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SNAILS!!!!
If you've got too many snails, and you'd like to rid yourself of
them.... Aquari-Sol.... I argued with someone who thought they knew everything, and sometimes stubbornness is too much, so I can only give proof of what I know.... I started my tanks using AS, then stopped... got snails, asked questions, everyone said leave them... I did.. they grew... Ive got hundreds in one tank... few in the other... I was over feeding the bigger tank, but not the little tank... the little tank just got snails?!?!? not sure where from... but since I've started using AS, no more snails.. and NO ALGAE!!!! Just thought I'd share my thoughts.... For those of you who want to argue, take it somewhere else... This is only my observation, proof, and recorded effort to help others... Had-A-Snail was not used because it had a much higher concentration of Copper Sulfate, therefore would harm plants... -- 350X_Rider ------------------------- Hi 350X_Rider Tree weeks ago I had no snails. Now I have 100+ in my 360L (90g). I haven't used any chemical yet because I haven't had a chance to find out if there is some product on the market which does not harm plants. Aquarium salt seems a too easy solution. But why not give it a try? Next time I'm in a fish store I'll get some. How much did you dose? How long did it take you to eliminate the snail population? -- Marvin hlavac (at) rogers (dot) com My only advice is to dose as you would normally dose, but for such a large tank, I'd use the whole danged bottle.. just kidding... on my 29g, I dosed for a 30gallon, every time I did a water change, meaning I put enough Aquari-Sol in the water for the whole tank... probably 1.5X more than normal... 3 water changes, I went thru one little bottle.... but on a 10g that has Blue Rams, and a 29g cichlid tank, I've went thru 8 bottles over a 3 month period... along with regular manual removal, now all I get are white shells when I vacuum weekly.... In the 29g I was overfeeding also... I cut back, started dosing, and now, I have no snails hanging out where there used to be 25 or so in each corner... In the 10g I'm definately not overfeeding, but snails came with plants.. I've taken the plants out, replaced with plastic, started dosing and have seen the snails try to escape when I do a water change, I think because of the copper sulfate, they know their time is limited.... In the last few weeks, I can visibly notice fewer snails gathering in places, yet, manual removal is helping..... |
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