KimW Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 Anyone know what the best thing is to get rid of these little pains in my butt? They are in everything :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geleen Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 flubendazole will kill them all in 24-36 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 What species? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 If you kill them all, watch out for a spike in ammonia from all of the corpses. Also, if you're trying to manipulate your pH, all of those empty shells will buffer it up. An overpopulation of snails is pretty indicative of overfeeding. The easiest population control for snails is to reduce the amount of food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AccidentalAquarist Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 Clea helena "assassin snail" - great little snail that given time will eventually control or eliminate pest snail populations without need for chemicals or ammonia spikes. I have them in every tank, and never worry about pest snails. Also in my opinion a great indicator species, if nitrate, nitrites creep up they will all climb the glass telling you something is wrong before your fish do AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomethingIsFishy Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 ^^^ what he said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimW Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Thank you! I definitely don't over feed they all came in on plants that I bought. I feed very sparingly every other day as I only have a few small fishes in there. Where would be a good place to get assassin's? And what would be the best amount to get for a 120 gallon tank? I watch my levels and do liquid tests usually once or twice a week right now as our water here in town changes this time of year. Nitrates etc all within normal ranges and so far haven't fluctuated yet...although I do expect a spike soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoopkamol Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Edmonton auction tomorrow. Always few batches for sale. I got 6 or so in my 180 and empty shells everywhere. Help that got couple Yoyos in there also. I'm sure yoyo keep my assassin in check as well. But always see few assassin in tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Not fond of using assassin snails as people then have an assassin snail problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AccidentalAquarist Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Not fond of using assassin snails as people then have an assassin snail problem. Interesting, I've never heard of anyone have an assassin snail problem. If they do not have enough food they can become cannibalistic, seen that myself a few times. I feed mine prawns to prevent that. Once a year or so I will catch a bunch and trade them at my LFS for what ever I need. There's always people looking to buy them out here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 I talk to many people and I've heard this many, many times over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjerrom Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 I have some sera snail traps that work well - I can donate as I got rid of most of mine and used some tiger loaches and it reduced my issue within 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimW Posted April 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Ok so I guess my next question is, which would be the better option? I would prefer to go all natural for getting rid of them as everything in the tank is 100% live/real, and it is a dirt tank. Is there a good community fish that won't hurt the Harlequin Rasbora's and Various Tetra's, and 2 cories I have in there, but that would feed on the snails? I don't need to really get rid of them altogether just sick of having to get them out of my filter, and would like to control them better....lil buggers are sneaky! I'll see if i can get a decent pic of them here in the next day or so for type of snails, as I honestly have no idea what they are and just assumed they are pests This right now is the only pic i have of my tank.....you can see one of them in the right front corner half way up....the others are more cone like in shape and you can see a few along the water line at the top. ( water parameters are beginning to fluctuate here in town now that spring is here, had to do a water change earlier tonight to maintain normal parameters ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AccidentalAquarist Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 another option is loaches. They all love eating snails. Though they are a schooling fish and prefer to be in groups of 6+, and some like clowns can get quite big 12"+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Suggest to do nothing but pop them to control them if you feel the need. The little popped carcass is nothing but a protein bar for existing fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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