Re: Getting rid of MTS (Malaysian Trumpet Snails)

["killiman" <killiman at iquest_net>]

We can find them in most of the Mississippi River and its feeder streams.
The big live bearing snails are in the lakes of nothern Indiana, free for
the taking. Come wander Indiana and take some snails home with you.
A bit of history according to Charlie Grimes, He Paid money for the MTS
snails so he could breed them for BAP Points and has been cursed with them
from that time on.

Gotta go pick eggs so there will be plenty when you come visit.
as the water changes automaticaly.

killiman at iquest_net
Al Anderson
317 253 2170
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wright Huntley" <jwwiii at pacbell_net>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: Getting rid of MTS (Malaysian Trumpet Snails)


>
>
> killiman wrote:
> > MTS or the curse of Charlie Grimes (he puts them in every fish he passes
out
> > as an extra bonus) they do not like soft acid water.
>
> It is the acid eating away slowly at the shells. You can get the same
> results in hard water by adding enough pool acid to do the job. I have
used
> acid to get them out of gravel, before, but forgot to mention it. It takes
> strong stuff, so is very dangerous -- know what you are doing before
trying it.
>
> > I have frozen them down to -10 F and the still came back.
>
> That is bad news. It seemed like such a nice clean way to do it without
the
> nasty side effects. Oh well...
>
> > Gotta go pick eggs so there will be plenty when you come visit.
> > as the water changes automatically.
>
> Send all that surplus to the BAKA auctions. We will find homes for them!
>
> Wright
>
> >
> > killiman at iquest_net
> > Al Anderson
> > 317 253 2170
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dennis Heltzel" <dennis at fishroom_net>
> > To: <killietalk at aka_org>
> > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 11:26 AM
> > Subject: Getting rid of MTS (Malaysian Trumpet Snails)
> >
> >
> >
> >>I removed all the gravel (and most of the MT snails) from a tank and was
> >>going to just dump the gravel, when it occured to me that they might be
> >>susceptible to freezing. Has anyone ever tried freezing gravel (easily
> >>done here this time of year) to kill the snails ? I understand that
people
> >>have tried bleach, but the snails remain in their shells, impervious to
> >>the bleach. Cold however, would penetrate the shells quite easily. If
they
> >>can survive freezing, then they are obviously a real danger if released
> >>accidentally, if not, then freezing would be an effective sterilant for
> >>MTS.
> >>
> >>Dennis in cold Pennsylvania
> >>
> >>
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