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Re: [GSAS-Member] Malaysian Trumpet Snails



Boiling works well too, just use an old pot that can be thoroughly  
scoured!

On Apr 22, 2009, at 4:28 PM, Matt Staroscik wrote:

> Even if 40F doesn't do it... Freezing would. You could process  
> substrate
> through your freezer to clear it. What a mess, though!
>
> Doesn't copper clobber snails? You could remove the loaches...
>
> Anyway, I have MTS and I don't mind them. At work, I see them  
> rarely. In my
> big tank at home, I never see them. The clown loaches may have  
> gotten them.
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Betty Goetz <haika@drizzle.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> I loathe them as well. I try to net out some periodically to feed  
>> to the
>> Botia striata tank and they disappear in that tank, but the Botia
>> sidthimunki don't tend to keep them under control. I wish I'd never  
>> added
>> them to any of my tanks. I've heard a rumor that cold temperatures  
>> (below
>> 40F) will eradicate them.
>>
>> Betty Goetz
>>
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