View Full Version : Getting rid of snails
Lspooky4
10-22-2005, 6:26 PM
I have quite a few snails in a few of my tanks that I would like to be rid of, they are just little mystery snails. How can I get rid of them easily?
gomezladdams
10-22-2005, 6:31 PM
Most loaches eat snails
Lspooky4
10-22-2005, 6:34 PM
once i get a loach though i have no where to put it once the job is done
once i get a loach though i have no where to put it once the job is doneGet clown loaches.They get good sized over timeand have nice ocular spines under their eyes.
posteo
10-22-2005, 7:57 PM
crayfish will eat'm up
DeLgAdO
10-22-2005, 8:06 PM
once i get a loach though i have no where to put it once the job is done
keep it :)
if you get clowns get more than one
they hate being alone :(
Ornatapinnis
10-22-2005, 9:47 PM
Botia's, clown loaches and puffers will rid your tank of snails. THey love 'em!!!
Joel
rallysman
10-22-2005, 10:24 PM
Def. Clown Loaches....they are awesome!
rallysb1tch
10-22-2005, 10:58 PM
Get a clown loach or a crayfish. If that doesn't solve the problem you can get what's called "had a snail". Use caution if you have catfish or live plants in your tank though.
Lspooky4
10-23-2005, 9:35 PM
would a loach be all right in a breeding tank for convicts, thats the only place i could put him
Lspooky4
10-23-2005, 9:36 PM
what type of puffers?
get some Clown Loaches they will do there job
ballsmcgee1234
11-04-2005, 5:35 PM
get that snail out stuff or bait a trap with a container and an algae wafer (they love them)
guppy
11-04-2005, 10:44 PM
Squish em.
Loaches are cool, and they get big so they could go in a tank with larger fish
Or on second thought, just sell them to your LFS
Lspooky4
11-09-2005, 11:21 AM
they're the little mystery snails....the LFS don't want them....I think I'll just turn it into a salt water.
ballsmcgee1234
11-09-2005, 11:38 AM
dont get a fish u dont want to keep. take a clay flower pot, put two or three algea wafers in and they will go right in there dosent work for ever though i found out
I could use some of those snails to feed my figure 8/spotted puffers! :D
Perhaps you should try adding your convicts to that tank. I know my Bartoni obliterated the 1 million (ok, probably an exageration) snails that were infesting my sump and my rearing tank.
All I found were empty shells after a week, and believe you me, there were TONS of them. In all my years keeping fish, and cichlids in particular, I have never kept convicts, but I would guess they will dispatch your snails rather quickly.
If your snails are going under the substrate, then you better get some loaches. They will find them there without a problem.
ramman
11-28-2005, 9:18 PM
CLOWN LOACHES,,,,,,,1 per 15 gallons,,,ie 75 gal. tank = 5 clowns,,,,,,bye bye snails
ChickenTeeth
12-02-2005, 9:34 PM
I have quite a few snails in a few of my tanks that I would like to be rid of, they are just little mystery snails. How can I get rid of them easily?
Yah sometimes u just wish u could rent a particular fish and return em when ur done!!!
Weather loaches eat baby snails as well and while not as pretty as clowns are cheaper and smaller. Very hardy fish.
TheUnhappiest
12-06-2005, 12:47 AM
Puffer's eat snails too (incase somebody didnt know) :grinyes:
HarleyK
12-06-2005, 3:10 PM
Puffer's eat snails too (incase somebody didnt know) :grinyes:
The problem is that some eat nothing but snails. Which means you need an extra snail tank to provide food...
HarleyK
TheUnhappiest
12-07-2005, 12:33 AM
True... But can't they learn to take other food?
fish1986
01-17-2006, 3:54 PM
i had the same problem w th at least 15 snails that kept multiplying each week. I bought a med. size clown loach and within a week or two all the snails were gone and never came back afterwards he ate frozen brine shrimp that i feed to the other tank mates....
to solve the problem with the clown loach buy a rbp....I bought 2 of them at about 2 to 2.5 inches and my snail, clown loach and other fish problems were solved...lol
smallguy
01-17-2006, 9:22 PM
yes i know how you feel, i had so many snails in my tank and i would try to pick them out but they would always have eggs in there, i kind of like them but ohwell. they easiest way i got rid of them i cleaned out the whole tank with extreamly hot water, this wasnt a problem because there werent any fish in there at the time but then you have to recycle the tank. another way is to put a coffee can lid with some bait and pick the snails out when they are on the lid, this works but there is always some eggs somewhere so they come back in a few weeks,
dodgefreak8
01-17-2006, 10:41 PM
I have those damn trumpet snails and I've heard that their shells are to hard for loaches and puffers. i actually droped a couple in with my figure 8 puffer and he didn't eat them. What chemical alternative is there when everything else has been tried. and don't say had-a-snail I dumped 3x the suggested dose in there and they didn't even slow down.
I have those damn trumpet snails and I've heard that their shells are to hard for loaches and puffers. i actually droped a couple in with my figure 8 puffer and he didn't eat them. What chemical alternative is there when everything else has been tried. and don't say had-a-snail I dumped 3x the suggested dose in there and they didn't even slow down.
Sounds like you need to knock back the population physicallyrunnyour substrate through an appropriately sized sieve to remove and discard most of the snails.
HarleyK
01-18-2006, 2:40 PM
Howdy,
There is a lot of end-of-the-pipe thinking here. With a snail problem, it's often best to go to the roots: Snail populations explode due to excess food in the tank. Thus, I suggest to reduce feeding and improve tank maintenance (vacuuming). Picking the snails out by hand will be a good start, though. I would not use any chemicals. They're mostly copper-based and harm all invertebrates (i.e. also shrimps) and affect most catfish and other scale-less fish.
HarleyK
sell them on ebay for 3.99 a dozen. I actually saw a person doing this. It was funny, we lived in the same small town and they would get them for free from the petsmart that I frequinted...
The methods that worked for me was the food that you remove when covered in snails, and removing them by hand.