zebras and snails

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zebbiefan101
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zebras and snails

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hi all! so heres my first of many qs...

can i use a snail killer in my zebra tank? i have TONS of snails in there, and i have been told that the snails will eat pleco eggs. now, my goal is to get that tank snail free. anyone have any suggestions on what i should use to get rid of those pesky snails?
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Re: zebras and snails

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zebbiefan101 wrote: can i use a snail killer in my zebra tank?
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NO never use that stuff with zebs!

I have many snails in all my hypancistrus tanks and have never lost eggs due to snails, this is a myth.
Snails will only touch unfertilized and fungused eggs.
All i see is the positive side of the snails, they keep my tanks clean in corners that i can't reach :wink:
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Post by zebbiefan101 »

thanks for that info! im glad i decided to ask here first, before doing anything drastic...*phew* is strange, someone on another plec forum told me that the snails would eat the eggs...i guess ppl here are more experienced! :diggit:
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Post by carlwhybrow230480 »

i had the same thing at the weekend i found dead fish and the snail was eatting them so i got all my fish out of my tank and clear out everthing and then put new water in and now is fine no snail and the fish are happy
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Post by zebbiefan101 »

thats a really great idea carlwhybrow230480! i may actually do that. though i just got 2 new zebbies, so i think ill wait awhile before disturbing them again.
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Post by carlwhybrow230480 »

when i done it i took everthing out of the tank

the sand went in the bin
and i have put new caves in there cos snails can live out of water for a long time

if you do do this dont clean out your filtration
then the fish sould be fine

and if you can try and saves some of your old water i didnt cos i had snails in it
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