I’ve done this for my freshwater tank everything I’ve bought plants since watching this video! I have NEVER had a problem and I have t had a snail problem in over a year!
then maybe you can explain to me how I get snails in my tanks when I have never bought anything & just have water in a tank and without any plant's & no fish or waste ?
@@unitedwestanddividedwefall2073 Did you buy the tank, filter or heater second hand? Could have had snail eggs on them maybe. Or substrate can sometimes have snail eggs. If you have no plants or fish in there just dump a bunch of aquarium salt in there and that will kill them. Or you can just squash them.
Didnt treat my plants before adding them in my planted discuss tank & yep two weeks Later snails everywhere but then I noticed my discuss eating the snails
Love the old-school DIY video. Bring me back to the time when I was learning how to build tanks and that’s how I found you on CZcams. And you were skinny and dorky
Love that you’re from my home province :) I’ve spent a lot of time in Truro as I have family there. Congratulations on your success. You’ve worked hard for everything and now your hard work is paying off. Good luck with the book!
I just wanna take a min and thank u for teaching me a lot of things over the last two years. I have a history of keeping aquariums and then moving from city to city and again getting back to the hobby. Everytime i get an aquarium i start off with the basics firmer and better coz of u. So thank u a lot.😀 PS: Dont stop filming!!
2.6k views in 15min, I would never have expected this channel to blow up like it has when I first started watching you build stuff on a set made of sheets for fewer viewers in a day than you now get in minutes. You have done an amazing job with this channel. I still love every episode you put out and look forward to every new update on the gallery.
What funny is I I feel the same. And being from Nova Scotia where he’s also from makes it even better! I’ve never met Joe irl btw! He lives a nice 1.5 hours from my town which is where we both go for 1fish2fish!
I don't think using Salt with plants is a safe option specially with delicate and rare plants. Salt dehydrates healthy leaves and roots causing undue melting and rotting, at times the plant may even die.
Let alone the force he used to shove the plants into the bowl you can hear a lot of them breaking. I would always go one by one rather than just shove them all into a bowl or tub (I get soaking them all together but than you have some that are soaking longer than others while you clean one possibly causing more harm than good)
I'm quarantining my plants the slow way, at 86°F for 5-7 days. I welcome snails because the tank is for puffers, but I'm concerned with ich, velvet, etc. I am currently on day 5 with 86-88°, and am lowering the tank to around 82° to accommodate the fish. It has been 5 days at 86 and the first two days at 75° I plan on a water change tomorrow in preparation of adding fish. Will tomorrow be a safe time to introduce, or should I wait a few days longer?
PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL OF YOU FOLLOW THIS VIDEO - I JUST HAD A LEACH OUTBREAK BECAUSE I DIDN'T PROPERLY CLEAN SOME PLANTS AND NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT
Please remove this video and repost an update one if you'd like. Obviously too many people have killed their plants using this method. And more will every day it's still up. Your other content is too good for you to still have some thing like this posted.
yeah I posted about 2 months ago that I lost plants after following this advice. Lesson learned. luckily my swords all grew back, so no holes from snail bites any more so thats good. also a few others survived basically all my favorites. Really just lost the grass, repens, and anubias.
i just started planting staurogyne repens in my tank when it was a little nub and now its like 2 inches high, they're growing!!!!!! can't wait to grow that s.repens carpet out 😍
@@lindaisyoutubing yes should do Linda. I leave mine for half an hour though. Where joey leaves his for 15 - 20. Some of the more delicate species of plants you have to be careful with the peroxide though. 👍
Nice try to help, but very bad information because you don’t specify the strength of the “peroxide” (hydrogen peroxide) at what strength? 3% or 35% people will get very different results with different strengths of solution.
Will the Hydrogen peroxide kill worms? And I have PP for snails so don't need the salt part I assume. Or do I need both to kill everything? Last time I used Potassium Permanganate I got a TON of some kind of worm in a brand new tank and wasn't pleased. Thank you for your video.
I'm not sure if you've made a video on this before but I'd love to see a video on battling BBA. It's the toughest algae damnit. That would be really helpful thanks!
Awesome information, as I've been there done that with new plants and then beeing over run with snails! Thank you. I would like to get some new plants and I will definitely use this info.
Wanna get rid of snails in the aquarium? Two words - assasin snails. Step 1. Buy assassin snail Step 2. Put it in the aquarium Step 3. Chill and wait for the results.
I want your help...please help me. I want to Make a glass aquarium of length 10 feet ,widht 4 feet and 6 feet in height. please tell me whether is it possible to be made or not, if yes then guide me about the thickness of glass and related information on how to make it leak proof.
I had a snails problem in a 5 gallons tank. Hand-removed every individual snails I found for at least over 3-4 months, so it was a controled invasion but it was very annoying. They completly disappear when I introduced a new betta in the tank. I didn't think that could happen, but yeah !! XD He ate them all before they could lay eggs. And thanks for these awesone tricks, I will definetely do that when I buy new plants so that never happen again !
god bless your betta. mine did no such thing. bought a yoyo loach to eat the snails and for a while i no longer saw even eggs on the glass. now, it's like he doesn't even bother. :/ i'm ready to bust out the assault pea puffers! lol
@SeaWaterPro thats what confused me, 15 mins is for the peroxide that matches other sources, but everybody says for the 1 cup/gallon salt its 20 second
In-vitro plants might be actually cheaper in some countries. I don't prepare my plants like this, but then I've got issues with hair algae already and some snails. You don't need to cure your plants, BUT you need to achieve a balance in your tank. Otherwise you can expect a calamity.
enjoy watching the videos I even watch them multiple time. I have a question Would 10 mm glass be ok for a aquaruim that's 30inches long by 16inches high by 16inches deep ?
If they are new most plants you buy in-store are grown emersed and when they get submersed there is melting, the plant is probably gonna be fine if you let it be. Source: I grow my plants emersed to speed up propagation
Gosh, I tried it to now. After 20 minutes of soaking in salt. I've noticed that my greeping burhead have burn marks and look like it's start to melt😥. I soak all of my new aquatic plants. I hope they can recover and survive 😭
Hey Joey! I just got here from watching life in jars channel, ever seen it? He makes enclosed ecospheres in jars. He has a funny dry style I enjoy. Give him a look maybe. Oh, great vid btw!
I like it, Just one question.. After doing this do you need to like wash off any residue of the mixture you bathed the plants in or is it just planting time?
The salt is risky for the plants depending on the type. The salt can burn 🔥 your plants 🪴 foliage. The ratio and the time its in the water would kill some plants. Also you didn't say rinse the salty brine off to knock of the snails. I will pass on the cormed plants method . 😊
Man I took 1 snail from the pet shop tought it be cool have just 1...3 days later there's hundreds and there in every tank ..but iv got rid of me tanks and fish so that someone else's proplem now 😂
A nice tutorial for a very overlooked practice with planted tanks
I didn't know this wise I knew sooner
That tank in ur pfp looks stunning
@@yee9222 Thanks. It’s changed a few times since then. I kept the picture because I really liked that look.
This is so important! Why quarantine your shrimp or fish just to be tossing the plants into the tank and risk diseases, parasites or unwanted snails?
I’ve done this for my freshwater tank everything I’ve bought plants since watching this video! I have NEVER had a problem and I have t had a snail problem in over a year!
then maybe you can explain to me how I get snails in my tanks when I have
never bought anything & just have water in a tank and without any plant's
& no fish or waste ?
@@unitedwestanddividedwefall2073 Did you buy the tank, filter or heater second hand? Could have had snail eggs on them maybe. Or substrate can sometimes have snail eggs. If you have no plants or fish in there just dump a bunch of aquarium salt in there and that will kill them. Or you can just squash them.
Joey bro your such a genius. Ive learned so much from you over the years. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE ADVICE.
Nobody asked the most obvious question, which is “why not soak them in salt & peroxide at the same time” 😂
Good video thx for the tip !
Didnt treat my plants before adding them in my planted discuss tank & yep two weeks Later snails everywhere but then I noticed my discuss eating the snails
I have a carpeted tank with nothing but tissue culture, soil, and driftwood.
Still got snails -_-
I think I rather have snails then Detritus worms! Took my tanks apart and started over
20min salt water damage plant !
Just found that out the hard way. Damn.
That moment when you watch this and realise you have plenty of aquarium salt but no peroxide you may have a problem.
Love the old-school DIY video. Bring me back to the time when I was learning how to build tanks and that’s how I found you on CZcams. And you were skinny and dorky
Thank you! I was just considering adding plants to my 10gal
Love that you’re from my home province :) I’ve spent a lot of time in Truro as I have family there. Congratulations on your success. You’ve worked hard for everything and now your hard work is paying off. Good luck with the book!
I just wanna take a min and thank u for teaching me a lot of things over the last two years. I have a history of keeping aquariums and then moving from city to city and again getting back to the hobby. Everytime i get an aquarium i start off with the basics firmer and better coz of u. So thank u a lot.😀
PS: Dont stop filming!!
Tanx alot sir 🙏 for sharing this video. Lots of respect from INDIA.
Great timing on this video, I am waiting on a small shipment of plants in a few day. Did know how to treat plants before this. Thankd
Thank you for the tips! I have plants with algea so I will try this.
Hey....what's going on with the salt water sting Ray's....haven't seen them for a long while..
You should get a dwarf puffer next to your other puffers! :D
I love when you do informative videos like this. Thanks Joey😊👍🏿
Can I mix the salt and peroxide at the same time to kill snails and parasites at once?
I was wondering this also....
What was the concentration of the peroxide you used? 3%? Would really appreciate
I think 3% is standard topical solution, that’s what I have
2.6k views in 15min, I would never have expected this channel to blow up like it has when I first started watching you build stuff on a set made of sheets for fewer viewers in a day than you now get in minutes.
You have done an amazing job with this channel.
I still love every episode you put out and look forward to every new update on the gallery.
What funny is I I feel the same. And being from Nova Scotia where he’s also from makes it even better! I’ve never met Joe irl btw! He lives a nice 1.5 hours from my town which is where we both go for 1fish2fish!
While watching this and doing the dips I found a ton of snail eggs, great video
I don't think using Salt with plants is a safe option specially with delicate and rare plants. Salt dehydrates healthy leaves and roots causing undue melting and rotting, at times the plant may even die.
Let alone the force he used to shove the plants into the bowl you can hear a lot of them breaking. I would always go one by one rather than just shove them all into a bowl or tub (I get soaking them all together but than you have some that are soaking longer than others while you clean one possibly causing more harm than good)
Yup killed all mine with the salt
What happens if you do the salt and peroxide at the same time?
Follow the steps so you do not miss steps
Thank you, this was very helpful.
I'm quarantining my plants the slow way, at 86°F for 5-7 days. I welcome snails because the tank is for puffers, but I'm concerned with ich, velvet, etc.
I am currently on day 5 with 86-88°, and am lowering the tank to around 82° to accommodate the fish.
It has been 5 days at 86 and the first two days at 75°
I plan on a water change tomorrow in preparation of adding fish.
Will tomorrow be a safe time to introduce, or should I wait a few days longer?
PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL OF YOU FOLLOW THIS VIDEO - I JUST HAD A LEACH OUTBREAK BECAUSE I DIDN'T PROPERLY CLEAN SOME PLANTS AND NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT
Please remove this video and repost an update one if you'd like. Obviously too many people have killed their plants using this method. And more will every day it's still up. Your other content is too good for you to still have some thing like this posted.
yeah I posted about 2 months ago that I lost plants after following this advice. Lesson learned. luckily my swords all grew back, so no holes from snail bites any more so thats good. also a few others survived basically all my favorites. Really just lost the grass, repens, and anubias.
Completely disintegrated my new floating plants that I just got by following this video. Terrible advice
i just started planting staurogyne repens in my tank when it was a little nub and now its like 2 inches high, they're growing!!!!!! can't wait to grow that s.repens carpet out 😍
Very nice video . keep it up !would love to see some more educational videos and DIYs alongside the gallery updates
I do exactly the same thing! This is so over looked in the hobby. You hardly see this on any other channels. Nice one Joey. 👍
Does it kill dragonfly larva?
@@lindaisyoutubing yes should do Linda. I leave mine for half an hour though. Where joey leaves his for 15 - 20. Some of the more delicate species of plants you have to be careful with the peroxide though. 👍
What about the percentage of peroxide? Is it a 3 percent bottle?
Another nice vid coolest i like the safe for fishes video this is important esp adding plants :D "D
Awesome video joey, thanks for the information mate, I always treat my plants for any snails etc, thanks for sharing mate
Great tips, I even go one step further I soak my new plants in bleach water for 10 min before planting no issues so far all my plants are thriving
What measurements of water and bleach do you use please? 😊
Nice try to help, but very bad information because you don’t specify the strength of the “peroxide” (hydrogen peroxide) at what strength? 3% or 35% people will get very different results with different strengths of solution.
Probably 3% I think is standard household topical solution, he says “I’m sure most of you have it laying around”
Btw , with peroxide did not kill small worms/parasites . I tried it , soaked the plant for 15 mins
Yay! Great information. 4 days too late😂😂😂 but in my back pocket if I need to get more or new plants.
This is so helpful ! I’m starting my first heavily planted aquarium so I’m super excited now I won’t have any snail problems 😂💕 thanks joey ! Xo
Did you ever have a problem with Planarias? Could you make a video about it or did you ?
Greetings from Hamburg/Germany
Great help, straight to the point, well done you. Appreciated.
Same treatment for all mosses? I heard that some plants such as Cuba HC cannot handle peroxide.
so use the salt method hes explaining.
Thank you for such simple instructions. Straight to how and why.
Hmmm never thought about yhe salt. Good tip. Im dying to see the finished aquariums with the fish in them!!!
Will the Hydrogen peroxide kill worms? And I have PP for snails so don't need the salt part I assume. Or do I need both to kill everything? Last time I used Potassium Permanganate I got a TON of some kind of worm in a brand new tank and wasn't pleased. Thank you for your video.
I liked this video alot the last one as well feel like I've got a surge of knowledge thank you so much Joey
I'm not sure if you've made a video on this before but I'd love to see a video on battling BBA. It's the toughest algae damnit. That would be really helpful thanks!
nerite snails eat a lot of BBA from my experience
@@elighspillane9048 I'll have to pick up some more. I've only got 1 little nerite. Thanks!
Awesome information, as I've been there done that with new plants and then beeing over run with snails! Thank you. I would like to get some new plants and I will definitely use this info.
Definitely needed this! Just ordered some new plants :)
which disinfectant is better potassium permanganate or hydrogen peroxide , if stains were not an issue.
Potassium has a much higher chance of killing your plants. I murdered a whole bunch of moss and swords going that route once.
spent the whole video watching the tank waiting to see the stingray. What happened to them mate.
Holy cr@p you're right. At 1:52 there's a clear shot of the whole tank and not a ray to be seen.
He'll update us on the rays next year 😂
love your vids joey
Great video!! Cleaning your plants is definitely overlooked. I get some very healthy plants from Dustin fish tank and my LFS.
Them snails would make lovely snacks for the puffers 😬👌🏼 and help to keep down their beaks (teeth 😂)
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Congratulations.
What strenght of peroxid? Here we have like 3% 6% 10%... What you use?
If you haven't found the answer yet then here it is: 3 %. That's what i found every body uses.
Feed the snails to the puffer.
Many thanks for this video. This will really help me a lot.
Helpfull video sir.. please dont stop making videos..
Wanna get rid of snails in the aquarium? Two words - assasin snails. Step 1. Buy assassin snail Step 2. Put it in the aquarium Step 3. Chill and wait for the results.
I want your help...please help me. I want to Make a glass aquarium of length 10 feet ,widht 4 feet and 6 feet in height. please tell me whether is it possible to be made or not, if yes then guide me about the thickness of glass and related information on how to make it leak proof.
joeys videos make my day man
I had a snails problem in a 5 gallons tank. Hand-removed every individual snails I found for at least over 3-4 months, so it was a controled invasion but it was very annoying. They completly disappear when I introduced a new betta in the tank. I didn't think that could happen, but yeah !! XD He ate them all before they could lay eggs. And thanks for these awesone tricks, I will definetely do that when I buy new plants so that never happen again !
god bless your betta. mine did no such thing. bought a yoyo loach to eat the snails and for a while i no longer saw even eggs on the glass. now, it's like he doesn't even bother. :/ i'm ready to bust out the assault pea puffers! lol
Awesome video! Great alternative to other ideas out there!
Woah..Joey has hair now??? Whaaaaat
watch out doing this with java fern, it can die off by using peroxide
how long do i dip it on salt, i did some google but 1 cup per gallon says it should be around 15 second? please clarify
he says 15-20mins
@SeaWaterPro thats what confused me, 15 mins is for the peroxide that matches other sources, but everybody says for the 1 cup/gallon salt its 20 second
In-vitro plants might be actually cheaper in some countries. I don't prepare my plants like this, but then I've got issues with hair algae already and some snails.
You don't need to cure your plants, BUT you need to achieve a balance in your tank. Otherwise you can expect a calamity.
Nice DIY video. Been a little while since iv seen one just like this. I like it!!
enjoy watching the videos I even watch them multiple time. I have a question Would 10 mm glass be ok for a aquaruim that's 30inches long by 16inches high by 16inches deep ?
Thnx man
Thank you
Kursui wormer will kill snails with ease....
I feel like more peroxide would help.. It's very safe stuff to use.
Great video Joe. Love your educational stuff
Hey Joey do you know what happened to Solid gold aquatics
She stopped posting a while ago I think she lost interest
Forgot about damselfly nymphs, they destroy tanks
Java moss too?
Can you add both to the mix in bowl 🤷 ✌️🙏🇨🇦
U say it’s a small salad bowl but a normal size is like half the size of that😂
Love ur vids tho keep it up
Have a good one
let me guess : Europe.. here in Can/US that is a normal size for a family of 4
Tried your salt idea, both the plants I tried with are in extreme shock and near dying after the salt bath. Great way to waste $30 on plants.
If they are new most plants you buy in-store are grown emersed and when they get submersed there is melting, the plant is probably gonna be fine if you let it be.
Source: I grow my plants emersed to speed up propagation
One completely died and fell apart, the other is half dead and not seemingly recovering so far.
Oh dear God 🤦🏽♀️ thanks for letting me know
You have to rinse them off really well. And a salt water soak should be much shorter than a hydrogen peroxide soak. Like 1/10 the time.
Gosh, I tried it to now. After 20 minutes of soaking in salt. I've noticed that my greeping burhead have burn marks and look like it's start to melt😥. I soak all of my new aquatic plants. I hope they can recover and survive 😭
Some people like snails, Joey 😅
Nice tutorial I did that once and the snail eggs still hatched but am not worried cause I have snail eating fish like pea puffers kuhlii loaches etc
Great advice in my opinion 🤷🏼♂️
Great Info!!👍👍👍
Thanks for the info
Hey Joey! I just got here from watching life in jars channel, ever seen it? He makes enclosed ecospheres in jars. He has a funny dry style I enjoy. Give him a look maybe.
Oh, great vid btw!
I've never, ever had luck with Salt for treating snails. Bladder snails especially survive the Salt completely unhindered
So will Malaysians. I keep them in my brackish and they breed.
fkkn bladder snails. i hate these things. and their gross eggs that they leave EVERYWHERE dotting all over the tank. i swear a new ICK was unlocked!!!
Love the vids
I like it, Just one question.. After doing this do you need to like wash off any residue of the mixture you bathed the plants in or is it just planting time?
I usually wash them after in some tap water to be safe.
He says it in the video. Rinse them very well before putting them in the tank
I love these educational videos
how about lucky bamboo? do i need to do the same?
Yup
Could you be any loader?
The salt is risky for the plants depending on the type. The salt can burn 🔥 your plants 🪴 foliage. The ratio and the time its in the water would kill some plants. Also you didn't say rinse the salty brine off to knock of the snails. I will pass on the cormed plants method . 😊
Have you got rid of the salt water stingrays?
Awesome video keep it up
Does temperature of the water matter? I mean I wouldnt think boiling hot or ice cold water would be ideal but should the temp be somewhat hot or cold?
Good info, thanks!
Can I know, how to get rid pesticide on aquatic plant. Help me please
Man I took 1 snail from the pet shop tought it be cool have just 1...3 days later there's hundreds and there in every tank ..but iv got rid of me tanks and fish so that someone else's proplem now 😂
Well that is one way to get rid of them 😂