Snail hunting

[s_anthony]

After deciding to cut down my snail population tonight and pulling out more than I could handle, I decided to try to use a lettuce leaf. I uprooted all my plants and kicked off all the snails living on them. stuck the leafs to the bottom of my tank with a rock - will report back tomorrow morning on what I catch and if this really *does* work.

Some of these guys I'm pulling out are about an inch! I don't know where they come from!

 

[Lotus]

Just make sure you pull the lettuce out before the lights go on in the morning.

I prefer to use a shot glass with an algae wafer in it.

 

[Mercury]

How about using copper based fertilizers? Could you add enough over time to kill the snails but not ruin your plants? If it does work, though I presume that the dead matter would be very bad?

 

[Alkiazer]

Dead snails in a tank tend to lead to some bad bacterias you dont want in there. a shot gloss with algea wafers work perfect, especially a deep one. Its the same way i catch mine when they get too over populated.

Snails FTW!

 

[Pure]

The copper will kill them but IME the levels needed to totally eradicate them will also weaken or kill your fish.