Monster 10 gallon snail tank help please

[purplecandle]

I breed ramshorns and pond snails in a ten gallon tank to feed my puffers.

Cleaning this tank is really hard (without accidentally throwing out a few baby snails)

The tank stays cycled because I keep up with water changes.

I am sure that the answer to my question is no, but I was wondering if I could add some fish or creature, perhaps a bottom feeder IDK, that would help with clean up?

Either something that would help clean snail poop, OR eat leftover snail food..such as spinach, peas and homemade snail jelly.

I am sure there are not many options considering the tank is small, and whatever I would get could not eat my snail eggs...

Thanks!

 

[Pyramid_Party]

Only thing I can think of is an Otto. It wont eat the poo though.

 

[nes999]

nothing will eat the poo.

 

[Lupin]

Your snails will finish off the leftovers just fine but yes, nothing will eat poop. Vacuum them off.

 

[Chicklette]

You could add a few corys, that will help with clean up but it won't eat the poop.

 

[tankboi]

A filter will consume the poo! LOL!

 

[purplecandle]

A filter will consume the poo! LOL!

LOL NO it doesn't! Maybe it gets some....but these snails poop A LOT and it sinks...making baby snails hard to see!

Edit to add...I have a filter that is good enough for a 30 gallon tank on this snail tank

 

[purplecandle]

You could add a few corys, that will help with clean up but it won't eat the poop.

I love cories!! And I do have sand in the snail tank...it is just that cories need a school...and I am not sure of how many I can fit in a ten gallon....plus....they might be inclined to suck up some baby snails.

What is the smallest species of cory, perhaps I could fit some small cories?

 

[purplecandle]

Your snails will finish off the leftovers just fine but yes, nothing will eat poop. Vacuum them off.

Me = Guilty of overfeeding! That is why if I had something extra in the tank to pick up left overs it would be great..Very hard to know how much to feed snails...not like with fish!

I wish I could put in a few bigger sized snails, maybe that would help..plus make the tank look cooler! But I think bigger snails would just eat my snail eggs..

 

[Lupin]

I think so. I don't think the ramshorn snails were ever happy with my Pomacea diffusa. I kept having a nagging feeling these diffusas may be eating the eggs since I tried to breed ramshorns together with them in vain. Once separated though, the ramshorns started populating better.