No, snails will seal off inside their shells and wait you out. Also, pond snails seem to thrive in nitrates.
Eradicating snails with nitrate
Do you think that you could eradicate snails by dumping a crap load of nitrate into a tank? The plan would be to remove all fish and black out the tank so that the nitrate imbalance wouldn't cause algae growth. Then I'd just leave it for several days, and do some masive water changes after that.
Please don't come in here telling me about picking them out, trapping, loaches, assasins, puffers, leave them alone, etc. I only wan't to discuss if this seems like a viable plan or not.
Please don't come in here telling me about picking them out, trapping, loaches, assasins, puffers, leave them alone, etc. I only wan't to discuss if this seems like a viable plan or not.
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Never heard that one before. I find it amusing the myriad of creative ways people try to rid themselves of snails.
The only snails i have in this tank are those tiny ramshorns that sit flat and assasins. The assasins don't seem to do anything to them. Perhaps they're to small for the assasins to bother with. When I have some time, I'll pick out some snails and test the nitrate on them. Will the high nitrate kill plants? Gotta find something that will kill snails, not kill plants and will not remain in the tank permanantly like copper does. I'm totaly ok with killing my bacteria.
My guess is you'll kill most everything else in the tank before the snails. Remember that they don't breathe from the water. I'd remove fish and shimp first anyway.
Empty the tank, use a fresh substrate, and wash everything else. Snails thrive on decaying organic matter and algae - remove what causes them to thrive/flourish.
Nope, I keep some pond snails in a small food storage and never change their water and only top it off. They basically swimming in their poo.
Well anyways, weird how your Assassins don't eat them, maybe too small. My Assassins assassinate trumpets, ramshorns, and ponds.
Well anyways, weird how your Assassins don't eat them, maybe too small. My Assassins assassinate trumpets, ramshorns, and ponds.
I did tear it down before but i made the mistake of trying to reuse some of my plants. I thought I had thoroughly pick through them and even did a mild bleach dip but i failed. Plants are hard to get here. The pet shops only stock the typical stuff.Empty the tank, use a fresh substrate, and wash everything else. Snails thrive on decaying organic matter and algae - remove what causes them to thrive/flourish.
Try using potassium permanganate next time, you can leave the plants in longer than with bleach and it doesn't damage them as much.
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