Snail control Ideas

[Aquanero]

What type of sanils do you have? MTS?

 

[Charney]

What type of sanils do you have? MTS?

Not sure will post a picture later. They look like the standard snail that comes in on plants


Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app

 

[Charney]

One Madagascan cichlid of the genus Paretroplus can bring down a snail population to almost nil in 24-36 hours, in nature snails are their prefered food. They crush small snails, and have 2 can opener like teeth to extract the flesh from large snails.



above is Paretroplus maculatus, below P menerambo (menerambo gets too large for a 55), maculatus would be a better choice, as would be P kieneri.

kieneri below

looks like I may have just ordered two. What are these guys temperaments like?

 

[Charney]

so i got two dambas. Unfortunatley they are tiny. I hope I still have snail problem by the time they get big enough to go into that tank!

 

[probassfisher010]

I was quite surprised at how well a single male pea puffer has kept a mts population to a perfect minimum in my 25g planted, where I never see them but know they're still in there to sustain himself.


Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app

 

[Aw3s0m3]

I haven't tried this myself but I read that you could rubberband a lettuce leaf to a rock overnight then remove it in the morning when all the snails are munching on it and do this everyday till they're gone.


Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app

 

[Yoimbrian]

Will you explain the "overfeed intentionally" statement?


Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app