Uploaded March 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

---

How do you get rid of pest snails AND snail eggs from new aquarium plants? Check out my second series of experiments testing plant dips using salt, hydrogen peroxide, potassium permanganate, and alum.

📚 RESOURCES
▶ Plant Dip for Snails: Bleach, Alum & Copper Comparison: youtu.be/Psv6ZMcpjR0

🛒 MATERIALS I USED
▶ Java fern (and rare livebearers): selectaquatics.com
▶ Aquarium plants: geni.us/AquariumPlants_GTF
▶ Aquarium salt: amzn.to/33wZxM3
▶ Hydrogen peroxide: amzn.to/394F42d
▶ Potassium permanganate: amzn.to/3dcTwIP
▶ Alum: amzn.to/2DnDHBg
▶ Plastic shoebox tubs: amzn.to/2xAA6KL
(As an Amazon Associate, I may earn commissions from the links above. Also, I work for Aquarium Co-Op but am not sponsored by them.)

🐟 SUBSCRIBE so you won’t miss my latest video: youtube.com/channel/UCNoNEF64ijgxK6OSTwdHOFA?sub_confirmation=1
🌿 BECOME A MEMBER for bonus content: youtube.com/channel/UCNoNEF64ijgxK6OSTwdHOFA/join

🦐 CONNECT WITH ME to get extra updates
▶ Instagram: instagram.com/girltalksfish
▶ Twitter: twitter.com/girltalksfish
▶ Facebook: facebook.com/girltalksfish


ATTRIBUTION
Music from Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/referral/2earpi (if you use my referral link, I get 1 month free 😀)

#aquarium #plantedtank #fishtank