Salt & Snails

[John >]

I use rock salt in my FW American game fish aquariums to help fight ich and
fungus diseases. Works quite well. I am looking for LARGE egg laying
snails that will eat algae & diatoms yet not be affected by the salt

Any Idea's?
JOhn ><>

[Elaine T]

John ><> wrote:
> I use rock salt in my FW American game fish aquariums to help fight ich and
> fungus diseases. Works quite well. I am looking for LARGE egg laying
> snails that will eat algae & diatoms yet not be affected by the salt
>
> Any Idea's?
> JOhn ><>
>
>
How much salt?

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John ><> wrote:
> I use rock salt in my FW American game fish aquariums to help fight
ich and
> fungus diseases. Works quite well. I am looking for LARGE egg
laying
> snails that will eat algae & diatoms yet not be affected by the salt

I'd normally have said applesnail, but they're very sensitive to salt.
The only snails I know of which are fairly easily obtainable and which
survive reasonable salinities (15 ppt or so) are Malaysian Tower Snails
and the various species of Neritina.

[John >]

Sorry for taking so long to get back, this is our busy season, and we are
working 18 hour days.

I add about 2 lbs of rock salt to 800 - 950 gallons of water. Doesn't seem
like a lot, but it seems to bother the apple snails.

JOhn ><>

"Elaine T" > wrote in message
m...
> John ><> wrote:
>> I use rock salt in my FW American game fish aquariums to help fight ich
>> and fungus diseases. Works quite well. I am looking for LARGE egg
>> laying snails that will eat algae & diatoms yet not be affected by the
>> salt
>>
>> Any Idea's?
>> JOhn ><>
> How much salt?
>
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