Tank Pest - Snail! Options

[CyberET]

how effective the sponge filter depends on how strong the aeration is wor..

[square_guy]

Bro, fish got to go somewhere right?  no place alr.  already clean up the sump tank and main tank once alr

hot water?  would u try it on yr own tank?

i thought you only gonna clean up the sump right? still got the main tank for your fishes wat. or u mean u gonna clean up both tanks ah?

hot water haven't try yet on galss tank only use before on acrylic tanks and they are ok hehe. i got PP so i use super PP bombing, then drain and dry for abt a week.

2 fish only ah? put into quarantine tubs lor. change water a few times during the week, but at least your main tank is cleared and certainly worth the trouble.

[mountain]

i would go for sunning everything in the slump tank for 1 or 2 weeks ...
if u have CR or any harden biomaterials .. can try boiling them .. tat should kill everything ..
1 or 2 weeks later if u dun see anymore snails hatching, u should be safe i guess ..

[HappyBuddha]

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

Actually... has the snails traveled to your main tank from the sump tank? If no, then temporarily filter the main tank with some sponge filters can leow while you disinfect the sump.

[mountain]

actually .. tat IS the advantange of slump tank .. can plug and play ..

imagine if my internal IOS kanna snail .. wa liao .. i will faint..

i will need so many pails ..

[Allan]

actually .. tat IS the advantange of slump tank .. can plug and play ..

Slump tank? In a sense you're probably right!

imagine if my internal IOS kanna snail .. wa liao .. i will faint..

They just might jam your pump when the pump suck them through and crush their shells. The pump probably won't overheat since the impeller is not mechnically connected to the motor, but the lack of current may drive up your water temperature a little.

Touch wood.

[white horse T1]

Plan

1.  Cut off the pump supply from sump tank to main tank,  main tank will be aerated using sponge filter instead for 3 hrs.  So sump tank water is disconnect with main tank.
2.  Concoct concentrated salt solution and "KILL SNAIL" potion and wash it down in sump tank together with the filter element.
3.  Let it soak for 3 hrs.
4.  Remove all filter element into pail.  Siphon main tank water to wash down the filter elements.  kill off any tiny crawlers remaining in the sump tank.
5.  Dump all filter mat and sponge filter in case the eggs are still attached there.
replace all filter elements back in sump tank.
6.  Introduced de-chlorinated tap water into sump tank via main tank.  start sump pump again.
7.  Repeat process after 1 week. 


any comment on my SNAIL Massacre compaign??  can work.....

Just to round this up, did everything except step 7.

dissolve 1kg of salt in hot water and pour it over the infected sump tank gradually.
also pour in the whole bottle of Snail stop solution.

the result after 1 week: not a single snail so far crawling around.
---it works.----

[HappyBuddha]

yippy!

now to figure out how to disinfect newly purchased plants before introducing them into your sump/tank.

[white horse T1]

yippy!

now to figure out how to disinfect newly purchased plants before introducing them into your sump/tank.

plants long gone alr. .

[HappyBuddha]

plants long gone alr.  .

Weekend almost over.... how ah? Managed to get rid of all the eggs this time?

[desireless]

Think plants need QT as much as fishes ah...

Boh bian then must add Dettol liao!!

[white horse T1]

Weekend almost over.... how ah?  Managed to get rid of all the eggs this time? 

it was done and over with on Thursday night after i last posted this topic on Wed.
the pest population is much lesser compared to the last. not more than 10 found during this time round. the snails were frantically crawling up to the walls of the sump tank when the "posion" was applied and settled after 3 hrs.

last 3 days no sign yet.

[scorpio168]

Hi,

I have snail problems in my fish tank. Whats is the best ways to remove them? They are all growing in my filter...

[desireless]

There are some snail-removal discussions here. You may learn something out of White Horse's experience.

[CP]

Hi,
I have snail problems in my fish tank. Whats is the best ways to remove them? They are all growing in my filter...

Some say that it is a sign of a healthy filter system.
I used to have that problem too, but just leave it alone as it does not harm my fish.