From: "Hladky, John" <John_Hladky at tdytsi.com>
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Subject: Re: [Killietalk] flubendazole or other drug to kill snails
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 10:47:14 -0500
I apologize in advance because I'm sure this is bound to offend some of the
more sensitive readers on this list.
But... Here goes... A local aquarium store here in Huntsville has
discovered a great - non chemical - way of controlling snails.
OK. If you have a weak stomach hit delete now...
The solution is... gulp... Goldfish.
I know! I know! As tropical exotic fish hobbyists we find the keeping of
this water fouling carp indoors a disgusting, despicable habit.
(Exceptions can be made for those of us with outdoor ponds!) But they have
a 6" long split tail goldfish that they move from tank to tank to control
snails. They just plop him into whatever tank has the most snails and he
cleans them up. He loves them so much that now, when the workers put a net
into his tank, he swims into it on his own! Ready to go to the next snail
infested tank!!!
So, since no self respecting aquarist would keep a goldfish, my suggestion
is, find a neighbor with a pond and borrow a goldfish for a few days. And
if you don't have such a neighbor, you might have to just find the courage
to go into your LFS (maybe you could find one out-of-town, where nobody
knows you, I guess that would be an OOTFS) and purchase your own, and,
gulp, set up a tank for him. Just pray that you don't eventually find
that, oh heaven forbid, you like him.
John in Huntsville
----Original Message-----
From: killietalk-bounces at aka_org [mailto:killietalk-bounces at aka_org] On
Behalf Of Barry Cooper
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 9:50 AM
To: killifish discussion list
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] flubendazole or other drug to kill snails
Actually that's not quite correct. Flubendazole is not an ingredient in
any commercially available anthelmintic that I know of. However,
fenbendazole is and if flubendazole works, so should the latter. For
that matter, if flubendazole works, Fluketabs probably will too.
Flubendazole and fenbendazole (and a whole group of other imidazole
anthelminitics) are functionally equivalent. Flubendazole was the drug
of choice for our use as it is the most water soluble of the group.
I make these comments purely for the accuracy of the record and so that
a DVM won't say "we don't have anything with flubendazole"! What Bob
says is "functionally correct".
Barry
Barry J. Cooper
Sweet Home, OR 97386
Robert Goldstein wrote:
> Call a local veterinarian. It's a horse dewormer.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kyle Osterholt" <snakeskinnerkyle at yahoo_com>
> To: <killietalk at aka_org>
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 10:03 AM
> Subject: [Killietalk] flubendazole or other drug to kill snails
>
>
>
>> Hi everyone, I've been trying to track down some more Flubendazole as
it
>> is the only drug I've found that will kill malaysian trumpet snails and
>> some other pesky snails I've acquired. My last source was Charles
>> Harrison but last I spoke with him, his source had run dry (charles if
>> you're reading this and things have changed, let me know).
>>
>> Every source for Flubendazole I've been told about has bellied up.
Does
>> anyone know where I can find some???
>>
>> If not, Has anyone found a way to kill Malaysian Trumpet Snails or
those
>> flat, curly ramshorn snails without harming fish or plants?? I don't
have
>> any other inverts in those tanks I want rid of snails so that won't be
a
>> problem.
>>
>> thanks, Kyle in Oklahoma
>>
>>
>> Kyle Osterholt
>>
>>
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