At 04:54 AM 2/10/1998 GMT, you wrote:
>In The Dawn of the Third Age Graeme Finsen
><gfinsen at brs.schneider.com.au> woke me from my contemplation by
>writing:
>
>>Thks Andrew,
>>Would you think that this would work against those little barstard
>>burrowing snails??????? I'm having to boil my gravel to get rid of them
>>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>
>Have you tried some loaches (clown, skunk, etc) to bring your snail
>problem into check. I've never tried them with the burrowing snails,
>as I've never had them. But they have been very effective in cleaning
>out any ramshorn snails in my planted tanks. Of course they're also
>very good at cleaning up any rainbow eggs in the mop.
>
>
>Cary Hostrawser
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