Snail problem
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That's a tough one. I had the same problem in an old set up. Ended up stripping it down to remove the snails from the sump. I was a novice back then and a bit of an idiot, i actually thought it would be beneficial to put a few snails in the sump to help clear up crap in there. Got over run with them with in a year and stripped the sump and emptied everything out. Then got clown loaches for the main tank and never saw snails again. Good luck
I'm sure if you google snail traps there is likely something you can build that they can go in but not come out. Or put some clown loaches in your sump
I have tons of them in my sump and babies in main tank.. I only see big ones in the sump areas and not the main tank so I think my rays r eating them. I'm not that worries about them distroying my pump since I have a spare one ready to be replaced in case something does happen.. not sure what's the disadvantage of them in my setup though so I leave them alone. When I change my filter socks I see big ones in there and I usually pick out the big ones and throw them back into the sump. Most of them,the largest ones are about 3/8-1/4" big...
So what's the disadvantage of snail? Beside not good for pump?
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So what's the disadvantage of snail? Beside not good for pump?
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If there is waste, they probably ate something that would have rotten in there anyways. I dont see any disadvantage in snails. I use malaysia sand snales. i use them for eating the food that gets in the filter, better then rotting.
The biggest disadvantage to snails in sump IMO is having them die and decay going unnoticed.
Sera makes a snail trap that looks promising check it out.
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