Help! A Snail Bloom!

Ghost Knife · 07-09-2008, 07:29 AM

About 3 months ago I brought four Ramshorn snails home from a local pet shop for my 29G. Yesterday I found the most peculiar thing. I found a small baby Ramshorn snail about the size of a period or so. Then I got to looking around and found about 10 more tiny snails so I quickly figured out that at least 2 of my adult Ramshorn snails had mated since they are not asexual. My question is what exactly do I do with all of them? Is it ok to leave them in the tank until they are larger so that I can give them to a pet shop?

**lohachata** · 07-09-2008, 09:07 AM

escargot.............

**lohachata** · 07-09-2008, 09:08 AM

why give them away when you can sell them...

Ghost Knife · 07-09-2008, 09:10 AM

I don't think anyone on this site is from Mississippi but myself. Although I suppose I could be wrong. I guess Carigslist is always an option as well.

gil_ong · 07-09-2008, 09:29 AM

i'm sure snails can be shipped easily. just throw some vegetation such as java moss in there for them to hang on to whilst in transit.

Ghost Knife · 07-09-2008, 10:13 AM

Does anyone want any Ramshorn Snails? I must admit that they are great algae eaters, much better than Plecos.

gil_ong · 07-09-2008, 10:39 AM

unfortunately for me, snails and plants don't get along.

Ghost Knife · 07-09-2008, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gil_ong

unfortunately for me, snails and plants don't get along.

I have experimented with many plants and the only ones that seem to stand up to snails rather well are the Amazon Swords.

FishHead · 07-09-2008, 01:17 PM

i'll take the snails for free

mousey · 07-09-2008, 09:05 PM

snails have done an amazing job cleaning up the black algae on my anubias. However i just cannot keep snails alive very long. loaches eat them all and I constantly have to beg friends for snails.
Can't even keep them alive for long in my goldfish tank. They seem to have very short lives.

fish fanatic · 07-09-2008, 10:35 PM

Ill take some, Petco and Petsmart doesnt sell any around me and i have been looking for some!

purpleflower · 07-10-2008, 07:58 PM

my tropical tanks got infested with snails a few times, I used snail treatment which didn't kill the snails and made my fish sleepy-not good.
then i had to treat my fish for velvet and my fish got better and all the snails disappeared!

welchrock · 07-11-2008, 05:11 AM

if anyone is reading this and wants to get rid of their snails 'had a snail' is a fantastic, super-affordable product. dose with that a few times over a 2 week period, increasing your chances of success by putting some pre-1982 (nearly pure copper) pennies in your substrate. this is also the active ingredient in 'had a snail'.

gil_ong · 07-11-2008, 06:16 AM

my bottle of had-a-snail has developed some white, flaky/crytaline substance that settles to the bottom of the bottle. any idea what this could be and if i should throw out the bottle?

07-09-2008, 07:29 AM	#1
Ghost Knife Permanent Fishaholic Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mississippi Age: 26 Posts: 47 User Feedback: (0)	Help! A Snail Bloom! About 3 months ago I brought four Ramshorn snails home from a local pet shop for my 29G. Yesterday I found the most peculiar thing. I found a small baby Ramshorn snail about the size of a period or so. Then I got to looking around and found about 10 more tiny snails so I quickly figured out that at least 2 of my adult Ramshorn snails had mated since they are not asexual. My question is what exactly do I do with all of them? Is it ok to leave them in the tank until they are larger so that I can give them to a pet shop? __________________ 55G 7 Tiger Barbs 4 Serpae Tetras 4 Emerald Cories 2 Rosy Barbs 2 Blue Paradise Gouramis 1 Albino Cory 1 Rainbow Shark 1 Black Ghost Knife 1 Common Pleco 55G 4 Black Moors 3 Golden Dojo Loaches 2 Red Cap Orandas 1 Calico Butterfly 1 Black Kuhli Loach 1 Common Pleco 29G 5 Long-Finned Zebra Danios 5 Glowlight Tetras 4 Delta Lyretail Guppies 4 Ramshorn Snails (with many babies) 3 Mystery Snails 3 Peppered Cories 1 Fire-Tail Guppy 1 African Dwarf Frog 1 Ghost Shrimp

07-09-2008, 09:07 AM	#2
lohachata Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cleveland,Ohio Age: 62 Posts: 277 User Feedback: (13)	escargot............. __________________ if we ignore nature;maybe it will go away

07-09-2008, 09:08 AM	#3
lohachata Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cleveland,Ohio Age: 62 Posts: 277 User Feedback: (13)	why give them away when you can sell them... __________________ if we ignore nature;maybe it will go away

07-09-2008, 09:10 AM	#4
Ghost Knife Permanent Fishaholic Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mississippi Age: 26 Posts: 47 User Feedback: (0)	I don't think anyone on this site is from Mississippi but myself. Although I suppose I could be wrong. I guess Carigslist is always an option as well. __________________ 55G 7 Tiger Barbs 4 Serpae Tetras 4 Emerald Cories 2 Rosy Barbs 2 Blue Paradise Gouramis 1 Albino Cory 1 Rainbow Shark 1 Black Ghost Knife 1 Common Pleco 55G 4 Black Moors 3 Golden Dojo Loaches 2 Red Cap Orandas 1 Calico Butterfly 1 Black Kuhli Loach 1 Common Pleco 29G 5 Long-Finned Zebra Danios 5 Glowlight Tetras 4 Delta Lyretail Guppies 4 Ramshorn Snails (with many babies) 3 Mystery Snails 3 Peppered Cories 1 Fire-Tail Guppy 1 African Dwarf Frog 1 Ghost Shrimp

07-09-2008, 10:13 AM	#6
Ghost Knife Permanent Fishaholic Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mississippi Age: 26 Posts: 47 User Feedback: (0)	Does anyone want any Ramshorn Snails? I must admit that they are great algae eaters, much better than Plecos. __________________ 55G 7 Tiger Barbs 4 Serpae Tetras 4 Emerald Cories 2 Rosy Barbs 2 Blue Paradise Gouramis 1 Albino Cory 1 Rainbow Shark 1 Black Ghost Knife 1 Common Pleco 55G 4 Black Moors 3 Golden Dojo Loaches 2 Red Cap Orandas 1 Calico Butterfly 1 Black Kuhli Loach 1 Common Pleco 29G 5 Long-Finned Zebra Danios 5 Glowlight Tetras 4 Delta Lyretail Guppies 4 Ramshorn Snails (with many babies) 3 Mystery Snails 3 Peppered Cories 1 Fire-Tail Guppy 1 African Dwarf Frog 1 Ghost Shrimp

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07-09-2008, 09:29 AM	#5
gil_ong Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Rochester, NY Age: 35 Posts: 119 User Feedback: (0)	i'm sure snails can be shipped easily. just throw some vegetation such as java moss in there for them to hang on to whilst in transit.

07-09-2008, 10:39 AM	#7
gil_ong Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Rochester, NY Age: 35 Posts: 119 User Feedback: (0)	unfortunately for me, snails and plants don't get along.

07-09-2008, 01:17 PM	#9
FishHead What are you looking at? Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NJ Age: 27 Posts: 532 User Feedback: (0)	i'll take the snails for free __________________ 13 barbs (4x tigers, 2x greens, 3 odessas, 4 albino) 5 australian rainbowfish 4 buenos aires tetras 1 angelic pim catfish 1 pictus catfish 1 Spotted Hifin pleco 2 opaline gouramis 2 blue gouramis 5 panda cories 1 red tail shark 9 cherry barbs 2 Lionhead goldfish 1 black moor (saved from walmart) 7 peppered cories 3 swordtails 1 bristlenose pleco

07-09-2008, 09:05 PM	#10
mousey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 774 User Feedback: (0)	snails have done an amazing job cleaning up the black algae on my anubias. However i just cannot keep snails alive very long. loaches eat them all and I constantly have to beg friends for snails. Can't even keep them alive for long in my goldfish tank. They seem to have very short lives. __________________ mousey Toronto. Canada

07-09-2008, 10:35 PM	#11
fish fanatic Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 51 User Feedback: (0)	Ill take some, Petco and Petsmart doesnt sell any around me and i have been looking for some!

07-10-2008, 07:58 PM	#12
purpleflower Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Age: 22 Posts: 43 User Feedback: (0)	my tropical tanks got infested with snails a few times, I used snail treatment which didn't kill the snails and made my fish sleepy-not good. then i had to treat my fish for velvet and my fish got better and all the snails disappeared!

07-11-2008, 05:11 AM	#13
welchrock Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 27 Posts: 74 User Feedback: (0)	if anyone is reading this and wants to get rid of their snails 'had a snail' is a fantastic, super-affordable product. dose with that a few times over a 2 week period, increasing your chances of success by putting some pre-1982 (nearly pure copper) pennies in your substrate. this is also the active ingredient in 'had a snail'. __________________ 46G bowfront: 1 large snakeskin gourami, 1 blue gourami, 2 pearl gouramis, 4 yellow honey gouramis, 12 black neon tetras, 1 albino pleco. All gourami's are female as far as I know. Lighting: 78 Watts (1.7 wpg) T5HO Plants: Java Moss, Marsilea Minutia, Dwarf Sagittaria and a lot of fakes.

07-11-2008, 06:16 AM	#14
gil_ong Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Rochester, NY Age: 35 Posts: 119 User Feedback: (0)	my bottle of had-a-snail has developed some white, flaky/crytaline substance that settles to the bottom of the bottle. any idea what this could be and if i should throw out the bottle?

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