Just wondering if this stuff was safe to use in a planted tank? It's manufactured by Aquatronics. I would like to rid my tank of it's snail infestation.
Snail-A-Cide...OK for plants?
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Never tried it. Think of the excess bioload that will be producted by lots of dead snails.
I heard of placing a cucumber slice on a plate and then removing it when there are alot of snails on it. Do that several time would remove a lot of snails. Or maybe get a loach that eats snails.
I heard of placing a cucumber slice on a plate and then removing it when there are alot of snails on it. Do that several time would remove a lot of snails. Or maybe get a loach that eats snails.
A piece of veggie on the bottom is sure to be covered by snails by morning so do try that method. However, also try and figure out why there are so many snails. Snails only tend to over breed if they have enough food, and most snails like plants that have started to decay slightly or else left over fish food. So also try pruning the plants a bit more and cutting back on feeding.
Chemicals that kill snails have copper in them and that is never a good idea for aquariums.
Chemicals that kill snails have copper in them and that is never a good idea for aquariums.
The "tradename" is never as informative as the active ingredient, sometimes listed on the packaging, other times (shamefully) not. Isn't the active ingredient in "Snail-a-cide" distributed by Aquatronics Copper sulfate pentahydrate? The toxicity/effectiveness of CuSO4 depends on your pH. Few people recommend copper in aquaria nowadays. You can expect to take out some of your fish as well as the snails, according to this post archived at theKrib: http://fins.actwin.com/aquatic-plants/month.9905/msg00338.html
Tell that to my puffer that's supposed to eat snails! =(
Anyone out there know a good way other than the bait and trap (it'll most likely attract my corys, pleco, and SAE rather than snails). My tank is heavily planted and how ramshorn snails got in there without 3 months of adding anything. They're tearing my plants apart and I can't find ANY. I thought about the excess waste of a thousand dying snails as well.
mine are eating the new plant leaves and the old ones. I don't even get a chance to prune the plants before they go bad.