Potassium Permanganaate is hard to beat. best way to have some around
is make a stock solution up. Measure out 285 grams of PP, and add it
to a 1 gal container of distiled water, and mix thouroughly. Put in a
closed container nd keep in a cool dark ploace, and it should last up
to a year or so. When you need a PP dip for something just use the 20
drops equal a Milliliter or 1 cc for a 2PPm ratio for every 10 gal of
water or 1 drop per gal for a 1ppm, 2 drops for a 2 ppm per gal,
3drops for a 3ppm etc etc.....Good for sanitizing nets as well.

PP is not as bad as some would have you to believe. I find there is
much more dangerous chemicals in some of the test kits.....

On Thu, 05 May 2005 00:44:49 GMT, Elaine T
wrote:

===kathy wrote:
=== Remove the eggs and hand pick any snail that you see.
=== Your pond is rather large though!
===
=== Snail killing chemical treatments will harm other living critters in
=== the
=== pond.
===
=== You can make a snail trap, fill a bucket with lettuce and algae wafers,
=== suspend in the pond in the evening, by morning, hopefully you will have
=== caught a bunch of snails.
===
=== Most folks do preventive treatments of plants they put
=== in the pond, as many snails sneak in this way, very small or
=== as eggs. A weak solution of bleach will work, soak
=== the plant for 24 hours. Someone have a ratio of bleach
=== to water? Some folks use potassium permanganate
=== soaks but that stuff scares me!
===
=== k :-)
===
===Be far more scared of bleach than potassium permanganate (PP). PP is a
===much milder oxidizer than bleach, is easier on the plants, and even fish
===can tolerate moderate amounts of it. It's also colored, so you can see
===how strong your solution is, and when it's gone. To kill nasties on
===plants, make a pink solution - fucshia (sp?) is too strong and purple
===WAY too strong, and soak them for 10 minutes. Rinse well, and into the
===pond they go. I do this for fishtanks all the time.


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