Snail problem

[BigTank]

Recently I aquired these tiny little snails that stick to the inside of my tank or dwell in the gravel..Some one said they may have been brought in by another fish or foreign matter...Dont know if this is the case or if I got them some other way......

In any event does anyone know who to get ride of these little bastards..Every time I pick them out a few more pop up a couple days later...From my understanding there harmless but I really dont want them in my tank...Thanks ..Big-T*crazysmil

 

[cholula]

trumpet snails it sounds like..... they are harmless.

Aside from using chemicals which I dont advocate,
the only way to elimate them 100% is to tear down
the tank, boil the gravel, clean out the filters, etc.....
Or, you can do regular vaccuming of the gravel and
pick out the larger ones and live with it.

 

[BigTank]

Ok, sounds good thanks ..

 

[daddylovesfish]

You can get a clown loach. They love to eat snails. They will solve your problem.

 

[wayne]

You don't often snail problems in tanks with african cichlids or puffers either. Get a fish to eat them. Using chemicals is always a bit of a disaster as it kills all the snails in the gravel you haven't noticed yet, and you get a huge (fish killing) ammonia spike