Dr. Tanks #7 Snail Remover

[gimme30]

Apparently when I said I'd report weekly I was feeling a little too optimistic about any free time I might have to do so.
I really hate this time of year, work-wise.

Anyway I never did get around to doing any large water changes but managed 25% on both tanks last night. Other than an automated response I still haven't received any info on what's in this stuff, and at this point it looks like I'll never know.

What I do know is that nothing other than snails died. Again, I don't have any particularly delicate fish, unless you count the ottos-which I don't.

Both tanks are still snail-free and I am so glad squishing is removed from the daily routine. I never really liked that anyway.

 

[GaryE]

I wish I knew what this was. I'd be tempted to remove fish to another tank (a luxury I have), zap the tank and then do a few water changes to clear it out. But not knowing what it is is a cause for concern.

I have a few tanks infested with a larger burrowing/trumpet snail than I've encountered before, and they eat fish eggs. The production of the next generation of uncommon fish in those tanks has ground to a halt. I'm back to trapping them and doing manual removal.

I was careless with cleaning plants, and you always seem to pay for carelessness... I had no burrowing snails for close to 2 years, and those were the good old days for those tanks.

 

[Magnum Man]

when I 1st started cleaning up tanks, after my 30 year break, I pulled out the gravel, and under gravel filter plates, and 2 tanks were completely full of trumpet snail shells under the filter plates, literally an inch deep... that was part of the reason a few of my 1st tank restarts, didn't reuse the under gravel filters... it's funny, because I didn't really remember seeing them, and if I did, I'm sure it was just one or two, I was blown away filling half a shop vac full of shells preparing them, to restart them....