Sorry another question.. Id a snail

[leannaby]

I've recently found a snail in my filter housing with I believe to be a pond snail but have now found this one which is a different shape the other I found was more a teardrop shape..

 

[Huro]

Looks like a ramshorn snail

 

[leannaby]

God knows where they've come from.. They are breeding in my filter housing compartment ..

 

[Huro]

I have the same issue but with pond snails not sure how they got either and no matter how many times I wash them out they just keep coming back.

 

[J1Time]

Hitched a ride as a snail or egg on something you added to the tank.

 

[leannaby]

Lucky enough they haven't got into the main tank just in the filter compartment which is then easy to clean out to get rid of them

 

[Huro]

My substrate is black and with their size I cant see them but I know if they make themselves visible to long outside the filters my loach will be very happy.

 

[leannaby]

I haven't got any fish that will eat them.. If they get out of hand I was thinking of getting a assassin snail or lending a friends snail to rid me of the problem

 

[Huro]

You could also try the blanched lettuce technique I have heard it works well, I am thinking of trying it myself but I imagine my Silver Dollar "Buck" will get to it before the snails do.

 

[leannaby]

Thanks I'll try that this week and see what I catch