Snail Prevention (New plants) - Page 4 - Aquarium Advice

bs6749 · 08-22-2008, 10:44 AM

I'm getting some plants today and I'm going to do the alum dip. I have to work all day today and tomorrow so I'm going to put them in a 10 gallon tank for the time being until I have time to mess with them on Sunday. I have dwarf baby tears in my order so I'll see how it effects mine.

I don't mind some snails like MTS and ramshorn (especially blue ramshorn if anybody has any they want to give me LOL) but I HATE pond snails with a passion! They have no place in my tank since most of the ones I've had in my tanks have eaten my plants.

E-cubed · 08-22-2008, 12:00 PM

I did an alum did on some Java Moss, Java Fern, Anubias and Dwarf Baby's Tears. Alum utterly destroyed the Dwarf Baby's Tears! I took the melted plants out of my tank and rubbed the clear and dead parts off the root ball. The roots look marginally OK and there appears to be one or two spots of new growth, but I am not sure.

From my experience, I can not recommend an alum dip on this plant unless you want to completely re-grow a plant, that is if it survives. If you want to make sure there are no snails, cut all the leaves off, leaving just the root mass and plant that. From my experience, that is all that might survive after an alum dip anyway...

bs6749 · 08-22-2008, 12:04 PM

Okay, I think I'll avoid dipping the dwarf baby tears then. Thanks for the heads up! I will have to inspect the pot thoroughly to ensure that I remove all of the snails and eggs on that plant.

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08-22-2008, 10:44 AM	#31
bs6749 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lawton, MI Posts: 1,367	I'm getting some plants today and I'm going to do the alum dip. I have to work all day today and tomorrow so I'm going to put them in a 10 gallon tank for the time being until I have time to mess with them on Sunday. I have dwarf baby tears in my order so I'll see how it effects mine. I don't mind some snails like MTS and ramshorn (especially blue ramshorn if anybody has any they want to give me LOL) but I HATE pond snails with a passion! They have no place in my tank since most of the ones I've had in my tanks have eaten my plants.

08-22-2008, 12:00 PM	#32
E-cubed Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 79	I did an alum did on some Java Moss, Java Fern, Anubias and Dwarf Baby's Tears. Alum utterly destroyed the Dwarf Baby's Tears! I took the melted plants out of my tank and rubbed the clear and dead parts off the root ball. The roots look marginally OK and there appears to be one or two spots of new growth, but I am not sure. From my experience, I can not recommend an alum dip on this plant unless you want to completely re-grow a plant, that is if it survives. If you want to make sure there are no snails, cut all the leaves off, leaving just the root mass and plant that. From my experience, that is all that might survive after an alum dip anyway...

08-22-2008, 12:04 PM	#33
bs6749 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lawton, MI Posts: 1,367	Okay, I think I'll avoid dipping the dwarf baby tears then. Thanks for the heads up! I will have to inspect the pot thoroughly to ensure that I remove all of the snails and eggs on that plant.