On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 23:58:53 -0400, "NetMax"
wrote:


"Tylan" wrote in message
newsyKcc.316$FE2.55@lakeread01...
Ok,

This have probably been asked before but I have a tank with plants and
mostly tetras. I do have a ton of snails though. Are loaches too
agressive
and if so is there some alternative other than salt (I was under the
impression that salt could be bad for tetras) or chemical Snail - B-
Gone
type product?

Some loaches eat snail eggs. Can't recall which though, Bengals, Banded
something like that, long snout. Some snails also eat snail eggs (Nerita
or MTS possibly, also can't recall, must be an age thing ;~). Anyways,
if you have something which eats snail eggs, then you are left with
dealing with the adults. Not a very quick solution, but it keeps you
away from aggressive loaches and copper based snailacides which don't
really work anyways.

I think that the amount of salt needed to kill snails might be beyond
your tetra's threshold (and maybe even your plants). Maybe someone has
some practical experience they can share regarding salt dosages as a
snail killer.

NetMax



Had-a-snail did nothing for my snails. Hex-a-mit killed most kinds.


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