uh oh snails

[fishywishy]

just been to lfs to get some plants, before adding the plants we did check if there were any snails, and there wasnt.. didnt check well enough.. i've jsut notice a snail on one of the plants!!! its about as big as this o <--- not very big.. yet!!! what can i do about it?? i know there are some treatment for it but then i got to change the water.. but i dont want to stress out the fish any more... is there another way?? what about a snail eater??? i dont have much room in my tank left for any fish.. already got guppys, mollys and tetra's.. so what snail eating fish is compatible with them???

 

[clutterydrawer]

how big's the tank?

you could try putting a piece of lettuce or cucumber in at night time and hopefully in the morning the snails will be on it and you can throw them away. doesnt always work though.

 

[fishywishy]

its a 50 l tank (10 gallons uk i think, dont know US gallons)

 

[Aquamick]

I find the best way to remove snails is to wait until they are on the front glass and pull them out by hand.

 

[clutterydrawer]

small loaches eat snails but they need to be in groups so I don't think there would be room for them in your tank

 

[fishywishy]

its only 1 snail that i can see at the moment.. 1 tiny thing.. so hopefully i can catch it before it gets too big and starts to reproduce..

thx for the advice.. might try some cucumber tonight

 

[Joviella]

Don't bother with any "get rid of snail" treatments. They don't work and most will kill your plants.

 

[fishywishy]

just aquick question, do you thhink that our corys may be eating the snails, one disappeared earlier when the cory was very close!!!!!