SNAIL INFESTATION! oh, no!

[koimom]

My son's 6 1/2 gallon tank with its 3 guppies has been doing very well. Used some borrowed filterage from old tank and managed to avoid new tank syndrome. HOWEVER, the plants we bought for it obviously had baby snails and now they're destroying the plants! What tropical fish that's small would find these to be a tasty gourmet treat?

 

[Daveo]

Well normally I would say that a Clown loach would do the trick. BUT the fact that it would end up being to big Maybe there is some snail begone. 8)

 

[cometcattle]

Unfortunatly, the fish that would feast on them (depending on the type of snail) wouldn't work in your tank. A single Dwarf puffer would shred the guppies. The tank is to small for loaches that would also eat them.

You don't want to add a snail poison.

Try the natural way to control them:

Take a piece lettuce ( spinach leaf would work, but your guppies might nibble on it a bit) and put in on a saucer. Weigh it down with some gravel or a small rock. Put it in your tank, and turn the lights off. Next morning, it should be covered with snails. I would repeat this a few nights in a row. This won't remove all of them, but it will help control them.

Be sure to rinse the saucer well before putting it in your tank, you don't want any dish soap.

Do you know what kind of snails they are?

What plants do you have?

 

[Grim Reaper]

well i had lots of snails aswell so i when to lmy local fish shop and asked how do i get rid of snails an the ma showed me 2 types of med 1 which kills ans 1 which puts the snails to sleep but they wake up after 2 hour or so i got the one which kills and it worked now i am a snail-free fish keeper

 

[richard1982]

ive just found a small snail in my rekord 60.
i took him out and popped him in my 4ft coldwater tank lol
hope there aint any eggs

 

[stewartsthebest]

i find this works with most snails:: put a cucumber slice at the top of your tank... by morning they should be on there

 

[heresmike]

I've never been able to use the vegie method cuz my fish eat the vegies!! I just pluck them out by hand.

 

[-cAtFiSh-]

I just pluck them out by hand.

thats what i do. its a bit annoying but u get over it