getting rid of snails

angelfishamy · 02-07-2007, 04:38 PM

Has anyone used a snail ridding product successfully without harming your fish?I have some sanils that love to eat my angelfish eggs and im getting pretty tired of it.I've tried the vegetable on the bottom trick but the little tiny ones never get on them and theres always eggs somewhere.

harif87 · 02-07-2007, 04:54 PM

A better alternative; QT the fish and raise the temps to around 88 F. Immediately take out dead snails and watch for ammonia spikes.

Scuba Kid · 02-07-2007, 05:08 PM

Or just put a slice of cucumber or an algae wafer on the bottom and when the snails gather to it, take it out. You should be able to get rid of quite a few snails this way without the risk of an ammonia spike or chemicals killing other fish.

fishboy · 02-14-2007, 06:10 AM

are they MTS? those are annoying but anything else you can usualy use. I just traded 10 apple snails for 10 fish at my LFS

angelfishamy · 02-14-2007, 04:03 PM

I have no idea what they are.My little sister found them in a lake and dropped them in my tank without even telling me.At the time she put them in I didn't notice them until there was hundreds crawling around.I have two small clown loaches now just until the snails are gone and I have a friend with a 75gal who is going to take them in about a month.

danny1 · 03-01-2007, 08:56 PM

they seem to be pond snails

thenuggetuk · 03-03-2007, 03:05 PM

I would try and find some fish that eat snails, Such as the clown loachs you have mentioned. It is less hassle and you do not need to use Chemicals or change any water conditions!!

Giddy012 · 03-03-2007, 05:15 PM

Puffer fish are good snail eaters. I also used "had-a-snail" in my tank when I first got a new plant, now I don't know if there were any snails in this plant, but I never ended up getting any and none of the fish seemed to be affected by the product.

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angelfishamy I <3 my fishies! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NC,Ohio Age: 18 Posts: 89	getting rid of snails Has anyone used a snail ridding product successfully without harming your fish?I have some sanils that love to eat my angelfish eggs and im getting pretty tired of it.I've tried the vegetable on the bottom trick but the little tiny ones never get on them and theres always eggs somewhere. __________________ 20 GALLON HIGH.- 1 ANGEL. 10 GALLON PLANTED-2 BOLIVIAN RAMS AND A TRIO OF GREEN SWORD TAILS.

02-07-2007, 04:54 PM	#2
harif87 Minor Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 995	A better alternative; QT the fish and raise the temps to around 88 F. Immediately take out dead snails and watch for ammonia spikes. __________________ sorry for beating you senseless "The human torch was denied a bank loan"

02-07-2007, 05:08 PM	#3
Scuba Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,225	Or just put a slice of cucumber or an algae wafer on the bottom and when the snails gather to it, take it out. You should be able to get rid of quite a few snails this way without the risk of an ammonia spike or chemicals killing other fish. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

02-14-2007, 06:10 AM	#4
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,647	are they MTS? those are annoying but anything else you can usualy use. I just traded 10 apple snails for 10 fish at my LFS __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

02-14-2007, 04:03 PM	#5
angelfishamy I <3 my fishies! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NC,Ohio Age: 18 Posts: 89	I have no idea what they are.My little sister found them in a lake and dropped them in my tank without even telling me.At the time she put them in I didn't notice them until there was hundreds crawling around.I have two small clown loaches now just until the snails are gone and I have a friend with a 75gal who is going to take them in about a month. __________________ 20 GALLON HIGH.- 1 ANGEL. 10 GALLON PLANTED-2 BOLIVIAN RAMS AND A TRIO OF GREEN SWORD TAILS.

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03-01-2007, 08:56 PM	#6
danny1 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4	they seem to be pond snails

03-03-2007, 03:05 PM	#7
thenuggetuk Fishy Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: norfolk, uk Age: 21 Posts: 22	I would try and find some fish that eat snails, Such as the clown loachs you have mentioned. It is less hassle and you do not need to use Chemicals or change any water conditions!!

03-03-2007, 05:15 PM	#8
Giddy012 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 25 Posts: 230	Puffer fish are good snail eaters. I also used "had-a-snail" in my tank when I first got a new plant, now I don't know if there were any snails in this plant, but I never ended up getting any and none of the fish seemed to be affected by the product. __________________ 10gal. Planted (1) Pitbull Pleco (2) Bolivian Rams (3) Erhartdi Cories 20gal. Long Planted (1) Otos (5) Guppies (3) Panda Cories Uncountable fry

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