jasonjleach
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HI all, i'd like to move some cuttings to a new tank and im keen to keep it snail free. Can i kill them/eggs somehow? Thanks
<"Same for me">, in both cases. There is a <"huge amount of dissolved CO2 in a carbonated drink">.Personally I don't think there is such a thing as a pest snail, but that aside, I have found one of the best ways to treat plants for hitchhiking critters is carbonated water.
................*I don't know how much dissolved CO2 there is in a can of coke, but <"my guess is quite a lot"> scrub that, it is an incredible amount . I've just found that coke link, which says "0.14mol CO2 in 1000mL".
The RAM of carbon (C) is 12 and of oxygen (O) = 16, and we have two of them so that is 32 and the RMM of CO2 is 12+32 = 44, 44 x 0.14 is 6.16g and mg/L is equivalent to ppm. So you have about 6160 ppm of CO2 in the can, although 0.15% (about 0.01g) of this will be dissolved carbonic acid (H2CO2) and some of the gaseous CO2 will be in the headspace of the can above the liquid...........
A few 2 litre bottles of cheap carbonated mineral water
And that is how injected CO2 in aquaria was born thanks to Takashi Amano adding carbonate water to his tanks.Hi all,
<"Same for me">, in both cases. There is a <"huge amount of dissolved CO2 in a carbonated drink">.
cheers Darrel
We have <"a thread">.And that is how injected CO2 in aquaria was born thanks to Takashi Amano adding carbonate water to his tanks.