jamesbarr Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 hey, so I started my tank on co2 the other day. I have a farily new planted and I was reading about peoples result in various places on the interweb and have read a few times that CO2 can kill RHS. I happen to hate the little buggers and luckily havent got any in my tank that I am aware of however I have a buddy with a large population in his tank. He has tried different methods, yoyo loach, handpicking and what ever all else, but not this. Has anyone here got any experience with this? I am just wondering if its true or not. partly for selfish reasons (to keep it going in case along with other benefits) and for my friend with the rhs infestation.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubr0ke Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 co2 will kill snails as well as fish at high levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 i've ran co2 with MTS and nothing was harmed. but i did not od on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 CO2 is converted to carbonic acid (which is why the gas lowers pH), and weakens snails shells over time. When running high CO2 I rarely see full sized snails in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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