I went to work for a few hours this evening, shut the lights off the tank because all was good. Got home an hour ago, turned the lights on to feed them, and, HERE'S the kicker, my entire tank is absolutely full of SNAILS. I have not put any new fish in the tank in a few months, October to be exact. I have never had a snail in any of the tanks I have ever had, EVER. What is going on? I have had my Hongi spawn a couple weeks back and yesterday I noticed that my Zebra is holding. This my first spawn since the tank has been set up (almost 1 1/2 years) I am running a wet/dry capable of a 300 gallon tank, mine is 75. Been feeding the same food for almost a year, NLS. Water parameters have been the same since sart up, (african cichlid style) I have had africans for almost 20 years so I know what I'm doing.
My question is did the snails possibly come from the food? It's the only thing I can think of.
Second question, how do I get rid of them without killing the eggs or the fish.
Talk about blowing my mind, there are HUNDREDS of them that I can see let alone all the ones that I can't. I have sacs of snail eggs everywhere.
Where would they come from other than the food?
My question is did the snails possibly come from the food? It's the only thing I can think of.
Second question, how do I get rid of them without killing the eggs or the fish.
Talk about blowing my mind, there are HUNDREDS of them that I can see let alone all the ones that I can't. I have sacs of snail eggs everywhere.
Where would they come from other than the food?