Need help with snails.

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Hey guys Ben again,


Somehow I got a snail and now I got a bunch of snails, I few of them were alright and took good care of my algae problem, but now I think they might be getting out of control.


How do I control these guys without just picking them out myself or adding salt?


They are in a 5 gallon tank.

 

[buddha_red]

do you happen to know what kind of snails? i had an invasion of Mylasion trumpet snails in my last fresh tank.. i was fortunate enough to have this happen in a large tank and my loaches took care of them.

you could try the lettuce trick, clip a piece of lettuce and go to bed, in the morning they will be dining on the lettuce and you can scoop them out.

 

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

They are gilled and ramshorn snails.


I forgot all about that lettuce trick, I read that somewhere forgot all about it.

 

[bs6749]

Best option in a tank that small might be the lettuce trick or an assassin snail or two.

 

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Assassin snail?

 

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Well I did some research and I found out some stuff about the assassin snails, they sound like a good idea the only problem is I don't know where to get any.

 

[princessp714]

ebay usually has beautiful ones.
their name is "Anentome helena"
google that name and some very interesting things pop up!

 

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Well ya I googled assassin snail and they look awesome, I don't do ebay though, I rather find a private seller.