snails
Hi All, I thought I would let everyone know that the snails I’ve been fussing about and seeking help with are all gone. They’ve been gone for over a week now and I have been keeping a close eye out for them. It was a lot of work and I took several people’s advice on getting rid of them. I took extra gravel and filter media and ran it in my other tank for a week to get good bacteria going on it. I then took out all the fish. Next came the ornaments and plants. I either boiled or soaked everything in salt water or both. Then I tore down the filters and placed all in hot salty water. I threw out all the gravel. I scrubbed the tank down with hot salty water and rinsed, rinsed, rinsed. Then I took the extra gravel from my other tank and started putting it all back together. After everything was back in, I took water from the good tank and put my fish back in. I checked the water twice a day and did one 20% PWC replacing with water from the other tank. Nothing new has been placed in the other tank for over a year so I know it is disease free and all. I didn’t lose any fish this way and my tank didn’t go into a mini cycle. It seems to be snail free now. I am much happier and my bottom feeders are getting to eat some too. 
Thanks to everyone again for the help and info. I do appreciate it! Traci Swatek-Rice Hazmat Technician DMOS5 manufacturing Texas Instruments
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