snail treatment

[Jht]

I've been having problems with snails for ages so i bought snail away from interpet would this treatment kill off the snail eggs?

 

[ade]

Hi,

I used to have snail problems, never could get the blighters to stay away, and ended up with about 5 snails for each fish at the time! Snails are the only thing I've managed to breed successfully!

Didn't want to try any chemical stuff, so on the lfs recommendation I got our beloved Doris. Check the following link for piccies/details etc...

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/dorad...myxis/313_f.htm

She was wonderful at clearing all the snails, but if you get one, make sure you have somewhere for her to hide - they are nocturnal and I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen her swim out.

She was about 1.5" when I put her in there, imagin my shock when I moved her log a couple of months later to clean, and she'd grown to about 4" or so - I pooped myself!

tc,

Ade

 

[Alien Anna]

I'm taking delivery of a group of chain loaches on Tuesday. I'll tell you soon if they had any success with clearing snails.

I never had any success with the chemicals - the snails just eat up the Snail Away and then turned their attention to my plants again.

 

[Lateral Line]

Anna:

Are "chain loaches" Botia sidthimunki?

 

[Alien Anna]

Anna:

Are "chain loaches" Botia sidthimunki?

Yes, that's right, but I can't spell it.

 

[Jht]

ok thanks for your help

 

[CFC]

I've been having problems with snails for ages so i bought snail away from interpet would this treatment kill off the snail eggs?

Is this the tank that has your rams in it ? If it is then dont use any unnessesary treatments, rams are very sensative to chemicals in the water and the snail treatment may kill them. Most snail treatments are ineffective anyway, all they do is stun the snails which you then have to remove by hand (which you could have done without the treatment), as soon as the treatment wears off any snails you have missed come round and carry on doing what snails do.
The best way to deal with snails is, as mentioned, to introduce a fish that will eat them, botia species (loaches) some catfish and puffers are all good snail eaters.
If you cant introduce a snail eater then the next best thing is manual removal, an hour after lights out go back to the tank and all the snails will be out on the glass and tank furniture, using a length of hose syphon the snails out of the tank, you can do this as a water change or use a net to catch the snails and put the old water back in. Doing this a few nights in a row to start off with will get your snail problem into check and then just remove them as they reappeer after that.

 

[Lateral Line]

>>> I'm taking delivery of a group of chain loaches on Tuesday.

Nice little fish that.

 

[Dman]

Jht i would go get a few loaches if i were u. they seemed to clear up my snail problem withing a week and there very amusing to watch, plus they dont seem to disturb my Longfin blue Ram.




Damien

 

[Jht]

yes its the same tank as the rams i would have used the treatment by now if it was'nt for the fry that are in the tank i will take cfc's advice and remoive them manually also because i have no room to acomadate more fishes