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May 6th, 2007
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Re: I found a snail
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Originally Posted by Genie
guppies need birth control as well!  |
wish mine did! i've had 5 guppy girls since jan and only 3 fry! they are all ready to pop and have been for months!
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May 7th, 2007
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Re: I found a snail
Another couple of ideas, one short term and one long term.
1. Pull your fish and any living plants out of the tank, turn the filter off, and add some bleach. Then add a dechlorinator (be sure to use enough), do a partial water change, and re-acclimate the fish to the tank. Then do bleach dips for the plants and replant them.
2. Start softening the water. I've heard there are things you can use to remove minerals from the water. Otherwise, you can just start using bottled water that doesn't have minerals. Make sure you vacuum up or otherwise remove snails so their shells don't add minerals to the water. You can also try something to make the water more acidic, like running it through a peat filter. This one is much more work-intensive, but the combination of lack of calcium and acidic water should slow the snails down.
I'm sorry the copper thing didn't work out (I saw the other thread, but figured that since this didn't have anything to do with copper, I'd add it here). I hope it was caught before any harm was done.
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May 7th, 2007
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Re: I found a snail
My water is alread very soft--
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May 7th, 2007
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Re: I found a snail
Well, that shoots that idea.  |
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May 7th, 2007
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Re: I found a snail
I did this the other day -------
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* You can remove the snails in larger groups by tempting them with food. After the lights go off for the night, and the tank is dark, place a saucer on the gravel at the bottom of the tank, place a piece of sinking fish food on the saucer and leave for about 25 minutes. When you come back there will probably be several snails on the saucer and they can be easily removed with the saucer and food. You can similarly use lettuce, spinach, scallions (green onions) or other fresh vegetables to do this, if you have a way to anchor the vegetables in the tank.
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and it has worked great!! I don't see any snails right now..  |
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May 13th, 2007
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Re: I found a snail
I also have had an outbreak of snails - thought I got rid of them and a few weeks later loads appeared! I saw about 8 yesterday so rather than add chemicals I put in some lettuce and this morning there were four on there. I am going to keep trying this route for a while.
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May 14th, 2007
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I also have had an outbreak of snails -* thought I got rid of them and a few weeks later loads appeared! I saw about 8 yesterday so rather than add chemicals I put in some lettuce and this morning there were four on there. I am going to keep trying this route for a while.
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May 15th, 2007
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Re: I found a snail
Them snails sure are a pest i keep finding them in my tank and they have been eating my plants. Just when u think they are gone you find another one.
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May 16th, 2007
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Re: I found a snail
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Just when u think they are gone you find another one.
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May 16th, 2007
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Re: I found a snail
Tan,
Accidentally, I found a snail weakness. I had an algae bloom going, so I bought some algaefix by API. It worked great, and cleared up the bloom in less than a day, but when I got home from work today I found my 3 apple snails dead and floating. Sure enough, when I reread the label, it says "unsafe for freshwater crustaceans".
Opps....
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May 17th, 2007
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Re: I found a snail
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Tan,
Accidentally, I found a snail weakness.* I had an algae bloom going, so I bought some algaefix by API. It worked great, and cleared up the bloom in less than a day, but when I got home from work today I found my 3 apple snails dead and floating.* Sure enough, when I reread the label, it says "unsafe for freshwater crustaceans".*
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excellent!! will look for that! they didnt respond to the interpet antisnail, so i wont get too excited until i see them dead. it seems i have tough hardy snails....supersnails? it might sort out my stringy algae stuff too! thanks jim! will report back once i've found some and used it!!
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