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Talk about the continuation of the problem of "destroying a tank of water by a water weed" last time, I thought that the friend had turned over the cylinder, but then she felt that the trouble had been dragging, and as a result, more and more snails inside, they were about to explode the cylinder, she had no good way, she could only see it and clip it out, but the trouble was not said, and there was no way to completely remove it.
The snail was visually identified as a cyst snail, which was often seen in some gutters and even in cisterns. The cyst snail is not harmful to ornamental fish, but it is really not suitable for ornamentation, and the reproductive ability is too strong, and the average person will choose to get rid of it.
The picture below is the picture sent to Xiao Luo by the friend, which should be undoubtedly a cyst snail. Today, Xiao Luo will talk about how to remove those "uninvited" snails in the fish tank.
This method is to use the characteristics of some aquatic creatures that eat snails to remove snails, including submarines, green pufferfish, chocolate dolls, figure 8 dolls, zebra dog heads, killer snails and so on. But not all of these fish are suitable.
First of all, this kind of unsolicited snails mainly appear in grass tanks, or in fish tanks with aquatic weeds, generally raising small tropical fish. Therefore, snails are usually removed by tool fish that are similar in size and relatively mild.
Xiao Luo knows that it is easier to use, including chocolate dolls, killer snails, and crown dolls. Among them, chocolate dolls and crown dolls can be raised in pure fresh water, and the body shape is similar, the personality is gentle; as for the killer snail, it is easy to eat snails, and there is nothing wrong with using it to remove the snails, but pay attention to not letting it burst the cylinder.
Although submarine fish and green pufferfish also eat snails, but they are grumpy, often bite the fins of other fish, so they are not suitable for polyculture; 8-figure dolls are kept in fresh water for a long time, and the possibility of disease will be relatively high, otherwise it is also possible; small zebra dog heads will also eat snails, but as they grow up, it will gradually expose aggression, predatoriness, and relatively large size.
Blanch the sweet potato leaves or spinach leaves, put them in the corner of the fish tank (avoiding the place where the water flow is more urgent), and after a few hours of prevention, the snails will climb on the leaves, at this time, just take the leaves out. At the same time, it is best not to have a surplus of feeding during this time.
This method is the same as manual removal, but the use of skills, more than a few times may be used to remove the snail in the fish tank, but whether it can be completely removed depends on luck.
This method is actually nothing to say, the main thing is to use the snail will be easy to climb to the cylinder wall when there is no food and no light, you can easily clip the screw out of the cylinder wall. However, it is still necessary to do it yourself.
Moreover, we can't really not feed at all, we can only control the amount of feeding, and try not to let the bait remain and sink to the bottom of the tank. In order to get rid of the miscellaneous snails and completely place the fish tank in a place without light, Xiao Luo believes that it is an upside-down approach that cannot be crossed.
The use of chemicals to remove snails is simple, rough and thorough, but it is only suitable for snails in the fish tank that only have "uninvited", otherwise it is possible to kill them. The potion may also harm ornamental fish and aquatic plants.
If you really don't want to turn over the cylinder and there is no other way, you can try this method. There are many snail removal drugs that advertise only snails and do not hurt fish, and aquarists in need can search for them. Xiao Luo had not used this method and did not dare to make suggestions.
Either way, it's not as good as strangling the snail eggs in the cradle in the first place. It is best to carefully check the newly purchased aquatic plants, and disinfect and sterilize them, and remove snail eggs, insect eggs, pathogens and other things and put them into the fish tank. I hope that everyone will no longer be troubled by this in the future.
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