HELP!!! UNWANTED SNAILS MULTIPLYING IN MY TANK!

[bigshowtank]

Some people use fish such as loaches to control them , but not sure what specie though also depends on what fish you already have in your aquarium. Also you can buy assassin snail that kills other species of snails. Personally I would break down the aquarium , and toss out the substrate , filter media. Live plants sometimes have snails hidden on them.

That sounds like the best idea so far. But that's a lot of work.

 

[bigshowtank]

Are you talking about trumpet sails?

I don't know what kind they are

 

[bigshowtank]

Somehow you brought them in your tank so don't make the same mistake again. Can be from plants.

I don't know how they got in. I have a bare tank, no plants, and no substrate.

 

[Aquanero]

Try potassium permanganate.

 

[Ihsnshaik]

I don't know how they got in. I have a bare tank, no plants, and no substrate.

Really that's so unusual!

 

[ehh]

Try potassium permanganate.

Haha dang. Isn't that some serious stuff? Its like using a nuke to blow up a truck lol.

 

[Wailua Boy]

Haha dang. Isn't that some serious stuff? Its like using a nuke to blow up a truck lol.

Not really, its commonly used to disinfect plants and equipment; i would use it over copper.

 

[1KTOES]

My 75g is loaded with trumpet snails and most recently i think from feeder fish, i have mystery snails growing at a rapid pace. I experimented with a 38g tank filled with dwarf cichlids, yoyo loaches and clown loaches. In my opinion, yoyo loaches are monsters when it comes to snails. I once in a while will see my clown loaches work at a snail, but the yoyo loaches will relentlessly roll the snail through the sand until it can get a good bite on it.
The bottom of the 38 is a snail graveyard. Empty shells everywhere. One other thing, if you have sand, a reptile sand scoop will work perfect. When i feed the loaches, i take the sand scoop and get a big scoop of substrate and shake it until theres nothing but snail shells on it. I'd imagine an hour or so of scooping would remove almost all of them.

 

[Aquanero]

Since it's a bare tank it is fine, just dose correctly. Remove the dead snails.

I have Malaysian trumpet snails in my planted tanks they are great at keeping the substrate from compacting. I also keep angelicus botia to keep the numbers in check.

 

[jwh]

If you don't go the chemical route, reduce amount of food you feed, and clear uneaten food, this is the only thing that can drive a popn explosion in a bare tank