jon
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Post by jon on Jan 28, 2007 12:36:29 GMT
:hi: i havent been around for a while but hopefully i will be around more :)well i have a question i plan on changing from gravel to sand and my problem is i have livebearing snails in my tank with the gravel and i dont want to lose them but how am i gonna get all the snails out of the gravel there is a tone of them and lots of baby ones which i would never be able to find in the gravel so i need some ideas on getting all of them out. Thanks in advance.
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Post by mralgae on Jan 28, 2007 16:12:58 GMT
hi jon, nice to see you back. you gona have a hell of a job trying to save every single snail.
only thing i can think of is to take so much gravel at a time and sieve through it to remove as many as poss, then take another scoop and do the same. either way it gona be a long hard task.
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Post by ORCA. on Jan 28, 2007 17:22:23 GMT
You could siphon water from the tank whilst vacuuming the gravel. I would imagine that would give you the snails in the water then you just remove the snails from the water. Would the snails survive? Just a idea.
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Post by karen on Jan 28, 2007 19:27:38 GMT
That will be a tough job but you could try and use some cucumber snails love it and you should find the cucumber covererd in snails after a while,i really dont think you will get every single one though.
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Post by dave on Jan 28, 2007 23:20:43 GMT
Hi Jon,just a quick tip with the sand,argos do childs play sand which I am lead to believe is good for aquaria,rather cheap at about 3.75euro for 15kg,guess thats about 2.50sterling.I got mine at atlantic homecare,a lot cheaper than buying from your lfs.
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jon
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Post by jon on Jan 30, 2007 11:02:08 GMT
Thanks for the tips on sand dave i thought i could only use sand that was bought in a fish shop and its costs a fortune for a small bag.
Now the snails i do relise i wont be able to get all of them out of the gravel so i think i will try and pick out what i can and then i will put some cucumber in and try and get the small ones i cant find to be on the cucumber.
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Post by jackpike on Jan 30, 2007 14:54:41 GMT
What type of sand is it they sell in argos?
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Post by fishgirl on Jan 30, 2007 14:57:50 GMT
childrens playsand.
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Post by jackpike on Jan 30, 2007 15:36:57 GMT
What type of sand is it they sell in argos? What I should have said was, What mineral is the childrens playsand made out off? |
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Post by dave on Jan 30, 2007 22:37:19 GMT
I'm not actually sure,but read a bit online from a few lads who breed various corys and they reccommended it,so figured it must be ok.I monitor my water,and it dosnt seem to have any effect on it.
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Post by karen on Jan 30, 2007 22:40:24 GMT
Im not a 100% sure either but i have it in both of my tanks and never had any problems.
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Post by jackpike on Jan 30, 2007 22:59:45 GMT
What colour is it?
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doesn't matter i did a goggle search, seems this play sand is made from quartz, So it probably wouldn't be any problems when using it in aquariums as substrate.
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dave
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Post by dave on Jan 30, 2007 23:08:16 GMT
sort of a light golden colour
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Post by jackpike on Jan 30, 2007 23:15:33 GMT
What colour is it? PS doesn't matter i did a goggle search, seems this play sand is made from quartz, So it probably wouldn't be any problems when using it in aquariums as substrate. |
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Post by dave on Jan 30, 2007 23:28:18 GMT
thanks for that,thought it might have been,but hadnt looked into it.
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