I have a massive invasion of small stray snails that came in on a plant. TBH they are getting on my wick.
I've tried squashing the buggers, catching them in baited snail traps, plucking them out of the tank and crushing them mercilessly in folded sheets of paper . . . numbers did seem to slow slightly about 6 months ago when we got a Betta, and I think he was scoffing the new hatchlings, but they are starting to grow in numbers again.
I was thinking of investing in an assassin snail, but I have two lovely Nerites and obviously I don't want them getting devoured. Would I be able to put them in an unheated small tank for a few weeks while the assassin completed its mission? And following the tank clearance would I think be able to switch the assassin with the Nerites and put the Nerites back, and the assassin into the unheated one?
Any advice gratefully received.
I've tried squashing the buggers, catching them in baited snail traps, plucking them out of the tank and crushing them mercilessly in folded sheets of paper . . . numbers did seem to slow slightly about 6 months ago when we got a Betta, and I think he was scoffing the new hatchlings, but they are starting to grow in numbers again.
I was thinking of investing in an assassin snail, but I have two lovely Nerites and obviously I don't want them getting devoured. Would I be able to put them in an unheated small tank for a few weeks while the assassin completed its mission? And following the tank clearance would I think be able to switch the assassin with the Nerites and put the Nerites back, and the assassin into the unheated one?
Any advice gratefully received.