SNAIL RELAXER - MAGNESIUM SULPHATE Yes, it works, very well indeed. I have finally got hold of some magnesium sulphate, and a dollop in with the seawater makes live shells swell up and go comatose. They pass away quietly, without curling up in their shells so you can't pull them out. But the only magnesium sulphate I could get at first was in the form of 25mg/mL glass ampoules for intravenous injection of humans. It is apparently prescribed as a muscle relaxant for convulsions and tetany (lockjaw). And it's expensive, at a dollar each 10mL ampoule, which only gives 2= grams of the chemical. Any competent druggist (but we don't have those here) should be able to supply magnesium sulphate (Epsom salts) in powder form. It may also be the major component of some everyday branded chemical (Alka Selzer? Andrews Liver Salts? - Any ideas ?) Richard Parker Please reply to [log in to unmask] with copy to Conch-L ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com