annoying snails...

[Jwoody]

hey,
recently i bought some plants from the fish store and i guess rinsing them off wasn't good enough, but some eggs made it into my tank and now there are snails all over that place, they are very tiny and hard to see, i wanted to get rid of them before they cause any problems, i was kind of trying to keep away from putting any kind a chemicals in my tank, is there any kind of fish that eats snails?? my tank has a small red tail shark, six tiger barbs, and a pleco, any help would be great!!!

 

[bassbonediva]

What size tank is it? If it's big enough, clown loaches LOVE pond snails (which is what you have).

 

[Jwoody]

its a 39 gallon tank, do you think that the clown loach and the rts would "get along"? the red tail shark is still very small though

 

[bassbonediva]

Nevermind on the clown loach. They reach 12", need to be in groups of 5, and would get WAY too big for your tank.

What about an assassin snail? They love to eat any other kind of snail.

 

[achase]

I wish I had your snails....I'm attempting to breed pond snails in my tank (16 gallon) as treats for my puffer but they aren't doing anything. Just the stupid trumpet snails are reproducing which my puffer doesn't seem to consider as food.

I think assassin snails would be a good idea although I don't know how easy they are to find for sale.

 

[bassbonediva]

I found some on invertzfactory.com for $4 each (but you only really need one).

Invertz Factory Stocklist
(It's the top "Predator Snail"...same thing, different name)

 

[Jwoody]

thats awesome thanks!!

I wish I had your snails....I'm attempting to breed pond snails in my tank (16 gallon) as treats for my puffer but they aren't doing anything.

at the petsmart near my house, they will just give you the snails in their planted tanks, they dont like them either. the pond snails that is

but thanks for all the help!!!!