Snails!

[Lion007]

Hello - Just about to do a water test - and i noticed 2 small snails in my tank! Will they represent any problem? And what good (small) community bottom feeders will eat them? (im looking to set some anyway)
Tank is 180 litres & all i have atm are
1 bristelnose plec
6 whie clouds
3 danios

I cant work out where they came from though- as the only thing ive added recently is a slate cave

Cheers for any advice

 

[Tommo]

Dwarf chain loaches, Botia sidthimunki, are small, peacefull snail eaters

 

[*Fishkies*]

Also putting a piece of romain lettuce in and removing it will help remove snails. Take a look at the link below for some ideas of getting rid of snails. Also do you add live plants to your tank?

Also 2 snails will not hurt, they will just help clean up your tank more.

How to rid your aquarium of Snails!

 

[Lion007]

Thanks for the link! I have live plants - but theyve been in for 3 weeks now with no snails that ive seen - just sucked up loaaads of eggs with my gravel vac (hard to see these - damn things are clear!) & ive noticed theres about 10 snails allready
I'll go and price up some dwarf loaches tomorrow (like the look of them) If theyre not too expensive i'll get them now instead of a couple of weeks time before they breed like rabbits! Bit of guilt at my lfs - your plants gav eme snails should get me a discount - last thing they want is that getting round the store