Re: [GSAS-Member] spontaneous snail generation

["Clifford Miller" <clifford@clevergeek.com>]

Funny that this is coming up on list-- I've recently started seeing these
show up in several of my tanks too.

I just target kill the ones on the glass I can see (they seem content to
hang out on the glass, which makes them easy to spot, and they don't move
much), and I noticed that my largish (anything approaching an inch or so)
ramshorn snails attack and eat them. (but I guess that doesn't help if
larger ramshorns don't stay alive in your tanks...)

Cliff

> Well, I'm going to try and remove them using the classic technique of
> tying a bit of meat to a rock, letting it sit overnight in the tank,
> remove, replace, then repeat, repeat, repeat. If that doesn't work,  I'll
> take the fish out and dump some copper things in .
>
> There are a lot of them - hundreds easily, shown up in the last week or
> so. Oddly, not so much on the plants. I have a feeling they're algae
> eaters. I scooped out a few dozen the other day and am trying them out in
> killi fry tanks to see if they'll eat the uneaten BBS. At least they
> survive in my tapwater, unlike most ramshorns which are the best at
> keeping fry tanks clean
>
> Matt
>
>
>
>
>> From: Shango@shangolos.com> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com> Date: Mon, 3
>> Dec 2007 17:27:49 -0800> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] spontaneous snail
>> generation> > So weird. I just got these same snails for the first time
>> too. They are> small, flat and translucent. I didn't realize they were
>> their own species> until this discussion.> > Shango> > > >
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