Snail Problem

[bluegourami2]

be care ful with the snail killers, they might be a little harmful to your fish.

i know you don't want snails kRaZeD, but as long as you keep the population in check, they can really help out your tank. the'll clean up waste and pour nutrients into the substrate (which will be good for your plants). You might want to think twice about any overhaul or snail remover, it could get pretty ugly.

 

[kRaZeD]

ok well i havent been actively searching for snails, but every time i see one on the glass out it comes.

 

[dana307]

Luca, thanks for the advice. Will try that if the next cleaning shows another 5 snails in the filter. THANKS.

 

[Luca]

happy to help

hey i just heard a good idea, add salt to the tank because snails will hate it. a few of my fish have disease that i'm trying to cure and it's possibly from the snails carrying it, so i'm going to try a high concentration of 1tablespoon per 1 gallon of water, i'll let you know what the results are on the few snails i have seen around.

Luca

 

[kRaZeD]

that could harm your fish too, unless the fish can be in brackish water as well as fresh. just a thought that i had

 

[HEdward]

snails....snails....snails......

I work at a national pet store chain, and we use large gold fish, which eat all of them very quickly, than you could just sell it back to the store... Or buy a product called had-a-snail, seems to work ok.

 

[dana307]

thanks for all the advise. put two clown loaches in the tank with snails and haven't seen one in a week. natural approach is the best.

 

[kRaZeD]

yeah finally decided to get 2 clownys too... they seem ok apart from them squaring off all the time. either a mating thing or dominance thing, i dunno

 

[catfishmike]

what's the problem with mt snails?i have never had them eat plants,theh help keep the gravel clean and are a source of food for snail eating fish.

 

[kRaZeD]

well i havent seen any snails in my tank since i got the clown loaches. so either they have been eaten or i had picked out the last one. either way, i now have no more snails.

 

[Luca]

great news kRaZeD & dana307, what sorta fish have u got the clown loaches in with (or what do they go with)?

catfishmike: snails are fine if they don't eat the plants. however in my 70G, my tetras breed, and as snails are scavengers, i'm sure they will eat the eggs.

oh yeah and i just learned 1 tblspoon to 1gal is too much salt, i'll do a 1tblspoon to 5gal instead.

talk to y'all soon,
Luca.

 

[kRaZeD]

i have got 4 angels, 4 guppies +3 little babys , 2 bala's, and 1 rainbow shark they all get along fine except for the rainbow shark trys to chase everything. all the little baby guppies are from seperate spawns, which makes me wonder how many are getting eaten.