how to eliminate snail in the tank

[FSM]

I had some Malaysian Burrowing snails in my tank. After I added clown loaches, they vanished.

 

[Spankbelly]

I have the opposite problem. I wish I could get my snails to reproduce! I feed them to my puffer and try to get them to breed in my other tanks but they wont.
My water must be way too clean!

My Apple Snails usually wont breed in the main tank. Either they are hypersensitive to water quality or they don't get enough food or they don't like getting nipped at. They hide in the shell and only eat enough to stay alive. Doing the deed leaves them exposed to attack.
And while they can adapt and survive to some level of salt, they do not like it.
I breed them in a 10 gal with no salt and a variety of food. Spinach, lettuce, duck weed. Any vegetable that is soft enough. Sometimes potato or cooked carrots and peas.
As long as they like the water and don't have to hide from predators and have food, they are very active. They grow fast and are always hooking up and making babies. Females lay eggs in batches of hundreds every few weeks. Less in winter more in spring.
Also they do not need heated water but if it is too cool their metabolism slows down. While this causes them to live longer, they don't do much.
My little snail tank is sitting in a window. They are active but don't live long enough to grow out to max size. Mine are more like Ping Pong Ball snails, if that. I have never had a giant.
And a separate tank will allow you to use very hard water (I toss in all my used egg shells, chicken that is) and feed calcium rich foods (spinach)so they can grow their shell faster than it dissolves.
A bucket with space above water for eggs and a lid to keep them in and foam/air filter in a warm place would do.
This all would apply to "wet" layers and live asexual breeders. But if they lay eggs under water you might remove those for hatching before they are eaten. As well as small live birthed babies as those may also be eaten by adults.
As always survival comes before breeding. Make life easy for them.

 

[Lupin]

Skunk loaches and angelfish keep things clean and tidy.

Skunks aren't exactly the fish you want either. These have very nasty temperament. Like I said, don't use a fish to kill the snails. Problems arise when you find out compatibility, space and other requirements becoming an issue. After the snails disappear, what happens next to the fish you bought for the snail job?

 

[chesterthehero]

potatopop is the best thing ever for getting rid of snails... cut back on feeding or dont feed for a day or 2.. then throw in a slice of potato on a stick... by morning it will be COVERED.. then simply feed the to someone else.. or shake them out on the lawn

 

[ar0wan]

Skunks aren't exactly the fish you want either. These have very nasty temperament. Like I said, don't use a fish to kill the snails. Problems arise when you find out compatibility, space and other requirements becoming an issue. After the snails disappear, what happens next to the fish you bought for the snail job?

nasty temperament? lol I don't know what you've got in your tank
but they don't really stand a chance of picking on anybody at my house.
I didn't add them as a temporary solution, they are part of my cleanup crew
and an intregal part of my ecosystem. Who could they possibly be picking on?
Now the angelfish, yeah they are a commitment..

 

[Lupin]

nasty temperament? lol I don't know what you've got in your tank
but they don't really stand a chance of picking on anybody at my house.
I didn't add them as a temporary solution, they are part of my cleanup crew
and an intregal part of my ecosystem. Who could they possibly be picking on?
Now the angelfish, yeah they are a commitment..

Arowan, I speak from my experience. In general, these are indeed nasty fish unless your fish happen to be able to defend themselves from harassments. All fish are a commitment, not just one. You buy one fish, it becomes your responsibility. You as an aquarist should be responsible in whatever fish you buy. You were suggesting the wrong fish even if I would have disagreed with your suggested method to resort to fish. Not all people have fish that can defend themselves against skunk loaches.