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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GSAS-Member mailing list >> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com >> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member >> > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member