Comments on: The Tale of the Sluggish Snail

By: Pewari

Pewari — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:39:27 +0000

Ann: the usual route is by hitching a ride on some new real plants :)

There’s two ways you can get rid: you can treat the tank with anti-snail stuff (though not advisable if you have non-pest snails or any shrimps or anything like that… read the label carefully), or you can carefully pick out each pest snail.

To make the latter easier, you can put a piece of cucumber in the bottom of the tank (weighed down) which will help tempt them out of hiding, then lift it out in the morning. Repeat until you think you’ve got them all :)

By: Ann

Ann — Sun, 31 May 2009 11:59:19 +0000

I have a tropical biorb fish tank , one morning i noticed that there was a what a think is a water snail. I have now found another ? I do not know how they got in. Can anyone shed any light ?

By: Pewari

Pewari — Thu, 10 May 2007 11:59:48 +0000

TopCat: thanks for the tips, but the only thing that has changed is reduced snail activity and the nitrates out the tap have increased. I’m fixing the nitrates by switching from API Stress Coat to SeaChem Prime and my replacement snails arrived this morning :)

By: TopCat

TopCat — Wed, 09 May 2007 09:10:52 +0000

Oh dear your poor snail. If you are getting a lot of brown algae try reducing the amount of food you place in the biOrb, it is surprising how little food fish actually need. If you are over feeding you will be harming the fish in the long term.

If you are 100% confident you are not over feeding then look at how long you have your light on and reduce it by 1 hour and see if this improves the situation.

I’ve had my biOrb for ages now and never had problems with brown algae. There are great :)

By: Alley Katt

Alley Katt — Tue, 08 May 2007 19:10:34 +0000

QUOTE: Or being told not to touch the big red button that’s on a console. I couldn’t help myself! :) /QUOTE

I put a button icon on one of my websites once and put a note underneath saying do not touch the button. It led to a page that said nothing to see. My hit counter was through the roof though. :)

Curiosity gets the better of logic.

By: Elle

Elle — Tue, 08 May 2007 19:03:17 +0000

“Elle: there was a reason I put a warning at the top of the post!!”

I know. But reverse psychology makes you want to do something even when told not to. It’s like peering over the top of the back of the sofa when the scary parts of Dr Who are on. Or being told not to touch the big red button that’s on a console. I couldn’t help myself! :)

By: Pewari

Pewari — Tue, 08 May 2007 16:29:58 +0000

Alley Katt: dunno – think I drowned out the sound with my shriek ;)

Tami: ;)

Elle: there was a reason I put a warning at the top of the post!!

By: Elle

Elle — Tue, 08 May 2007 10:43:42 +0000

O.M.G.

That was way too much information.

*yet another reason not to try and have living things in a tank at home*

By: Tami

Tami — Mon, 07 May 2007 21:06:21 +0000

I like that – a LITTLE bit dead! HAAA! HAAAA!

By: Alley Katt

Alley Katt — Mon, 07 May 2007 20:34:24 +0000

Yeeeuuuuugggghhhh!

Did it just plop, or did it splosh?