SaltwaterDreams
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hello everyone,
About a month or more ago I introduced a pennywort to my tank and made the mistake of not saltwater dipping it before placing it in the tank. I ended up with about 3 snails which I stupidly thought nothing of and left alone. I didn't put much thought to that fact that there were most likely snail eggs on the plant. Since that introduction I have added other live plants not making the same mistake, but can't get rid of the problem I created in the begining.
However... in the last 3 days or so I have physically removed over 60 (!) snails and there are more in the tank. I took out my 2 hornwort that the snails love and dipped those, killing about another 10, but still I have the problem.
My husband has 2 clown loaches that he is willing to give me to solve the problem, but I don't like what they do to live plants.
In my tank I have very senstivie bronze cories, so I won't use that product "had a snail" as i was told it also raises levels (amonia i think it is?) in the tank.
SO, is there ANY other way to solve my HUGE snail problem?
Thanks for any advice.
About a month or more ago I introduced a pennywort to my tank and made the mistake of not saltwater dipping it before placing it in the tank. I ended up with about 3 snails which I stupidly thought nothing of and left alone. I didn't put much thought to that fact that there were most likely snail eggs on the plant. Since that introduction I have added other live plants not making the same mistake, but can't get rid of the problem I created in the begining.
However... in the last 3 days or so I have physically removed over 60 (!) snails and there are more in the tank. I took out my 2 hornwort that the snails love and dipped those, killing about another 10, but still I have the problem.
My husband has 2 clown loaches that he is willing to give me to solve the problem, but I don't like what they do to live plants.
In my tank I have very senstivie bronze cories, so I won't use that product "had a snail" as i was told it also raises levels (amonia i think it is?) in the tank.
SO, is there ANY other way to solve my HUGE snail problem?
Thanks for any advice.