Uv Sterilizer And Snails

[dee dee]

I got a surprise snail thing going on.

I took my angels out of their tank, moved them to
a new one. Turned the light off in the old tank, left it
all running though.

Now a few days later, I turned on the light and there they were.
I have no live plants in the tanks. Never have.

I feed dried or frozen food only.

Where did they come from?

Will the UV work for control?

Since there are no fish in the tank, what is the strongest
killer there is available in the US?

What precautions should I take for my biowheel?

Thanks for the suggestions, Dee Dee

 

[raptorrex]

I got a surprise snail thing going on.

I took my angels out of their tank, moved them to
a new one. Turned the light off in the old tank, left it
all running though.

Now a few days later, I turned on the light and there they were.
I have no live plants in the tanks. Never have.

I feed dried or frozen food only.

Where did they come from?

Will the UV work for control?

Since there are no fish in the tank, what is the strongest
killer there is available in the US?

What precautions should I take for my biowheel?

Thanks for the suggestions, Dee Dee

well if you have no fish or plants in your tank yo could think of using some sort of chemical, though they are all nasty chemicals, fatal to fish and very bad for us too.

if the snails are small scale, i would recommend hand picking them, but if this is not an option, the last resort is to pull your tank down, and start again after a full cycle.

 

[smmetz]

UV will not help with snails. The UV only helps with things floating in the water, and kills them as the water passes through the filter and is exposed to the UV light. Snails lay eggs on surfaces in your tank, and even if the occasional snail wanders inot your UV filter and dies, it will not stop the rest of them.

There are chemicals to take care of them. It might be OK to use of them, then after they are gone, put carbon in your fitler to remove the chemicals, and do a water change before adding fish again.

You can also try just taking everything out of the tank. Throw away the gravel. Wash everything in a diluted bleach solution.(tank, fake plants, other decorations, fitler housingin etc. Rinse a few times. Throw away your filter cartridge. If you go this route with the cleaning, I would just get a new bio-wheel, but if you really want to keep that one, it would probably be OK. The bacteria colony on the bio-wheel is probably mostly dead by now anyway, since there have been no fish in your tank for a few days. Therefore, there is no source of amonia to feed the bacteria. (except perhaps a bit of rotting debris in the gravel or filter cartridge)