Can I kill snails and not my plants, what shuld I use.My fish like to eat fish...... that eat snails ,so I nead a chemical.
SNAILS WANT TO KILL
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Don't overfeed, and when you see them kill them, or take them out by hand. A small bottle or cup with some veggies in the bottom over night will make removing them easier.
Not sure what kind of fish you have but Clown loaches will take care of the snail problem, I aquired a 55 gallon heavily planted tank with a huge snail population. Put in a pair of 3-4 inch clown loaches in 2 weeks no more snails. If you do get clowns they do best if you have 3 to 5 of them.
Bderick67;566245; said:
master.k.;565363; said:
Clown loaches are probably out. read the bold. I have a snail problem, and I put a 3" clown in my tank, but it got eaten.
WyldFya;566290; said:
Thanks for your input WyldFya, maybe you should exercise some common sense and not put a 3" fish with another fish that can consume it.
Master.k clown loaches grow quite large and are a durable fish, also they have a knack for squeezing into tight spaces while hiding. Problem is if you find a couple of 6-8 inch loaches it could be quite expensive. Again with out knowing what fish you have or what size tank I can only suggest. Possibly could you house your fish in another tank for a month while the loaches do there job? The cucumber on a plate method works but you will have to do it as routine maintence and it will not eliminate the snails(of course the clowns won't completely eliminate either) all it takes is one to repopulate the tank. Also check your filter it is amazing how many snail you will find breeding in there. Sorry I don't know of any chemicals that actually work.
Bderick67;566680; said:
No it takes 2. The snails that commonly overpopulate tanks are hermaphorditic, not asexual. This means they are all one sex, but need to mate with another to ensure biodiversity.
Anyways, like was said the veggie on the plate thing works really good to eliminate a good portion of the population. But after that you can keep up woth waterchanges, and maintain low algea, and the snails will have no food and will not be as prolific.