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Actually, yeah, can you post that? The college I'm moving to in a week will have it, and I've always wanted to try the stuff. I'm very snail-conscious since my tank is so heavily planted - if I go messing around to remove them by hand, I run the risk of upsetting my setup. So I'd love to get the proper concentration for KMNO4.
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The concentration I have is 10ppm, or 10mg/L.
*I have heard of people's plants turning a purplish color if left in too long. Strangely, it seems not to affect the plant, and gradually goes away as it begins growing in clean water. I have never seen it in person though.
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| try blanching a piece of lettuce and let to float overnight in the tank. In the morning you will see tons of them on the lettuce. Remove the lettuce and repeat until you don't see any more snails. No mess or stress this way :) You can also add loaches. They are known to be great snail hunters.
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The only loach I see suitable are weather loaches, dwarf chain loaches, kuhli loaches, or yoyo loach.
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| Aye. Never add fish to solve an aquarium's problems - it usually doesn't help as well as other methods could and is likely to even harm. Some some associates will tell you, "Oh, get this little clown loach, they eat snails like crazy!" And you bring home a fish that needs company, other food besides snails of course, and grows up to a foot long in captivity. Bad choice! But if you decide you want a fish that'll eat snails just because you like the fish itself, that's great. As long as the tank is stocked correctly and everything else is taken care of, you get a free benefit from keeping your fish! Consider it a thank-you from the little guys for your giving them such a good home. Good luck with your snails. Keep us posted and feel free to throw us any more questions you have. :)
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| They sure are a pest. I have two mystery snails and two weeks ago I woke up one morning and found both sides of the tank covered in eggs. They were stuck like super glue when trying to scrape them off the glass.:angry:
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