Rams horn snail trap

[jandb]

Hello. Has anyone made a decent snail trap? I’d like to minimize them in my display rank. Thanks.

 

[Deadeye]

Pufferfish?
One thing a lot of people do is just out a cucumber slice on the bottom, and once a lot of them are on it, take it out. Repeat.

 

[Bluesandtwo]

A small plastic bottle, filled with tankwater and a chunk of cucumber inside along with some plant weights. Attach a piece of string and cork top for added convenience. Drop in a leave overnight. Pull out, empty and repeat.

Or a puffer haha

 

[fishhead0103666]

Never use a pufferfish in a tank with other fish just to get rid of snails, you’ll risk loosing your stock. I recommend the tried and true method of throwing in a leaf of lettuce just before bed and then in the morning they’ll be all over it. Repeat until all gone.

 

[skjl47]

Hello; I have had these snails in tanks since 1959. I like them but do not like tanks being overrun. I went thru episodes of too many snails several times the first couple of decades. I have tried different things and eventually discovered the snail population was related to my overfeeding. At least that is the pattern so far, but I have only been doing this for a bit over 60 years so may have missed some scenario where overfeeding is not the case.

I went to fasting days a couple of decades or so ago. By that I skip feeding one, two or three days a week. Usually at least two anyway. Has more benefits than snail reduction and snail reduction was not my main goal. The practice helps a setup in other ways. I find the practice to be beneficial anyway.
There are some situations where fasting days are not used such as a fry tank or conditioning breeders.

good luck

 

[Hybridfish7]

Cucumber on a string with a plant weight stabbed through the bottom. Simplest and most convenient.

 

[jandb]

Thanks for the replies everyone.