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Old 12-23-2012, 03:33 AM
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Cleaning out dead turbo snails is by far worse than any equipement cleaning , gaging just thinking about the smell.
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Have you ever netted out a dead conch snail?...
oh ya that smells \
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What about a running sump. How the heck do you manage to siphon that gunk out? Run a pump backwards some how? That's a nasty job I bet.
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Yup thats what I use. Once a month. Only thing that shop vacs used for.
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Speaking of smells,what about the few day old frozen food juice because you got distracted and never put it back in the freezer
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Have you ever netted out a dead conch snail?...
Dead snails PERIOD!!! The most horrid thing you will ever smell....
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Old 12-23-2012, 02:16 PM
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Dead snails PERIOD!!! The most horrid thing you will ever smell....
LOL, and to think we like to eat escargot.... or used to....
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