikers. Get a bowl of ice cold water and dip your plants in it for about 5 seconds before adding to the tank. Kills any snail eggs and most snails.
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wow! nice information to have! ty cory!!! |
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June 28th, 2008
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Welcome.
Shawnie I have a feeling you are tracking my posts! Haha
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June 28th, 2008
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Fish Master
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LOL it does seem that way doesnt it...but you seem to be the only one talking hahahaha I swear im not a "fishlore stalker"  |
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June 28th, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Thanks for the info, i'll definately keep it in mind. The ice trick sounds like a really good idea, squishing them sounds pretty barbaric. Simple solutions are always my favorite.
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July 2nd, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Well there is a upside to the "barbaric" solution, the fish will love the squished snail delight. I know its kind of  sick. But it benefits to the fishes diet, snails are high in protein.  |
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July 3rd, 2008
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Fish Addict
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Coryd55
In order to prevent more snail hitchhikers. Get a bowl of ice cold water and dip your plants in it for about 5 seconds before adding to the tank. Kills any snail eggs and most snails.
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Seriously, thats kind cool
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July 11th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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Ok, I haven't added anything to my tank in months and I started noticing a bunch of snails on the big rocks in the morning when I turn on the lights. Like I said, I haven't added anything to the tank in months, no fish, no plants, no nothing.
Where could these things have come from?
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July 11th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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They probably came in on what ever you added last if it was eggs it could take weeks or a month before they are big enough to notice and when I had an outbreak I noticed they would go down in the gravel and I may not see one for awhile but they were there. Next time you vac really dig it into the gravel and see if you dont turn up a few more. They will reproduce like crazy too look for snail egg clusters on the glass they are tiny but you can see them. SNAILS |
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July 11th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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It's weird because I have fake plants and I never add the water from the fish store to my tank.
I'll keep them for a little while. I need them to eat the algea in the tank. Next week I'll end up cleaning and re-arranging the tank again, so I will take care of them then.
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July 11th, 2008
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Fish Helper
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I took Rainmans advice and started squishing them every morning. The fishies look forward to the extra breakfast |
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July 14th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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I decided to clean the tank early. Sunday I took the everything out of the tank and cleaned it in some super hot water. I also vacuumed the gravel and sucked a bunch of the snails up. This morning when I turned on the light I didn't see any snails on the big rocks. Hopefully they won't be back. I'm going to have to do the same thing to my 10g guppy tank next week.
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July 14th, 2008
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Johawk- be careful taking everything out of the tank and giving it a thorough cleaning. Most of the beneficial bacteria is colonized on the gravel and on the decor and thorough cleaning can cause you to have an ammonia spike.
Usually a snail population explosion is indicative of over feeding, incomplete gravel vacuums . If theres extra food anywhere they will find it and when food is plentiful they will breed.
Carol
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July 14th, 2008
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just found some hitch hikers in my bettq 10 gallon divided tank!!!! i added new plants but thought I cleaned them well...guess not LOL
I had one yesterday..or one that was visible to the eye..and today I have about 20 LOL guess ill be doing a nice vaccuum
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July 14th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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So thats where all my snails went 
Just Kidding.... I dont even have my tank set up yet.... |
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July 15th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Butterfly
Johawk- be careful taking everything out of the tank and giving it a thorough cleaning. Most of the beneficial bacteria is colonized on the gravel and on the decor and thorough cleaning can cause you to have an ammonia spike.
Usually a snail population explosion is indicative of over feeding, incomplete gravel vacuums . If theres extra food anywhere they will find it and when food is plentiful they will breed.
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I'm sure it is due to uneaten food. I usually only vacuum ever couple months or so. And at that time, I end up re-arranging everything in the tank as well. I am going to buy some shrimp next week to act as my cleaning crew.
I didn't take the gravel out, I just vacuumed it. The rest of the stuff I took out and rinsed it. For a week after doing stuff like this, I end up doing 25 - 30 percent water change every couple days. This is partially due to my impatience and not wanting to wait to have everything settle again.
Last edited by Johawk; July 15th, 2008 at 01:39 PM.
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July 15th, 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Johawk
I'm sure it is due to uneaten food. I usually only vacuum ever couple months or so. And at that time, I end up re-arranging everything in the tank as well. I am going to buy some shrimp next week to act as my cleaning crew.
I didn't take the gravel out, I just vacuumed it. The rest of the stuff I took out and rinsed it. For a week after doing stuff like this, I end up doing 25 - 30 percent water change every couple days. This is partially due to my impatience and not wanting to wait to have everything settle again.
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Cool! Even with shrimp you will need to vacuum more often. Good Luck! Let us know how the tank goes.
David C how is your tank doing?
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