Killing snail eggs on plants before moving to another tank...

[Natosha24]

Sorry, this is a duplicate post. I had first posted it in the inverts area but had a suggestion to move it here for more traffic.

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I recently became the owner of ramshorn snails that were along for a ride on a piece of hornwort that was sent with my red cherry shrimp. I don't mind having them in my shrimp tank but I don't want them in my other tanks! Anyways, I am moving some plants from that tank to another newly set up tank and I don't want the snails in the new tank. I took 3 plants and a clipping of wisteria and I soaked them in a 5% (19 parts water & 1 part bleach) solution for 3 minutes. Then I rinsed, rinsed, and rinsed some more. I also soaked them over night in dechlorinated water with 5 times the recommended amount of dechlorinator to be sure that the bleach would be gone. Anyways, looking at the plants this morning I noticed that the eggs are still on the plants. I had no idea if the bleach would make them fall off or something. My question is, are these eggs dead or will they end up hatching when I put them in the tank? Also, if there were snail babies on the plants (as I'm sure there was) would the bleach soak have killed them too? Is there another precautionary measure that I should take? Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[doreenjoy]

The bleach should have killed baby snails and the eggs. But if you're still seeing the eggs, you might want to take the plant out and dip it in bleach again.

Do a search on "getting rid of snails" to find a long thread on this topic.

Hope that helps.

 

[Natosha24]

The bleach should have killed baby snails and the eggs. But if you're still seeing the eggs, you might want to take the plant out and dip it in bleach again.

Do a search on "getting rid of snails" to find a long thread on this topic.

Hope that helps.

Thanks Doreen. After work I will definitely search again. I've actually searched and searched and searched for helpful information but I seem to only find the same responses over and over. That's why I posted the thread to hopefully get a straight answer. The eggs on the plants are definitely visible. Should the bleach have made them come unstuck? Some of the eggs have visible baby snails in them like they were getting ready to hatch and they still look the same as they did prior to the bleaching. Does the jelly sac that covers the eggs protect them in such way that the bleach wouldn't have killed them? I can only imagine that if the bleach didn't kill them I'll end up with Michael Jackson snails or something. :hitting: