will salt kill trumpet snails?

[onefishtwofish]

i need to medicate with salt. if it kills the mts i am worried about that contaminating the water. there r hundreds of the little buggers.

[CRS Fan]

i need to medicate with salt. if it kills the mts i am worried about that contaminating the water. there r hundreds of the little buggers.

Hey Kathy.

It shouldn't be a problem. Here is the wkipedia link. And the excerpt "Although normally a freshwater snail, this species is very tolerant of brackish water, and has been recorded in waters with a salinity of 32.5 ppt(1,024 specific gravity salinity)."

Hopefully that helps.

Stuart

[onefishtwofish]

thanks stuart.