Snails In Filter

[Jonno]

Yes it will float. I have some plastic bulldog clips with suckers on which I use for the lettuce. Cucumber just weigh it down at a corner with a stone or something heavy in the tank.

Nope. As far as I know all meds basically knock them out, but that doesnt help at all.

If your cycling still, I would remove the water and keep maybe 50% (DO NOT USE VAC TO REMOVE IT THOUGH) to one side, replace your gravel and filter sponges, put water back in and top it up with de-chlorinated water. otherwise I think you will be stuck with them. Sorry, its only my opinion, but in my experience you will not otherwise get rid of them and the eggs.

i'm not sure as it's that bad really, i only put a biorb filter in the tank so surely that many eggs can't have been carried across

i'm keeping an eye out for babies and squishing/removing them when i see them, so in theory if i keep doing that they wont get the chance to mature enough to lay eggs? they seem to have receeded anyway over the past couple of days - only saw one baby yesterday - i think i may well have caught it early enough!

funny thing is that in my biorb there are no snails, i had one or 2 last month/early this month but i've not seen any babies, perhaps the fish eat the babies?

 

[Spooky76]

Well good luck.

Thing is their eggs are everywhere and you cant see them, well I cant in mine.

I started with 1 or 2, I must remove 10 a day now everyday and then still keep coming !!!!

 

[Underwurlde]

Honestly guys, try a course of Flubenol 15. I had exactly the same problems - In 3 to 4 weeks, gone. Snails and their eggs (even from the filter).

 

[Luketendo]

GET LOACHES FAST!

 

[-SPB-]

Can't fit clown loaches as my tank is only about 2.5ft. I have 3 in a larger tank but i think it would be unfair to them to put 1 or all of them in there!!!

 

[Spooky76]

I wouldnt put them in a 2.5ft tank. Just my opinion though.

You could do some reading up, see which loaches a tank that size could handle.

If someone here is a loach expert they might know. The wolf might know if you can find him, hes a god !!

 

[-SPB-]

Anyone know of another loach that woould eat snails that i could use. This is sort of critical as i've spent bucket loads of money on this tank and if i get a snail infestation i'm gonna be screwwed.

Thanks in advance. Your help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!

Edit: It's roughly 100l 2.5ft tank, would khuli loaches do the trick?

 

[Underwurlde]

Yoyo loach: Smaller and just as effective (apparently).

Andy

 

[The-Wolf]

botias suitable for your tank are
Botia rostrata, Botia dario, Botia histrionica & Botia striata
also look for Yasuhikotakia nigrolineata & Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki
both of which were in the botia genus but moved recently by some scientific numpty.

any of those will be fine in a gruop of 4-6 in that sized tank and will decimate any snail population

 

[Richard120]

botias suitable for your tank are
Botia rostrata, Botia dario, Botia histrionica & Botia striata
also look for Yasuhikotakia nigrolineata & Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki
both of which were in the botia genus but moved recently by some scientific numpty.

any of those will be fine in a gruop of 4-6 in that sized tank and will decimate any snail population

Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki - dwarf chain loach. Said it earlier and I'll say it again... they're awesome.

 

[Jonno]

i have a 190 litre - do i have the capacity for a clown loach?

 

[afishdude]

IMO no, they like to be in groups of 3+ so one is out of the question. and your tank is not big enough for 3

 

[Catfish Jack]

i am currently battling these little pest. over a few days my tank is now covered in them.
i read a solution on a website that im trying out now. it says to take a small salt shaker, empty and clean it out. then put lettuce inside it. they said the snails should all go inside it and it would be easy to remove them.

 

[-SPB-]

I've tried lettuce in the tank, but with limited success. I got 3 of them.

I've purchased 3 skunk loaches today. I went to Maidenhead Aquatics for some yo-yo loaches, but they did'nt have any, but i was advised these would help.

Well, i hope it does!!!!

 

[fishstick]

I've tried lettuce in the tank, but with limited success. I got 3 of them.

I've purchased 3 skunk loaches today. I went to Maidenhead Aquatics for some yo-yo loaches, but they did'nt have any, but i was advised these would help.

Well, i hope it does!!!!

I am sure your new loaches will help with your snail problem. I got some Zebra loaches as I was tired of removing snails, I even had them behind my Juwel filter where I couldn't reach. The loaches took some time to discover how delicious snails are but from the time we had breakfast accompanied by loud crunching from the tank to the present there has not been a single snail to be seen. Loaches also are v. lively.