RE: snails v pupfish

["Morris, George" <gmorris at kester_com>]

I like to add snails to the 2.5 gal tanks that I hatch eggs in to keep it
clean for the few weeks the fish stay in there, but I don't want them there
when I hatch the next bag of peat, so I put the tank in the microwave for a
minute or so on high. No harsh chemicals, no snail eggs and no "ghost eggs".
GM


-----Original Message-----
From: Tyrone Genade [mailto:Tgenade at sun_ac.za]
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 2:23 PM
To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: Re: snails v pupfish


On 10 Dec 2002 at 10:01, Wright Huntley wrote:

> Short of boiling the gravel,
> or long soak in strong acid, I have not found any sure-fire way to
> eliminate them, once they get 
established.

Kribensis.

Get a pr, spawn them and just keep 
dumping the fry into the tank with the 
snails. Feed sparingly and wait. By the 
time the kribs are adult they will of 
cleared the tank of the MTS. 

About 40 young kribs can clear a 1.2m 
tank in 3 months provided the substrate 
is fine enough for the kribs to dig 
them out of it.

tt4nTyrone Genade
tgenade at sun_ac.za
http://www.tyronegenade.0catch.com
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