SNAILS!!!!!

[leopio]

Anybody have any methods of removing snail. i've tried loach and chemicals. with the chemicals the big ones die but the young ones that are in the gravel seem to survive.

 

[jmart.cooper]

Why do you want to get rid of them? If you dont have delicate plants they wont hurt anything. If you want, you could send me a bunch of them, lol. I need some to feed to my puffer and loaches. You can also just put something they like (cucumber, zucchini etc) in the tank at night and remove it in the morning with the snails on it. Or you could get assiain snails. I hear they work pretty well.

 

[leopio]

theirs just to many of them

 

[Neophyte]

Those are Malaysian trumpet snails they are good clean up crew. They help move your substrate so you have less dead spots, they are nocturnal so you shouldn't see them during the day as they hide themselves in your substrate unless they smell food near by.

Why would you want to get rid of them? I probably have hundreds in my planted tank and they never cause a problem.

Ultimately the best way to get rid of them (and safest for your fish) is to feed less or to make sure to remove uneaten food and they will level out with the amount of left over food.

 

[Picmac]

I used to have that problem with the little black snails found in local ponds here in Pa. I put a few in my fish tank and they took over. I would clean the tank over and over again, but they would still came back. Then months later I randomly obtained 2 baby african clawed frogs from a cousin. The snails didn't stand a chance. The great thing is no more snails, but now I'm stuck with 2 frogs I no longer want haha.

 

[Neophyte]

The little black/brown ones are common pond snails and are very much a pest, they lay eggs on everything and their population explodes at every chance.

MTS in my opinion are a much better snail to have and most people don't even know they have them till they turn the light back on after having it off for a while..

 

[Arturo]

I also had an infestation of snails, I had to take every thing out and clean,clean,clean. These little buggers where even in my filter.

 

[leopio]

i only see them at night. i don't mine having them but their are so many.

 

[Neophyte]

Then you need to make food less available and their population will adjust accordingly. Using chemicals may kill the snails but it may also kill/harm your fish and could mess with your beneficial bacteria.

 

[Cholly]

I had a thriving population of pond snails in my 45, every so often I'd pull some out to give my one yoyo loach that goes ballistic at the sight of a snail(the other two couldn't care less), but then I added a zigzag eel and he utterly decimated them. Dunno how he'd do with MTS's though, their shells are a lot harder.