Snail Problems

[ally86ozzy]

millions of snails... how do u get rid of them? i need solutions for 5 gal and 10 gal tanks.

 

[WILDER]

Usually you get a bottle and put some lettuce in so the snails crawl in.
You have to becareful that the fish don't get stuck in the bottle.
Or a jar.

 

[ally86ozzy]

okay ....... ive heard loaches will eat snails (these snails r very small) so r there any loaches small enuf to fit in a 10gal w/ 3 otos and 2 mosquito fish?

 

[WILDER]

The tanks to small for loaches.

 

[ally86ozzy]

is there any fish small enuf to fit in a 10gal that will eat snails?

 

[Bebobb]

Get a Dwarf ouffer, probally wont go with your other fish, but set up a 5 gallon on an office desk or something and give it a snail or 2 every other day. OR, join a puffer forum and sell them there, they will be gone in an istant.

 

[VictorMeldrew]

put a small upside down plate in the tank and place an algee wafer in the middle, snail with move onto the plate, lift the plate out and get rid of them even if your fish eat the wafer there will be enough left to attract the snails.

EDIT: Repeat until gone

 

[ally86ozzy]

put a small upside down plate in the tank and place an algee wafer in the middle, snail with move onto the plate, lift the plate out and get rid of them even if your fish eat the wafer there will be enough left to attract the snails.

EDIT: Repeat until gone

how do i get rid of them once theyre on the plate? do i throw the plate away?

 

[VictorMeldrew]

Just keep using the same plate, just pick them off and put the plate back in again the next day, what you do with them after they are out of your tank is up to you

 

[ally86ozzy]

i dont really wana kill the snails, do u think it would be ok if i released them into my local pond?

 

[VictorMeldrew]

i dont really wana kill the snails, do u think it would be ok if i released them into my local pond?

The short answer to that mate is, i do not know, i live in the uk and am not sure about your climate, or for that matter what kind of snails they are , but thats the way to remove loads, gl

 

[OldMan47]

The answer is quite simple. Releasing anything from your aquarium is a very bad idea. Some things that you release may actually survive the winter and if they do they can destroy the local water system's ecological balance. If they do not survive, you have only managed to put them where you won't have to see them dying. Either of these outcomes is at best immoral and in most places it is also illegal.

 

[Aisha]

Im not an expert but from my experience and what i have been advised get a CLOWN LOACH... it will only ever grow to the size of its environment and will get RID of your snail problem.. have a 11gal tank and the loach loved it, got rid of all the snails except my gravel snails (which i didnt mind because they help maintain my tank!).

The Clown Loach is a great fish... there funni to watch as they get up to and do all sorts! Its a friendly fish which got on with my mollies, platies and neons!

A GREAT addition to a tank!!

I never actually saw him eat a snail but they were all gone..! (i had hundreds of the nasty plant destroyers!)

 

[lilfishie]

Im not an expert but from my experience and what i have been advised get a CLOWN LOACH... it will only ever grow to the size of its environment and will get RID of your snail problem.. have a 11gal tank and the loach loved it, got rid of all the snails except my gravel snails (which i didnt mind because they help maintain my tank!).

The Clown Loach is a great fish... there funni to watch as they get up to and do all sorts! Its a friendly fish which got on with my mollies, platies and neons!

A GREAT addition to a tank!!

I never actually saw him eat a snail but they were all gone..! (i had hundreds of the nasty plant destroyers!)

this statement is so wrong, they may seem to stop growing and might on the outside but on the inside there organs will continue to grow causeing them to die at a much younger age, they are also social creatures so shouldn't be kept alone!

there is a species of snail eating snail that i can't remember the name of but it reproduces at a lower rate and is more attractive looking than your common pest snail

 

[ally86ozzy]

Im not an expert but from my experience and what i have been advised get a CLOWN LOACH... it will only ever grow to the size of its environment and will get RID of your snail problem.. have a 11gal tank and the loach loved it, got rid of all the snails except my gravel snails (which i didnt mind because they help maintain my tank!).

The Clown Loach is a great fish... there funni to watch as they get up to and do all sorts! Its a friendly fish which got on with my mollies, platies and neons!

A GREAT addition to a tank!!

I never actually saw him eat a snail but they were all gone..! (i had hundreds of the nasty plant destroyers!)

this statement is so wrong, they may seem to stop growing and might on the outside but on the inside there organs will continue to grow causeing them to die at a much younger age, they are also social creatures so shouldn't be kept alone!

there is a species of snail eating snail that i can't remember the name of but it reproduces at a lower rate and is more attractive looking than your common pest snail

lol i knew a clown loach wouldnt fit in a 10 gallon. lol snail cannabilism. if u get the name of thst snail, tell me it.

The answer is quite simple. Releasing anything from your aquarium is a very bad idea. Some things that you release may actually survive the winter and if they do they can destroy the local water system's ecological balance. If they do not survive, you have only managed to put them where you won't have to see them dying. Either of these outcomes is at best immoral and in most places it is also illegal.

ok then..... but i dont wana kill the snails! i luv animals, any type! ugh, i guess ill go w/ the snail-eating snail thingy.