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FlameTetra333

FlameTetra333

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Jul 18, 2011
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*Shudder*

Sssss....ssssss......ssssss.....SSSSNAILS! They've invaded my 5.5. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!! (x80)

Since it's a 5.5,I can't put any sort of loach in the tank. Aquarium salt doesn't work...these are the small, nasty kinds. I'm too afraid to put my hand in the water. I wish I could just snap my fingers and make the tank magically go someplace far, far away.

How do I fight this? Can I just OD on Flourish, since it has copper?

Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross

x10,000,000
 

FlameTetra333

FlameTetra333

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Also, I want NO posts saying "oh, just get a dwarf puffer!", or "chemicals are BAD", because I DON'T CARE. I can't get a puffer and I can't afford anything except for chemicals and MAYBE a zebra or black kuhli loach (but I highly doubt they eat snails) And an assassin snail is COMPLETELY out of the question. Shrimps are one thing, but SNAILS?!?!?! UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHGHGHGHGHGHG!!!!!!
 

kenny1tothe6

kenny1tothe6

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Apr 14, 2008
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Why 3? If you absolutely can't stand the snails, then just get 1 zebra, let it go crazy, move it to a bigger tank when it's done[or return it to LFS]...contrary to popular belief while loaches would much rather have schools[/friends], it's not absolutely essential to their survival/thrival and in fact, with 3 in a tiny 5.5gal, yeah not even much surviving in their part...
 

FlameTetra333

FlameTetra333

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Jul 18, 2011
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kenny1tothe6 said:
Why 3? If you absolutely can't stand the snails, then just get 1 zebra, let it go crazy, move it to a bigger tank when it's done[or return it to LFS]...contrary to popular belief while loaches would much rather have schools[/friends], it's not absolutely essential to their survival/thrival and in fact, with 3 in a tiny 5.5gal, yeah not even much surviving in their part...
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Well okay, I suppose one will woek. I actually like zebras so I guess I'll put it in my 20G once the deed is done. Maybe I'll leave it in for a week(ish)?
 

Kiara1125

Kiara1125

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Jan 12, 2011
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I'd go with a zebra. Can I see a picture of these ugly snails?? I how mr 3 kuhlis and black moor survive. I kept them in closed bags in my tank just temporarily and I got locked out of the house with my dog. It's been 4 hours now. *sigh* poor things.....
 

Fuzz16

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snails are a blessing imho.

but to each their own.

Smash them when you can, the betta will eat them.
then stop overfeeding, which is probably why they went nuts breeding.

i dont think flourish will do much except make algae go nuts in your tank.
 

FlameTetra333

FlameTetra333

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Jul 18, 2011
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Fuzz16 said:
snails are a blessing imho.

but to each their own.

Smash them when you can, the betta will eat them.
then stop overfeeding, which is probably why they went nuts breeding.

i dont think flourish will do much except make algae go nuts in your tank.
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1. I don't have a betta anymore.
2. I don't overfeed.
3. I just went to a relative's house for the holidays, came back, and AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
 

FlameTetra333

FlameTetra333

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Kiara1125 said:
I'd go with a zebra. Can I see a picture of these ugly snails?? I how mr 3 kuhlis and black moor survive. I kept them in closed bags in my tank just temporarily and I got locked out of the house with my dog. It's been 4 hours now. *sigh* poor things.....
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I'm not following you. You recommend a zebra loach, and you want to see a picture of the infestation. I get that. But I don't know what you're saying next. You had an infestation and you only had 3 kuhlis and a goldfish survive? You kept the fish in closed bags and your parents got angry at you so they locked you out? and it happened today?
 

kenny1tothe6

kenny1tothe6

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lol! Don't you just love droids[or actually any mobile device] and their way of correcting you?

She was saying that she was angry that she got locked out of her house when she took her dog out and the fish had to spend several hours in bags. She was wondering if they were gonna live[doubting it, actually] -- but they did.

Anyways, do you know what kind of snails you have? Ramshorn? Pond[bladder]? Malaysian Trumpets? As I've said before, all 3 aren't harmful, but I kinda get your point that they gross you out. :p Mine drive me nuts in the shrimp10. I have millions and they are big and clumbsy[minus the micro-ramshorns, but I haven't seen any of those in a few months]. lol
 

FlameTetra333

FlameTetra333

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Jul 18, 2011
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kenny1tothe6 said:
lol! Don't you just love droids[or actually any mobile device] and their way of correcting you?

She was saying that she was angry that she got locked out of her house when she took her dog out and the fish had to spend several hours in bags. She was wondering if they were gonna live[doubting it, actually] -- but they did.

Anyways, do you know what kind of snails you have? Ramshorn? Pond[bladder]? Malaysian Trumpets? As I've said before, all 3 aren't harmful, but I kinda get your point that they gross you out. :p Mine drive me nuts in the shrimp10. I have millions and they are big and clumbsy[minus the micro-ramshorns, but I haven't seen any of those in a few months]. lol
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After many seconds (8) of self rehabilitation and willies, I finally forced myself to look at the snails. Their shells are about 1/4th the size of a dime and are all brown (the color of milk chocolate). The shells are round, so I guess they're not MTS's?
 

FlameTetra333

FlameTetra333

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Jul 18, 2011
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Operation: Escargot

December 27, 2011

To: Agent Z-L (Zebra Loach)

Greetings, Agent Z-L,

Your mission is to eradicate the aquatic snails in the aquarium of I, the aquarist, Flametetra333. You will be picked up from the rendezvous point A.K.A Petsmart at approximately 8:45 P.M. with a rubber lip plecostomous :)D). You will be deployed into the 5.5G at approximately 9:30 P.M. Remember: Leave no egg or snail uneaten.

Good Luck!

Flametetra333

P.S.: This mission is confidential and will self-destruct in 5 seconds. (Oh yeaaaaaaaah)


On a side note:

I went and checked on my 10G, and............wtf, I saw a snail. The only plants I have in these two tanks are a micro sword in the 5.5 from an actual tank at the LFS (pet supermarket), and those cheap "aquatic" plants from the plastic tubes found at Petco/smart. So, the most likely theory is that the snails came from those plastic tubes. The (almost) impossible theory is that a snail from the 5.5 crawled into the 10 (it is approx. 10 ft. away + at diff. elevations) The cool but impossible theory is abiogenesis.

What do you guys think?
 

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FlameTetra333

FlameTetra333

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Jul 18, 2011
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kenny1tothe6 said:
lol! Don't you just love droids[or actually any mobile device] and their way of correcting you?

She was saying that she was angry that she got locked out of her house when she took her dog out and the fish had to spend several hours in bags. She was wondering if they were gonna live[doubting it, actually] -- but they did.

Anyways, do you know what kind of snails you have? Ramshorn? Pond[bladder]? Malaysian Trumpets? As I've said before, all 3 aren't harmful, but I kinda get your point that they gross you out. :p Mine drive me nuts in the shrimp10. I have millions and they are big and clumbsy[minus the micro-ramshorns, but I haven't seen any of those in a few months]. lol
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BTW, kinda off topic, but what do you feed your BN pleco? Is it the same as a rubberlip pleco?
 

steve535

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If the loach works remember he can not get them all. Your filter is definitely harboring eggs if not some snails themselves. I had a trapdoor snail infestation and they fried an Eheim 2215. I had to replace the impeller and used ammonia to kill them off. Bleaching the filter pads did not work, they closed up tight and it did not kill them. Raising the ammonia level in the filter slowly took them out for good.
 

FlameTetra333

FlameTetra333

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Jul 18, 2011
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steve535 said:
If the loach works remember he can not get them all. Your filter is definitely harboring eggs if not some snails themselves. I had a trapdoor snail infestation and they fried an Eheim 2215. I had to replace the impeller and used ammonia to kill them off. Bleaching the filter pads did not work, they closed up tight and it did not kill them. Raising the ammonia level in the filter slowly took them out for good.
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Will the loach at least eat the snails and the snail eggs IN THE TANK?

Also, do you know how the snail got into my 10G?

Also (again), Since snails (and snail eggs?) are susceptible to copper, couldn't you have just filled a bucket with tap water (DON'T DECHLOR IT) and dumped the filter in there?

Well, that really can't work for you I guess since you have a canister but since I have a small HOB (Top Fin 10), can it work for me?
 

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kenny1tothe6

kenny1tothe6

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I put snails in a container of untreated tap water[it was actually to get them out of some string algae from my 5.5gal] & even with chloramines and all the crap in my water, they were unphased. Granted, I didn't leave them in forever, but it didn't really seem to have an effect on them. So that's not an option.

When the snails mature and crawl out of the filter, anyways, Agent Z-L[sorry, that's a cute name :p ] will eat them, of course.

Not sure it got on your 10 but not to make you sick, if you were working on the 5.5 and then the 10, they could have crawled on you and gotten in the 10. There's also the option of them coming over on plants and such...there's a million possibilities.

I'd guess they are pond snails since those are most common and MTSs are more interested in staying in the substrate[not on, in].

As per your question about feeding plecos, my rubberlip did eat what my BNs do...algae wafers, flakes, pellets, anything they can get a fin on. xD
 

Kiara1125

Kiara1125

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Jan 12, 2011
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Thank you kenny!! I hate my Android and it's stupid auto correct and swype technology. I type in 'understand' and it gives me 'hedgehog' WTH!?!? lol

I had an infestation of Pond Snails in the summer. I just caught all of them that I could, cracked the shells, and fed the snails to my fish. They loved it, skjl gave me this advise/method.
 

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