From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Subject: Re: [F] How to get rid of snails?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 14:57:35 GMT

In article <1992Dec16.004939.3961@cs.ucla.edu> frazier@kona.cs.ucla.edu (Gregory Frazier) writes:
>james.j.dutton (jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com) wrote:
>: In article <1992Dec15.154659.15964@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> shine@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (stephen.c.shine) writes:
>: >I was following-up to your valid recommendation #2 (boiling).  I would no
>: >more put chlorox or alum in an "active" tank than you would boil the
>: >same active tank.  Chlorox will kill everything, but it is easily
>: >neutralized.  Why would I want to pay for anybody's new fish?
>:  
>: Because if you put diluted chlorox in a tank I proport that tank will
>: be nothing but trouble as far as keeping fish alive. In twenty five
>: years of keeping fish. Working at wholesalers and retail, breeding just
>: about any fish thats breedable in a tank I have to say this sounds
>: ludicrous. I don't claim to know it all but has anybody else ever treated
>: their tanks with diluted chlorox???????????
>
>Get off your high horse.  He's used chlorox, I've used chlorox, it works.
>Chlorox is simply chlorine bleach, pure and simple.  What do you think
>is in your tapwater, that you remove with dechlorinator?
>   
 
Not chlorox. If you imply the city is forcefeeding chlorox into home tap
water your batty.
 
>: Is there an exceptable level of pond snails in a tank? Not in one of my tanks.
>: One pond snail will get you a thousand.
>
>If you have a fish that enjoys eating pond snails (such as
>clown loaches), then there will be so few pond snails
>as to be unnoticeable.  However, yes, they are ugly and
>fast-breeding.
>  
 
So few as to remain unnoticable? Hah.
 
>: Why, why its unnatural. I suggest if you don't want to stress the fish
>: stay away from chlorox.
>: IMHO.
>
>How can you have an opinion on the use of chlorox when you've
>never tried it or seen it tried?  That's just foolish, esp.
>when experienced aquarists are telling you it works.  Heck, I
 
Your telling me your an experienced aquarists and your actually being one 
may be two different things. I say dumping bleach in an aquarium does not
sound like a good idea.
 
>didn't even use dechlorinator after bleaching my tank - I just
>rinsed.  I would use dechlorinator if I'd been soaking my
>gravel in bleach.  I do not recommend leaving sponge filters
>soaking in a bleach solution for long periods of time, however;
>they melt.
 
Oh then it must be good for the fish.
 
>  
>: If somebody else can give a second opinion on this chlorox thing I'll
>: apologize for inferring its ludicrous. Not that I'll ever use the method.
>: Happy Holidays and all that rot.
>
>Well?
 
I apologize for saying it's ludicrous and will now consider the realm of
a possibilty it won't burn the hell out of your fishes gills. Just remember
I didn't tell you do it.
 
>Greg Frazier	frazier@CS.UCLA.EDU	!{ucbvax,rutgers}!ucla-cs!frazier

 
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