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Err.... actually i happen to have squillions of those exact same darn snails overrunning my rivertank. Cant get rid of the bloody things! So if anybody does actually want some, i can offer as many as you may want for the total price of..... ABSOLUTLY FREE!
Send me a PM of your details an i'll send em on.
Sorry rossss!!!!!
Send me a PM of your details an i'll send em on.
Sorry rossss!!!!!
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Im a bit reluctant to use treatment to be honest, all the treatments i have seen contain copper. What is Prazi Pro and levamisole, do they contain Maracyn? If so you cant get it over here. I use traps and have gradually softened the water, this controls the numbers a bit, an i have sort of come to terms with the the fact that im never going to completly eradicate them. That is unless anyones got any ideas!
You know, I can't keep these guys going in my tanks. The loaches decimate them, totally. I've even seen them running around with mts stuck to their mouths as they suck them out, too.
Time to set up a little 10g for snails, I guess. Gary, if you were nearby I'd definitely take you up on your offer! the only way I get them is when I buy/get new plants. And within days, they're gone. Eggs get eaten before they hatch...but I keep botia sp., not hillies. Get a botia tank going and you'll have a ready made snail trashing troop.
Time to set up a little 10g for snails, I guess. Gary, if you were nearby I'd definitely take you up on your offer! the only way I get them is when I buy/get new plants. And within days, they're gone. Eggs get eaten before they hatch...but I keep botia sp., not hillies. Get a botia tank going and you'll have a ready made snail trashing troop.
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Yeah im not sure that snails would travel too well all the way from Swindon to New Jersey! Perhaps i should limit that offer to any LOL members in the UK only. As for a Botia tank, i would absolutly love one, but my fiancee would kill me so thats probably out of the question for now.
Mikev,
Thanks, its definatly something worth looking into, ill get some info on it.
Mikev,
Thanks, its definatly something worth looking into, ill get some info on it.
Based on my use of it I don't think levamisole did anything to kill off snails...
but I found this regarding it's effect on brown garden snails:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... t=Abstract
It seems to have a secondary effect on the H nurones of these snails that is irreversible. But this is a garden snail, not an aquatic snail, so I'd still say it is not an effective treatment for the eradication of snails in aquaria.
but I found this regarding it's effect on brown garden snails:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... t=Abstract
It seems to have a secondary effect on the H nurones of these snails that is irreversible. But this is a garden snail, not an aquatic snail, so I'd still say it is not an effective treatment for the eradication of snails in aquaria.
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