make sure you do as guppy suggested snails reproduce when theres food for them to eat if you look on the surfaces around the tank you're likely to see eggs every if you dont remove them good luck keeping up.
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Casey Norris;648403; said:
yep alreadt doing that i have been squishing like 20 to 30 a day . lol
well the cucumber did not work not one in there in the morning , i really had high hopes for this way , any other ideas ? would be great
Try the same cucumber and just leave it in the tank.. Snails sometimes seem to like old cucumbers.. When they're soft and mushy 
Don't worry about it polluting your tank because it's almost exclusively just water, nothing really there to pollute the water with
I have alot of trumpet snails, but I don't really mind them because they're just in the substrate and I hardly see them until nighttime, when they clean the glass
Don't worry about it polluting your tank because it's almost exclusively just water, nothing really there to pollute the water with I have alot of trumpet snails, but I don't really mind them because they're just in the substrate and I hardly see them until nighttime, when they clean the glass
I had a really bad snail problem in my tank. they came with an amazon sword. I bought the biggest clown loach i could find. The big fish won't eat the CL because they come with their owns switch blades! they have barbs on the front of their head that poke the big fish and they leave them alone.
I don't know much about your fish but if you add alot of salt to your tank it will slow the snails growth rate and reproduction and give you an upper hand on getting them out faster than they multiply
Goodluck
I don't know much about your fish but if you add alot of salt to your tank it will slow the snails growth rate and reproduction and give you an upper hand on getting them out faster than they multiply
Goodluck
Did you ever think of actually keeping them? 
What type of snails are they? Snails like Malaysian trumpet snails are pretty great for your tank for example.
What type of snails are they? Snails like Malaysian trumpet snails are pretty great for your tank for example.
kev82;649446; said:Try the same cucumber and just leave it in the tank.. Snails sometimes seem to like old cucumbers.. When they're soft and mushy
I have alot of trumpet snails, but I don't really mind them because they're just in the substrate and I hardly see them until nighttime, when they clean the glass
yes i left it in there last night and just left it in today so we will see what happens . thanks that is great advise because i was a little worried about polluting the water . not anymore thanks
toehead11183;649448; said:
i do use salt on every water change . which i have to do tonight so i will just add a little more that i normaly do . thanks
Benfica540;649537; said:Did you ever think of actually keeping them?
What type of snails are they? Snails like Malaysian trumpet snails are pretty great for your tank for example.
yes i know they help the tank stay clean but they reproduce so fast i dont want them to take over . a freind of mine had them take over and they were so bad that they were cloging his filter and power heads . i dont need that headach just better to get rid of them .
