lol at the snail fear mongering :) -Bryan On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Laurel Larsen <laurelthequeen@gmail.com>wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member