Snails in tank !

[brew86uk]

Hi guys I brought a live plant about 4weeks ago now I have about 20 small snails in my tank how can I get rid of them thanks ??


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[tqy]

Just manually squish them/take them out of the tank using traps. Or you could just try to feed less and remove all uneaten food,leaving no food for the snails to eat.


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[Ricky 1]

Or sink a lettuce leaf on the substrate at night and in the morning it should have lots of snails on to lift out....

 

[brew86uk]

Good thinking I will try that thanks so just let it sink to the bottom ??


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[ImACoolguy]

Or find something to weigh it down.

This is likely pond snails. Once you have them it's very hard to get rid of them.


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[Canadiver]

I tried all that. Picking them out and lettuce trick. They just kept coming back. The only thing that actually worked was cutting way back on food feed to fish. I was just over feeding was all.

I have hundreds on snails likely from plants I bought at LFS. They bread and multiplied it got bad, cut way back on food and within a months time had no snails. The fish should eat all food inside three min is what I was told. If they don't your feeding to much. Take the excess food away snails starve and don't multiply.

Less food to be snail free ???


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[Ricky 1]

Get an assassin snail they love 'em........