[Killietalk] kill Malaysian Trumpet Snails

[Sue & Charles Harrison <csharrison at inkmaker_net>]

Killing MLTS is easier if you use Flubendazole on 
them. It takes about 5 days to wipe them out of a 
normal tank but it does kill them. The snails 
with the jelly coated egg bundles require several 
treatment to eliminate. The med doesn't penetrate 
the mass very well.

Charles H


>George's 10:1 covers well if you buy the cheaper stuff (3%?). You can
>still get Fish TB from a bleach-cleaned tank, tho.
>
>A word of caution. None of the above will kill Malaysian Trumpet Snails,
>for they just slam the trapdoor shut and will survive weeks of
>treatment. Any bad bugs they are carrying will appear in the cleaned
>tank, eventually. Beside being voracious egg predators, they should be
>kept out of killifish tanks if only for this reason alone. Only boiling
>or strong acids will kill them.
>
>Wright
>
>George & Melanie wrote:
>>  I usually use about a 10 part water to 1 part bleach ratio. Never too
>  particualr with the ratio. I just m
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