I Am Being Snailed

[brian1]

HI Guy's, it's water change day today and I found lots of snails, got them out, then found what looks like a cobweb, so took that out as well,can they live under the sand???any advice please........

 

[alihar]

Try cutting right back on feeding.
Snail infestation can be a sign of over feeding and the cob web like thing is quite possibly a slime mould wich can also be attributed to over feeding.

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

Get an assassin snail or two and start removing them manually when you can. If you squish the little ones your fish will eat them. Also you can sink a bit of blanched lettuce in the tank overnight it will be covered with snails in the morning then you remove the lettuce with the snails still attached Do this a few times and you'll be able to get it under control eventually

 

[panda_cory]

Get an assassin snail or two and start removing them manually when you can. If you squish the little ones your fish will eat them. Also you can sink a bit of blanched lettuce in the tank overnight it will be covered with snails in the morning then you remove the lettuce with the snails still attached Do this a few times and you'll be able to get it under control eventually

+1 thats your best bet.

 

[pablothebetta]

I ended up with a tank full of snails after buying a plant with them on. It took several months for me to get rid of them. A combination of removal when seen, assassin snails and using veggies to trap them eventually got rid of them. Do you know what kind of snails they are?

 

[brian1]

Thanks for the reply's, I have no idea what snails they are,have put them in my water feature outside, just to see how they go on, I thought the temperature would kill them off, but they are thriving and eating the algae, will put some lettuce in and grab what I can........thanks