Tank Pest - Snail! Options

[white horse T1]

bloody hell, the planting campaign in my sump tank has infested my tank with snails. plant also must quarantine.....wah lao. nobody tell me leh.

and this tiny buggers kept coming back eventhough i kill more than 50 alr in 2 go. they just kept crawling back from no where.

bought the Snail Stop potion to do them up once and for all with concentrated salt solution. I reckon it will take 2 weeks to rid them once and for all. LHS ask me to buy puffer fishes. tell them no thanks, i stick to snail posion.

[white horse T1]

I'm a lazy person, so here's my strategy to rid the snails.

1.  Move all fishes into a tub.  Aerate it strongly especially if it's a small tub.

2.  Disconnect the pump and sump.

3.  Discard all the water, filter media and of course the plant.

4.  Let the tank and sump dry for a day.

5.  Go shopping for cool sponge filters. Get 4.

6.  Select 2 good fishes from that tub and cull the rest.

It's effectively a new setup without troublesome sump and filtered by good'ol sponge with correct fish load.

Nonit to worry (much) about water parameters leow.

somehow i get the feeling that u keen to see me cull my fishes.
the same way u did not give up on yr fries so earily, i too not prepare for this drastic measures also. besides i like my fishes but just not the snail.

plants long gone alr. fish load alr down to 6 now with 4 in green water at anyone time. so left with 2 miserable ones in main tank.
nitrate never exceed 40ppm.

more sponge filters in tank don't work miracle to water parameters. though not "much" to worry but still need diligent water change routine right. there is no short cut so i learn

sump and sponge serve their purposes, not prepare to get into the debate on which is best . nonetheless i only using sponge filter as complementing aerating system to existing sump setup. the same reason applies when u use IOS with sponge filter i believe.