Ill still crush them with my fingers lol
How to rid snails?
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Lovin Fish
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Me also!!!
micaiah12
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Hey,
I have a pond snail problem also. I also have Mystery snails in the tank I want to put assassin snails in. Will my assassin snails bother my mystery snails or will i need to take the mystery snails out?
I have a pond snail problem also. I also have Mystery snails in the tank I want to put assassin snails in. Will my assassin snails bother my mystery snails or will i need to take the mystery snails out?
Lovin Fish
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I just squish it and drop it. The fish tear it apart if it's too big and eat the whole thing if it's small. I never read they could sick from eating the shell. I wouldn't think so because they sure love to eat them even without my help, straight off the glass and plants and sometimes out of the substrate. Never had a problem so far
ejaramillo01
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Lovin Fish said:I just squish it and drop it. The fish tear it apart if it's too big and eat the whole thing if it's small. I never read they could sick from eating the shell. I wouldn't think so because they sure love to eat them even without my help, straight off the glass and plants and sometimes out of the substrate. Never had a problem so far
Tha ks for your answer
Lovin Fish
Aquarium Advice Freak
Sure! Wish I could tell you a FIRM y/n regarding the shell harming the fish. All I can offer is my own experience though.
LyndaB
Aquarium Advice Addict
One of my assassins killed a mystery snail, even though it was much larger than he was.
ejaramillo01
Aquarium Advice Addict
Finally I see a definite progress... Meaning I see less snails than before, and
Pols like that they keep going down....
The vegetables did not worked for me, lettuce or zucchini, few snails attached to the vegetables and every time that I tried to pull it out, half dropped as soon as they felt the movement.
What worked for me was:
1. Reducing the amount of food offered to the fish, I was overfeeding.
2. Assassin snails, I added 8 to my tank, they started slow but surely are eating tiny pond snails.
3. Removing by hand, I started to remove 20 to 30 every day, no I don't bother any more because I barely see 5 to 8 in the mornings, and I know that my assassins will eat them soon.
Thanks to all that help me here.
Pols like that they keep going down....
The vegetables did not worked for me, lettuce or zucchini, few snails attached to the vegetables and every time that I tried to pull it out, half dropped as soon as they felt the movement.
What worked for me was:
1. Reducing the amount of food offered to the fish, I was overfeeding.
2. Assassin snails, I added 8 to my tank, they started slow but surely are eating tiny pond snails.
3. Removing by hand, I started to remove 20 to 30 every day, no I don't bother any more because I barely see 5 to 8 in the mornings, and I know that my assassins will eat them soon.
Thanks to all that help me here.
debisbooked
Aquarium Advice Regular
I started the same three step process (only I added 4 assassins) a few weeks ago and I'm seeing less snails too.
