Ehren Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 :chair: Does anyone know how to get rid of a snail infestation? My grandpa's tank had them, he got them from my uncle, so I have them now. It is ridiculous the are taking over the tank! In one ten gallon, I drained the water, rinsed it with vinegar/water. dried it out for two months, they are still in there! Even after using clean water to re-fill it. AAAARRRRGGGHHH! :guns: :boom: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Chicklets Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Some of the loaches or puffer fish will take care of your snali problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureNut Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Less than a month with a dwarf puffer in my community 33g and I have a hard time finding a snail in there. They were completely overrunning the place prior to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oneiroid Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Mechanical removal works well too, if you're persistant. Snails tend to 'stampede' (albeit slowly) to a tastey food source. Place a saucer of sorts with a pile of tastey food on it, shut of the aquarium lights, then extract the saucer and all other snails you find in the area an hour or teo later. This tequnique requires that you do not have fish in there that will immediately devour or scatter the saucer of food. Otherwise, I agree with the above suggestions. Avoid using snail-be-gone chamicals (I know, it's tempting) as the stuff could destroy a lot more than just snails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobby968 Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 i totaly know what you are going through...what i do is put some cucmber in the tank for the night useally in the mornning i find a few stuck to it i take em out put them in the garbage, and if i see them in the tank i net them out if there bigger or sqwish the against the side for my fish to eat...i know its kindda a pain in the A :cuss: but i found it has kept the snail population somewhat under control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosshog Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Loaches. I kind of wanted a few snails, I had quite a few then I got 3 loaches. Within a couple of days not a snail to be found. Do some research on loaches before you buy them though, some species get quite large. Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrosionjerry Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Loaches. I kind of wanted a few snails, I had quite a few then I got 3 loaches. Within a couple of days not a snail to be found. Do some research on loaches before you buy them though, some species get quite large.Brad Yo Yo loaches are a good choice... They dont get to large and they do a good job on the snails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Your current snails came from somewhere else....there is no way that the eggs could have survived the cleaning you gave that tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ehren Posted May 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 I have two clown loaches, and two weather loaches, they gave up I think. I might try a yo yo loach, or puffer, that is a really good idea. I would like to crush them or throw them out, but why throw away a perfectly good food source? The worst infestation is in my 55gal, and there are hundreds of them, so manually picking them out would be a good days work. And the thing with the ten gallon I cleaned, I figured it must have came from another tank, but honestly I filled it with new water, new fish, and new plants, so I have absolutly no clue where they came from. On the plus side, the glass is quite clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werner Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 The eggs most likely came in on your plants. Soaking new plants in a weak solution of potassium permanganate will destroy eggs. Also, a snail population is proportionate to its food supply- if the tank is overrun with snails, you're probably overfeeding the fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrie Lee Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 I would use a spatula to crush them up against the glass. You can kill a lot of them all at once and the fish get fed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 The eggs most likely came in on your plants. Soaking new plants in a weak solution of potassium permanganate will destroy eggs. As will a mild alum solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New to Alberta Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 (edited) ooops didn't want to post on this topic. Edited May 19, 2007 by New to Alberta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ehren Posted May 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 I would try crushing them, but I would never be able to get them all! And I think pea puffers are too small for my tank, so yo yo loaches are maybe the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsmith Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 I was going to say that: The eggs most likely came in on your plants. and that: Also, a snail population is proportionate to its food supply- if the tank is overrun with snails, you're probably overfeeding the fish. but now I'll just second those thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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