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21-09-2006, 12:53 PM | #1 |
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How to destroy snails?
How to destroy snails when there are shrimps in the tank?
Medication totally out. Puffer fish - eat shrimps? Cant have predators that nib tails either Any suggestions? |
21-09-2006, 01:16 PM | #2 |
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Anyone else has snail problem?
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21-09-2006, 06:22 PM | #3 |
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21-09-2006, 06:26 PM | #4 |
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no real way to do it properly in a shrimp tank, just hv to put in puffer fish and make sure its full enuff to not touch ur shrimp..
either that or manually kill all the snails u see every single day for abt 1 month.. incubation period for snails is abt 2 wks, so make sure u leave ur puffer in there for at least 2 wks.. this is the perennial prob with shrimp tanks.. |
22-09-2006, 09:26 AM | #5 |
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Y618 recommended Female Bettas to me. Not very pretty but damn cheap.
They say Puffer will eat shrimps. Clown Loaches and Kuhli will dig up the gravel and make a nice big hole and ruin the aquascraping |
22-09-2006, 06:48 PM | #6 | |
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Puffer was the proven controller, 1st time I heard about female bettas?? |
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22-09-2006, 07:04 PM | #7 |
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agree with the bros.
either puffer or salt. unless u can take out the shrimp and fish and soak the tank with lotsa water n salt. |
22-09-2006, 11:29 PM | #8 |
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Puffer eats shrimps. I cant risk that
Salt, I added more. snails still ard. Maybe I add somemore The female bettas went after the snail and peck at the snail which i throw into the Betta's tank. Will try out with more snails and tell u guys after my experiment |
22-09-2006, 11:42 PM | #9 |
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haha bettas and shrimps?
bad bad bad idea.. much worse than puffers.. bettas feast on brine shrimp, which are abt the size of ur baby shrimp, or larger.. so better watch out.. yeah, kuhli loach is considered the alternative, but i cant rmb if they attack shrimp or not.. |
23-09-2006, 01:51 AM | #10 | |
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Anyway, once the bettas removed the snails I will take them out of the main tank. Kuhli loach, according to many websites wont disturb the shrimps. THe setback however is that Kuhli's teeth isnt made for eating snails so some people says that they dont eat snails at all. And kuhli dislike salt in water. With so much salt in it already, I doubt they can survive. |
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