HELP SNAIL PROBLEM!!!
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Don't waste your time getting a puffer just to eliminate the snails. There is nothing wrong with the snails crawling around your tank. It takes an overfeeding to make quite a number of them and you have to face and correct it. Besides, not all puffers are compatible with other species.Luke109;3068547; said:
Well I don't mind them so much as long as they don't eat my plants. I have around 15 or so snails, and I am aware that I may have been overfeeding a bit. I've cut back. Thanks for all the replies.
15 that you are aware of...if you only knew 
I remember my first snail and was wow that is cool I wonder how I can get more, then one night I turned the light on after being out a couple of hours and well lets say I no longer was interested in getting any more. That is until I saw these awesome snails labeled as Mystery snails.
I remember my first snail and was wow that is cool I wonder how I can get more, then one night I turned the light on after being out a couple of hours and well lets say I no longer was interested in getting any more. That is until I saw these awesome snails labeled as Mystery snails.
Snails breed quickly, however, they REQUIRE an abundance of food to become an infestation.
It's not kind to buy a fish just to clean up your snails. Especially since a fish like a loach will gorge himself on them and probably end up stressed and dying afterwards due to the lack of readily available and preferred food.
To contain a snail outbreak just cut your daily feedings in half and watch the snail population decline. It won't bother your fish much.
It's not kind to buy a fish just to clean up your snails. Especially since a fish like a loach will gorge himself on them and probably end up stressed and dying afterwards due to the lack of readily available and preferred food.
To contain a snail outbreak just cut your daily feedings in half and watch the snail population decline. It won't bother your fish much.
Neophyte;3069182; said:15 that you are aware of...if you only knew
haha exactly.
I'm def cutting back on food.
Ok I'm starting to get a bit freaked out. I was just observing my tank and there are a ton of snail eggs... and I mean a ton! I don't mind a few snails, but it is starting to get out of control. I can't bring myself to kill them though.
