If you cant beat'm.. give up. my 120 Mn. Native tank rebuild.

[Younglin]

Just do what I said. Snails can't survive without food. Take out the fish and completely cover the tank so no light gets in.

 

[Rays of Sunshine]

Sorry, I thought you said you had snail bullheads but I see now you said small bullheads. There is a snail bullhead catfish. Using blanched(cooked)lettuce or the white food block that is for feeding fish on weekends inside of a jar does work.

Here is a discussion about getting rid of small snails: http://www.***********.com/shows_special/small_snails/get_rid_of_small_snails.mp3

 

[The_Nuge]

it works to keep numbers down but it will NOT get rid of them.

 

[Mr.Catfish]

I have the opposite problem.I can't get snails established in my tanks. My darters,blacknose dace and longear sunfish eat them.I know darters and dace won't work with your walleye,but maybe a longear sunfish will.Plus they look nice.

 

[The_Nuge]

that is the plan Mr catfish.. im not sure how easy long ears are to catch in Mn. but ill see what i can do I know there are a few other sunfish that will eat them as well.

 

[The_Nuge]

here is the drift wood i picked up for $12 each. through a taxidermy friend.. nice big heavy dense pieces!

 

[Owain4]

nice im sure the walleye will love em. wish i had a couple peices like that

 

[YOOPER]

here is the drift wood i picked up for $12 each. through a taxidermy friend.. nice big heavy dense pieces!


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You paid $12 for a UA filp-flop?

Nuge you need to stop stressing over the snails. If spring ever gets this far north go out and catch some pumkinseeds to thin them down, drink a beer and go fishing (or turkey hunting).

 

[kamikaziechameleon]

This fish is a very shy/reclusive fish and doesn't like light very much if you want more activity out of him try planting the tank heavily so he has some cover to move around in.

 

[The_Nuge]

well its been a month or so since posting. i soaked my drift wood all this time.. not as long as recommended i know but.. oh well. I went to a local honey hole yesterday and caught over 40 sunfish not a one bigger than 4 inches..lol perfect! with the addition of my daughter to the family i now can legally take them for viewing at home. so i picked out some of the smallest ones to take. I have a couple that are not much bigger than a golf ball! and with brilliant colors! ill post a few pics. Now i have to identify what i got I think they are punkin seeds and greens.. gota look them up though.