Fish: [tropical fish club] Re: Planted tank ?'s

I'm buying this now for my snail problem:

Petsolutions.com-Coppersafe.aspx
16 oz. item 84911340 $13.99
http://www.petsolutions.com/C/External-Parasite-Ich-Fish-Medications/I/Coppersafe.aspx

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tropicalfishclub/links/S_001308326695/
The information above is also in this Snails folder

Until now, I was getting something called "copper power green"
Made by Endich Inc in Newton, NJ at a small local
tropical fish retailer but 1 4-fluid ounce bottle
was costing me $5.99.

I have gone through more than 10 of these bottles and
still the snails come back when I stop the treatment.

The labels say: "Safe De-toxified metallic complexes
for the prevention and treatment of ich, fungus,
and external parasites."

"may be toxic to snails and invertebrates"

Copper Sulfate = .234 %
Nickel Sulfate = .339 %
Zinc Sulfate = .375 %
I guess the rest is water (?)

My own recent experience makes me think that it is
much better to buy a larger size bottle from the start
and have too much, than to keep buying smaller bottles
for a much higher per unit price.

I would also read the description and give the maximum
safe dosage they recommend.

I was very tentative about putting too much in my tanks
and I thus used the minumum dosage but the snails kept
coming back long after I thought I was rid of them.

And now I worry that their progeny have developed a much
higher tolerance for this metallic solution.

I wish I had used a higher dosage from the beginning.

Bill Zardus
Delaware County, PA

--- In tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com, "cahyman" <cahyman@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
> I just found this group. I am cycling a 6.6 gallon tank - the Petco bookshelf aquarium, following the instructions I found online. I bought this substrate called EcoComplete, and a couple plants. The tank is short and long. I plan to put a Betta in there.
> -my plants keep coming out of the substrate. Is there a special way to keep them in?
> -how long until they get rooted?
> - can I use a "python" on this tank? I have the mini gravel vac but find it really awkward.
> -how do I clean it without sucking up all the dirt?
> Thank you!!!
>