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- From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
- Subject: Re: [F] How to get rid of snails?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.134902.27650@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Keywords: snails fresh help
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- References: <1992Dec15.195151.12991@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Dec17.180301.25733@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> <1992Dec19.055922.27580@news2.cis.umn.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 13:49:02 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec19.055922.27580@news2.cis.umn.edu> sdebol@tsp.med.umn.edu (Steven Debol (Nelson)) writes:
- >>
- >>I would not "treat" a tank with chlorox, which implies you're going
- >>to leave the fish et al resident; I would use it to destructively
- >>eliminate the snails (and everything else) before starting the tank up
- >>again. Some folks have sufficient snail-phobia to go to this extreme.
- >>So why do you proclaim it "ludicrous" before investigating? I'm amazed
- >>that you've been doing fish for 25 years but have not heard of this
- >>procedure before. It's quite common among the fish keepers I know.
- >>
- >>>Why, why its unnatural. I suggest if you don't want to stress the fish
- >>>stay away from chlorox.
- >>
- >
- >Just to be obnoxious here folks... Bleach (or hypochlorous acid)
- >is hardly "unnatural"--whatever that means. A number of different
- >organisms (including humans...) have cells which generate HOCl
- >as an antimicrobial agent--is that "natural" enough for you?
- >
-
- NO.
-
- OK everybody use bleach. I apologize. I'm ludicrous.
- If I kept an open mind in 25 years of keeping fish I wouldn't have any
- live ones. I've learned something.
-
- Now while people say its quite common, in my years of keeping/breeding fish
- and two years working at Midwest Aquarium (wholesaler in Illinois and
- surrounding states plus numerous pet shop gigs) I never heard of it before.
- Either has anyone I've spoken with. But from the response generated here
- I will concede.
- Good show. Pip pip. Tar Tar and white fish.
-
- - Naturally skeptical & a happy pessimist to boot.
-
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