In article iEgMh.47509$DN.43033@pd7urf2no,
..D.E. wrote:
I'm over run with trumpet snails and have decided to completely gut my tank,
wash and shift the snails out of the gravel, dip my plants in a 5% solution
of bleach to kill any snails and put the plants in a bucket of water which
I'll change a couple of times with fresh water. I was going to leave the
plants in the bleach solution for about 3-5 mins, then rinse them off and
put them into a bucket filled with ordinary water with a shot of chlorine
remover. I'll change this a couple of times just to make sure all the
chlorine is gone.
So 3-5 mins should kill all the baby snails on the plants correct?

Suggestions?

I've tried stronger and longer bleach treatments than that - it didn't kill
trumpet snails. Get some clown loached to eat them and if you ever take the
loaches out, boil the gravel for an hour. Freezing it for a year won't kill
ramshorns, I dunno about MTS.

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