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new plant + snails !!



 
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big-pig-666
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:16 pm    Post subject: new plant + snails !! Reply with quote
i just braught home a new plant and found a baby snail cruzin around the tank, what should i do?? should i take everything out and clean it?
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've had really bad snail infestations since I first started using live plants. I've tried nuking tanks with bleach (including soaking the plants in a dilute bleach sollution), chemicals, bait (lettuce is supposed to work), and really, nothing completely got rid of the snails. I ended up getting a trio of clown loaches (which I don't really recommend since your tank is pretty small) and they keep the popultion pretty much under control.

My best suggestion is to crush them or remove them as you see them.

-Chelle
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