J-P;3998303; said:a little 3/4" fish killed $60 in fish? that would be a sight! they are known as fin nippers but can be agressive. I have NEVER read about a DP killing another fish
that it would
snail infestation
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if you are going to attempt manual control over the snails .... get a cheap wall paper applicator or coarse sponge and wipe the glass clean of the eggs. Rub your fingers along any plants and crush those eggs.
Other than that ... you need a snail predator. Assassin snails are good but don't make a qick dent. Puffers.. yes .. snails are their natural diet... as with some other fish.
BTW too much snail food = too many snails. Is the tank over stocked? Are you feedeing too much? there are so many variables
also by comparison to other fish puffers (espically DPs) are slow moving. they do have teeth but to kill another fish ... a DP??
I may be wrong and am waiting conformation.....
Other than that ... you need a snail predator. Assassin snails are good but don't make a qick dent. Puffers.. yes .. snails are their natural diet... as with some other fish.
BTW too much snail food = too many snails. Is the tank over stocked? Are you feedeing too much? there are so many variables
also by comparison to other fish puffers (espically DPs) are slow moving. they do have teeth but to kill another fish ... a DP??
I may be wrong and am waiting conformation.....
dragonfish18;3997665; said:
I would very stongly recommend that you DO NOT get a single clown loach. They are a shoaling fish and will get anxious/depressed if they don't have any friends. You would need to get a minimum of 5 clowns for them to be happy.
Yoyo loaches are a much better idea IMHO. They're much less susceptible to ich (whitespot) and you only need to get 3 for them to be happy since they are relative loners (compared to clowns).
J-P;3998392; said:if you are going to attempt manual control over the snails .... get a cheap wall paper applicator or coarse sponge and wipe the glass clean of the eggs. Rub your fingers along any plants and crush those eggs.
Other than that ... you need a snail predator. Assassin snails are good but don't make a qick dent. Puffers.. yes .. snails are their natural diet... as with some other fish.my dwarf puffers will not touch snails, even if i crush the babies snails
BTW too much snail food = too many snails. Is the tank over stocked? Are you feedeing too much? there are so many variables i have a 5/2/2 foot tank with fluval fx5 / tetratec 1000 internal and 2 u4 fluval internals!!!! fish 4 bala sharks/1 silver dollar and 1 pluero snakehead and temperally a redtail catfish...all water stats are perfect and waterchanges once a week 200 litres as trying to help redtails gill curl problem he suffered from previous owner which seems to be working a treat..
also by comparison to other fish puffers (espically DPs) are slow moving. they do have teeth but to kill another fish ... a DP??i kept my male n female for a while<6 months with a redtail black shark/halfbanded eel and a rope fish they all got along just fine, which i was worried the halfband would have tried to eat them but he's sooo fussy with food,wont touch anything except live bloodworm and ive tried everything in the three years ive owned him
I may be wrong and am waiting conformation.....
sometimes they can be picky eaters.
If you crushed a snail and soaked it in a garlic puree that may help. Avoid the cone shaped snails (MTS & Assassins). Pond snails, ramshorns are best.
Another cause for the bloodworm feast MAY be an overgrown beak. Thus preferring soft foods.
You can over filter the hell out of a fish tank and still get snails as long as they have a food source. Diatoms, BGA and over feeding the fish already in there.
If you have all that under control, you snails will be stunted, small and wont last past a few generations.
If you crushed a snail and soaked it in a garlic puree that may help. Avoid the cone shaped snails (MTS & Assassins). Pond snails, ramshorns are best.
Another cause for the bloodworm feast MAY be an overgrown beak. Thus preferring soft foods.
You can over filter the hell out of a fish tank and still get snails as long as they have a food source. Diatoms, BGA and over feeding the fish already in there.
If you have all that under control, you snails will be stunted, small and wont last past a few generations.
Or you could just pick them out and mail them to me. Pete, my gsp puffer love-em right out of the box!
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The easiest way to get rid of snails is to get a piece of lettuce,and weight it down with a rock. Do this after the lights are out.Wait an hour or so,then remove the lettuce with the snails. You will have to do this for a few days,or weeks,depending on how bad the infestation is.
Then,stop overfeeding your fish. The best way to know if you are overfeeding or not,is by the amount of snails in a tank.If you have ramshorns,pond snails, or MTS,the population will explode if you are overfeeding.
After you have them under control,you can start plucking them out as you see them.
Adding another fish,or snail to help with population control is a bad idea.It will add to the bio load. And if you get some assassins,what are you going to do with them when all the snails are gone? Loaches need to be in schools. Puffers are aggressive.Not a good plan,IMO.
Chemicals,another poor choice IMO. Do you really want to put something in your tank designed to kill things? I would not want to add poison to my tank,even if it is supposed to just kill snails. Sounds kind of risky to me.
The bait and remove is the best method IMO. You won't get rid of them overnight,it will take awhile.And you will probably never get rid of them for good. But it will get their numbers under control,and make them more manageable.
Then,stop overfeeding your fish. The best way to know if you are overfeeding or not,is by the amount of snails in a tank.If you have ramshorns,pond snails, or MTS,the population will explode if you are overfeeding.
After you have them under control,you can start plucking them out as you see them.
Adding another fish,or snail to help with population control is a bad idea.It will add to the bio load. And if you get some assassins,what are you going to do with them when all the snails are gone? Loaches need to be in schools. Puffers are aggressive.Not a good plan,IMO.
Chemicals,another poor choice IMO. Do you really want to put something in your tank designed to kill things? I would not want to add poison to my tank,even if it is supposed to just kill snails. Sounds kind of risky to me.
The bait and remove is the best method IMO. You won't get rid of them overnight,it will take awhile.And you will probably never get rid of them for good. But it will get their numbers under control,and make them more manageable.
