getting rid of snails

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i am setting up a planted tank with cherry shrimp soon. what can i do to make sure that snails don't take over my tank?
 
I you figure this out you PM me, as I hate snails, and would do anything to get ride of them.

I already tried hopping around on one foot touching my nose, while drinking a pint of gin; during a full moon.
 
nfored;2336996; said:
I you figure this out you PM me, as I hate snails, and would do anything to get ride of them.

I already tried hopping around on one foot touching my nose, while drinking a pint of gin; during a full moon.
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Oh, man! No wonder it didn't work! Your supposed to drink Bourbon! :D

If you drink enough you will THINK the snails are all gone! :D :screwy:
 
Buy assassin snails (Anentome helena). Aquariacentral.com sells dozens of these snails. They aren't prolific but can help eradicate pond snails, MTS and ramshorns if population is rampant. Your other alternatives are limit feeding and manual removal.
 
What about clown loaches and "eartheater" ciclids? The ones that look like convicts in greyscale are not the most pleasant creatures to sweet fish like peacock gobies, but I guarantee you they will eat the snails. I personally like them and never had a problem with them. They clean the plants nice, and you can't deny they're survivors. One was in my dump bucket overnight, and i saved him 8 hours later from a bone-dry bucket, and threw him into my 3 g Betta tank, and he was fine. It's not his fault he was born a snail.
 
once you have one or two there's no getting rid of them. they literally multiply before your eyes. i suck as many as i can when doing water changes with the Python and pull out the bigger ones and feed them to the fish in my 210. snails just come with the planted tank territory
 
jrnygirl;2337105; said:
What about clown loaches and "eartheater" ciclids? The ones that look like convicts in greyscale are not the most pleasant creatures to sweet fish like peacock gobies, but I guarantee you they will eat the snails. I personally like them and never had a problem with them. They clean the plants nice, and you can't deny they're survivors. One was in my dump bucket overnight, and i saved him 8 hours later from a bone-dry bucket, and threw him into my 3 g Betta tank, and he was fine. It's not his fault he was born a snail.
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Personally, I do not recommend using a fish to do the job. There really is nothing wrong with having snails if you know how to control their population. Both fish can destroy the shrimps and geos are not suitable for planted setups.
 
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