eSHa Gastropex - shrimp safe?

[Guest]

I've been using eSHa Gastropex to kill the snails in my tanks. I thought I'd removed all my cherry shrimp beforehand but as it turned out I missed a few and despite catching the full dose they are fine...and appear totally unaffected. A quick google and it turns out that, yes it is supposed to be shrimp safe but in reality the jury is still out among sceptical aquarists.

Anybody else have a similar experience?

By the way it seems to have worked so far...

 

[saffaboi]

Troi, thanks for this. I shall be testing this in some of my tanks soon.

 

[basil]

No planaria will also kill snails whilst leaving shrimp. Just make sure you pick out the dead snails afterwards to prevent fouling the water.

 

[saffaboi]

No planaria will also kill snails whilst leaving shrimp. Just make sure you pick out the dead snails afterwards to prevent fouling the water.

Tried it with pest snails, no luck.

 

[basil]

Hmm, odd. Did you use full dose?

 

[saffaboi]

yes

 

[Guest]

Just completed double blind clinical trials for eSHa Gastropex and I can categorically state that - in the case of my aquariums at least - it had absolutely no effect on cherry shrimp whatsoever both adults and juveniles, but it did kill 99.9% of the aquatic snails in my tanks.

 

[John S]

Thanks for the info Tim, I need to get some of this stuff🙂

 

[basil]

Can I share this info Tim?

 

[Guest]

Yep sure, just remember you heard it here first😉 ...you do know I was joking about the double blind clinical trials bit though...don't you? The rest is fact.

 

[saffaboi]

Epic. Thanks Troi.

 

[sciencefiction]

Good to know Troi 🙂
I just feel sorry for the poor snails. I like snails 🙂

 

[Guest]

I don't...there's something about slugs and snails that turns my stomach ...those and myriapods. But curiously I don't mind other Gastropods that much.

 

[Manisha]

Bump! (For Rebel!) 🙂

 

[rebel]

Bump! (For Rebel!) 🙂

😛

Wonder what the ingredient could be? (Gastropex)....

 

[sciencefiction]

😛

Wonder what the ingredient could be? (Gastropex)....

All I could find is that it is a "unique" formula, lol.
It's a bit annoying they don't state the ingredients. Isn't there a law against that 😛

 

[rebel]

unique" formula

Perhaps its fenbendazole? Its hard to target just snails without wiping other inverts...

 

[sciencefiction]

I think it said natural ingredients, which if true means it isn't fenbendazole.

 

[rebel]

I think it said natural ingredients, which if true means it isn't fenbendazole.

Intriguing!

 

[Hufsa]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but as I just got a response from Esha regarding the ingredients of Gastropex I felt it would be useful to add it to this thread to save others the inquiry.

According to the sales and communication manager 1 ml contains;
Copper Sulphate 24 mg
Proflavine hemisulphate 0.2 mg