Found out why my filter was so freakin loud

[kveeti]

Rocketman, the alum will kill the snails. I have swished bought plants around in a jar of alum water and immediately itty bitty snails fell off to the bottom of the jar. A 2 day soak will also kill the eggs.

 

[telecubby]

man that's strange. what's the best way to keep snails out of your filters? i ask because i've just bought a 404 as my first canister and never had experience with them before. any advice would be great!

Had 1 4 30 years & never fount 1 snail in mines. OMG I just imagined those Maylasian trumpet snails in their with their saltwaterlike armoured shell :joe:

 

[telecubby]

thats what I call an invasive species

 

[Veneer]

In my experience, neither MTS nor standard ramshorns will touch healthy plants under normal circumstances.

 

[Xielos]

This thread is over 2 years old c:

 

[SafaditM3]

thats what I call an invasive species

That is an invasive species and you let them go down the drain? That's nuts.

 

[H2Ogal]

I believe he was making a joke about snails invading the filter ... back in 2005 when this thread, which started in 2002, was first resurrected, lol. (Not that I'm making fun of your point. We don't encourage releasing any tank inhabitants into the environment. I'm just really amused by the double-resurrection of this old, old thread.)

Welcome to AC!

 

[abcdefghi]

That's nuts.

Not nearly as nuts as reviving an 8 year old thread, that was last posted in back in 2005!! LOL.

 

[H2Ogal]

To be fair, SafaditM3 is new here. Probably was just searching for info on snails or something and posted without realized how old the thread was.

 

[Slappy*McFish]

:welcome: