thanks for informing me that the bird needed to get involved also. i did
not know that. i guess i wont worry about it. the pumpkinseed is fine and
a nice fish. i like it.
george
>From: Moontanman_at_aol.com
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>Subject: Re: NANFA-- GETTING RID OF SNAILS
>Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 10:11:17 EDT
>
>In a message dated 7/11/01 8:14:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>georgeacim_at_hotmail.com writes:
>
><< some people asked why would i want to get rid of the snails. it is
>because
> snails are an intermediate carrier of some bad fish problems. and the
>bad
> guys need to hitch a ride on the snail before hitting on the fish. so if
>i
> dont have snails i will not have the problem. i forget what some of the
> problems are right now. but i am sure others in nanfa can talk about
>them.
> >>
>
>George, if the snails are aquarium grown and don't have contact with bird
>feces there isn't anything to worry about. They can only get the parasites
>from bird feces. The birds are the third leg of the triangle. Birds to
>snails
>to fish and back to birds. The best snails to have are the MTS snails. They
>stay buried in the gravel during the day and usually only come out at
>night.
>They keep the sand stirred up and are good scavengers. BTW if your snails
>were infected now your pumpkinseed is too!
>
>Moon
>
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