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06-30-2007, 09:26 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jun 2007
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 |  Snails!!!
We started a 10gal freshwater tank about 6 weeks ago, we started with a Guppy and a Dwarf Gourami. We also bought one live plant from Meijer, and now our tank is filled with snails, who are multiplying rapidly.
After a week we added another Dwarf Gourami, a Harlequin Rasbora, and another Guppy. All three of them, and our original Gourami died. 
Could this have anything to do with the snails? And is there any way to get rid of snails? We're thinking about buying a new tank and rocks, and starting overwithout the live plant, and the snails!!
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06-30-2007, 09:51 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Too bad not a SW tank...if so, I could make a recommendation for you.
I had nuisance snail problem...but my sixline wrasse cleaned it up for me...
Come on over and join the DARK SIDE!  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
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07-01-2007, 07:45 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Yea, we are planning on starting a SW soon. We are just trying to find a good acrylic bow-front tank. We're thinking of going Red Sea Max, because of price. | |
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07-01-2007, 08:35 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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When I had FW I ran into the same thing with the snails. They can multiply pretty fast. Your LFS should have some. Had-A-Snail _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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07-01-2007, 03:01 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Get a clown loach. It will eat them right up. | |
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07-01-2007, 08:55 PM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: IL Age: 20
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Don't get a RSM...for the price you could get a nice Finnex tank
Check out the Finnex M-Tank on the home page under Product Radar !
MUCH better deal for the $. Built in fuge/light and a much better skimmer than the RSM _________ 14g Oceanic Cube
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07-02-2007, 05:30 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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Use some copper sulfate.. It will kill them.. Snail -X or some product with copper for freshwater ich will kill them. Now if you keep loaches be careful. But there where several meds made to kill/control snails in F/W tanks its just copper _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | 
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07-03-2007, 08:40 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Thanks guys I will try the copper sulfate, and look into the Finnex M-Tank as well. | |
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07-03-2007, 08:51 AM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: IL Age: 20
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Aquariums: Premium Aquatics
Its a bit smaller, but you can get a 20G w/ a 250W Metal Halide for less than the RSM costs. | |
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07-03-2007, 10:18 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jun 2007
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As of right now we are saving for a 58 Gal Oceanic w/megaflow. Can I toss a penny In the tank to kill the snails? | |
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