Bleach does not kill snail eggs??!!

[Meredith]

I am slowly transferring plants from my 55 to my 20 and soaking them in bleach because of a bba problem :? I also have a snail problem in the 55 and I thought, well good the bleach will take care of the snails and I wont have to worry about it in the new tank. In fact I did find a few dead snails in the bleach water when I was done with the few plants that I soaked. But today there were teeny little snails on the plants in the new tank, AND I found a blobby clump of eggs under a leaf! Ugh! What do I do??

 

[Guest]

looks like your going to have snails in the new tank... what kind of snails are they?

 

[Meredith]

ooohhh, the kind that lay a LOT of eggs. Common pond snails I think. The only thing that MAY save me at this point is there are no fish in there at the moment, hence, no food. But I have seen them munching on plants so they may survive after all... If they can avoid being squished

 

[Guest]

how big is the tank? Clown loaches are wonderful... LOL

 

[crazycat]

why does everyone hate snails so much? unless, like you said, they eat your plants? i LOVE them, and think they're great for clean up and aeration, and cool to watch--especially when they freefall off a leaf. i just make sure that i don't get any plant eaters. in fact, i keep trying to keep mts in my tank, and although travis swears that the clown loaches can't crack a mts shell, i keep finding empty shells. sigh.

i think yoyos have been know to take care of snails and their eggs and they don't get as big as clowns.

check out my gallery for a pic of my red ramshorns--sooooo pretty...

(are you convinced yet )

 

[Guest]

why does everyone hate snails so much? unless, like you said, they eat your plants? i LOVE them, and think they're great for clean up and aeration, and cool to watch--especially when they freefall off a leaf. i just make sure that i don't get any plant eaters. in fact, i keep trying to keep mts in my tank, and although travis swears that the clown loaches can't crack a mts shell, i keep finding empty shells. sigh.

i think yoyos have been know to take care of snails and their eggs and they don't get as big as clowns.

check out my gallery for a pic of my red ramshorns--sooooo pretty...

(are you convinced yet )

right.. well the reason they aren't pest to you is becuase you DO have clown loaches. Before i got clown loaches, the small variety of ramshorns were taking over my tank. And for those that don't like or don't want clown laoches, they can get to be quite a bit of a pest.

Also, i think the clown loaches can suck the MTS out of their shell... LOL.. I have seen mine actually attacking the shells of my Apple snails and pecking at the MTS.

 

[Meredith]

I dont hate snails. So long as their numbers are kept in check, they are fine. But I have had an explosion in the 55 and I was looking forward to a snail free environment in the 20. That tank will have my rams and possibly the otos and hopefully that will be all

 

[crazycat]

i DO know what you mean by being overrun by snails. my 6g has become a total breeding ground for ramshorns--i guess i just find them pretty. and i wait for them to get big enough so i can transfer them to the big tank (and hope they don't become loach snacks!)

ashley nicole--i heard that about clownies being able to suck mts of their shells--but i just can't believe it 8O then again, the clownies CAN be pretty crafty...

i just put a whole bunch of new mts in my tank and we'll see how they do (crosses fingers).

i will say that putting a vegetable slice in the tank is a great way to round up snails for disposal...it's been posted before, but it's true! of course, the ones that are left will still breed like bunnies...

 

[nomadofthehills]

Just get a loach or two