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Matt Rogers · 06-14-2005, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Gresham

Matt, I'll come harvest em one night, if you'd like.

Good luck G! I take out about 50 every week. I seem to be gaining ground a little bit, but I doubt I'll ever get rid of them unless I break down the tank and start with new rock and sand.

Gresham · 07-02-2005, 12:58 PM

Just get yourself a larger wrasse that you can catch and toss all shrimp, wanted snails and hermits in your sump. The wrasse will consume all of them. call me, I can set you up with a wrasse, if you want.

Matt Rogers · 07-02-2005, 01:49 PM

Hey gman, I've got them somewhat under control now with diligent siphoning. If I ever do another tank swap, I'll take care of the rest hopefully.

Jay · 07-02-2005, 06:18 PM

I too have baby snails in my tanks but I think they are the lysometta or however you spell those. Mine stay out all day and I mabey have 75 total of the small babys and about 75 big adults about 1/2 inch.

Jay

PS man that flying RC boat is sompthin huh

Speedy · 07-15-2005, 02:16 PM

Copper. Move coral and inverts out of the tank into large tupperware tanks or something. Throw a bunch of pennies in the tank and let the little suckers die. Then do a water change and put all your livestock back in. -j/k about the pennies ya know.

But seriously, will copper damage your bacteria colonies, otherwise it might be a solution. I think.

Jay · 07-15-2005, 02:49 PM

IMO You would never get all the copper out of your liverock and sand and it could leech out slowly later after the inverts have been returned to kill them.
Just my opinion.

Introduce 200 mantis shrimp

That would do it.

Jay