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darkreef 12-22-2013 02:27 AM

Put your clam in a small dish with some sand . The snails burrow in the sand in the daytime . Throw out the sand come day time and scrub and remove them nighttime . Do this until there are no more ! :)

(Also the snails may lay eggs on the sand next to the clam by accident )

Takes about a month to get rid of them but always keep checking

paddyob 12-22-2013 02:27 AM

Won't certain wrasses help with this?

gregzz4 12-22-2013 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by darkreef (Post 868213)
Put your clam in a small dish with some sand . The snails burrow in the sand in the daytime . Throw out the sand come day time and scrub and remove them nighttime . Do this until there are no more ! :)

Good point for anyone who hasn't read the links :wink:

There are lots of wrasses that eat these little terrors, but they can't get them all from deep inside

darkreef 12-22-2013 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by gregzz4 (Post 868216)
Good point for anyone who hasn't read the links :wink:

There are lots of wrasses that eat these little terrors, but they can't get them all from deep inside

:p just making sure he didn't miss that ! Or you could be fighting a loosing battle hehe

gregzz4 12-22-2013 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by darkreef (Post 868217)
:p just making sure he didn't miss that ! Or you could be fighting a loosing battle hehe

As I said, good point
You did a good thing :p

christyf5 12-22-2013 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by darkreef (Post 868213)
Put your clam in a small dish with some sand . The snails burrow in the sand in the daytime . Throw out the sand come day time and scrub and remove them nighttime . Do this until there are no more ! :)

(Also the snails may lay eggs on the sand next to the clam by accident )

Takes about a month to get rid of them but always keep checking

I don't have any sand in my tank. It would get blown all over the place anyways.

christyf5 12-22-2013 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by gregzz4 (Post 868212)
Ha

I couldn't find info on the web to nail down the incubation period of these little buggers

Did it say anything in one of the links ? I must have missed it

From what I can find on the web, they can take anywhere from 3-18 days to hatch - temp dependant ....

The OP in one of those threads said they did it for a month. I was hoping maybe they were just OCD or something but ya I guess if you're watching for the eggs to hatch and then the snails get big enough to see, it takes awhile :neutral:

gregzz4 12-22-2013 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by christyf5 (Post 868222)
The OP in one of those threads said they did it for a month. I was hoping maybe they were just OCD or something but ya I guess if you're watching for the eggs to hatch and then the snails get big enough to see, it takes awhile :neutral:

Does this mean you will have to scrub your clam every day for up to 3 weeks ?

I guess it'll be very clean by then :smile:

christyf5 12-22-2013 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by gregzz4 (Post 868224)
Does this mean you will have to scrub your clam every day for up to 3 weeks ?

I guess it'll be very clean by then :smile:

Lol. Im surprised this thread got to page 2 without that kind of comment :wink:

Wheelman76 12-22-2013 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by gregzz4 (Post 868224)
Does this mean you will have to scrub your clam every day for up to 3 weeks ?

I guess it'll be very clean by then :smile:

Lol


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