Baby snail explosion in plant quarantine tank

[alli789]

So I'm a first time live plant owner and I have some red root floaters that have been in quarantine for 2 weeks as of today. Fun surprise in the tank this morning... a ton of baby snails. (Thank goodness I quarantined) I suppose I should squish them which I hate the idea of but I also hate the idea of getting them in my tank. Does anyone know if petco will take baby snails?

My question is how much longer should I quarantine the plants to have the least chance of getting snails in my main tank? I'm hoping they've all hatched and I can remove them and have it be the end, but I want to be cautious.
Also just curious if anyone knows what kind of snails they are? All I know is that the tank the plants were originally in had MTS but I hear that they produce live young and I'm thinking these babies came from eggs since I'm only seeing them two weeks in.

(Just saying ik the quarantine tank looks nasty, I had stringy stuff forming in it so the healthy plants are actually moved into a separate tank to finish their quarantine, but this one is the one that most of the snails are in. I'm thinking the stringy stuff on the glass is just the stuff that was on the surface but if anyone is concerned about it please lmk)

 

[Ellie Potts]

Ramshorn snails maybe? Call your local store and they'll tell you if they accept them.

 

[Fishiemang]

Too bad you ain't in the neighborhood. Haha....I'd take every one.

Free snails are the best snails. They keep things nice and.tidy. I used to get them free.from the pet store as feeders for my pea puffers. I started droppin a few into my other tanks and they took off. Tanks have never been cleaner! They are not a bad thing to have in a tank. To control their populations you either add predator fish or limit feedings. They will only make enough replicas for the food available. Plus, you get the free trumpets and they burrow through your substrate and keep that clean as well. They are actually a win.win.

 

[Utar]

To help control pest snails you can also add assassin snails. They eat other snails.

 

[Lajos_Detari]

Do you keep shrimps in your main tank?
If not, you can get Fludendazole or Fenbendazole to kill all the snails before putting the plants into your main tank.
They are very effective to kill snails and parasites.