How do I kill them all?!

[captmicha]

I hate snails. They're all over the place. My plants look like cr*p and I put a couple of plants in my aquarium floating b/c I was going to plant them later and now all the roots have been eaten off!

The snails put out way more waste then my fish do!

I want them gone. All of them. I hate them!

I tried killing them before with Snail-Be-Gone or something and all it did was kill some of my plants.

[Que]

If you do regular removals of the ones you see once or twice a week you should be able to get them under control without using chemicals. Some suggest using a lure such as a leaf of lettuce... they'll come out to feast on it and then you just take it out with the snails on it.

Q

[irishspy]

Stick a piece of briefly-boiled zucchini or some lettuce in the gravel when it's lights-out. The next morning, it will be covered in snails. Just toss it in the garbage.

[jaysen]

what kind of snails are these ?

[The Zigman]

get a puffer...

[Lupin]

get a puffer...
Not without verifying tank size, tankmates and future plans on the OP's part.

[captmicha]

I can't get a puffer, can I?

I think it's a 20 gallon tall. I don't have any other fish in there right now. I was considering putting my betta in there but I also have a ten gallon so he doesn't need to be in there.

[cheungsta]

i agree...i hate those tiny little pond snails that always seem to appear outta no-where...i wish there was a sure-fire way of getting rid of snail eggs (when introducing new plants / driftwood, etc.). I've been hand-picking the ones i can find...but I've also discovered that if i just smash them against the glass, the guppies and RCS love to eat up the snail - escargo for my pets!!! bwahahahaha

[captmicha]

I used to scoop them up and dump them in my red eared slider's tank but he passed away. :(

[TheFanatic]

i agree...i hate those tiny little pond snails that always seem to appear outta no-where...i wish there was a sure-fire way of getting rid of snail eggs (when introducing new plants / driftwood, etc.). I've been hand-picking the ones i can find...but I've also discovered that if i just smash them against the glass, the guppies and RCS love to eat up the snail - escargo for my pets!!! bwahahahaha

That's what I do. Do this every time I walk past the tank and no snail problem inside of 2 weeks...

[Squawkbert]

I can't get a puffer, can I?

I think it's a 20 gallon tall. I don't have any other fish in there right now. I was considering putting my betta in there but I also have a ten gallon so he doesn't need to be in there.

You could put a dwarf puffer in there - 2-3 if there's enough plants to really break up sight lines. There are also several Loach species that are rabid snail eaters, but they like tobe in groups and a 20T has a small footprint, so you'd be pretty limited there (they'd uproot stuff anyway).

If you go DPs though, you would actually have to find an occasional source of snails lest their beaks get overgrown. There are entire websites devoted to puffers - read up, then decide.

[InTr4nceWeTrust]

Do freshwater snails die with salt? I know land snails do.

[Just5398]

I had a pond snail problem and removing them everytime I saw them seemed to be the remedy. I dont' have any any longer. BUT I was also told that overfeeding the fish will cause the snails to thrive so I also cut down on feeding. Good luck, be patient and diligent and the problem will be solved.

[Twill]

What kind of snails are they? The common pest snails (MTS, pond, common ramshorns) won't bother your plants. More likely, your plants are dying for other reasons and the snails are feasting on the dead tissue, thereby increasing their numbers.

Cut down on extra food sources (overfeeding, dying plants) and you'll see a lot fewer snails.

[TwoTankAmin]

The fact is pond snails are pests in tanks. It is almost impossible to eliminate them in an established tank. While a bleach dip on plants will kill snails, it may or may not also kill the eggs.

That leaves you with only two realistic choices. The first is break down the tank, down the tank, bleach it and start over. The other choice would be to put in about 5 sidthimunki loaches which will stay 2 inches or less at full size. They are voracious snail eaters. However they only eat the smaller snails and you will have to get the big ones yourself. They will never eliminate 100% of the snails but they will get real close. But if you remove the sids, the snails will rebound.

[J double R]

or you could just realize that the snails are about as harmless as the gravel in the bottom of the tank, and deal with it.

pond snails don't eat live plants. they may SEEM to produce a lot of waste, but i HIGHLY doubt that their bioload is even measurable compared to fish.
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:)

[theotheragentm]

Setting up a snail trap works. Pulling them out works. I don't recommend getting an animal to eat them, because they will eat all the snails and need more food eventually.

[captmicha]

RCS?

[captmicha]

or you could just realize that the snails are about as harmless as the gravel in the bottom of the tank, and deal with it.

pond snails don't eat live plants. they may SEEM to produce a lot of waste, but i HIGHLY doubt that their bioload is even measurable compared to fish.

No offense but you couldn't be more wrong. Or maybe you just don't have as many as I do.

Everything that you said is just the opposite. They make a hell of a lot of waste and do eat my plants. Not all the kinds of plants but most.

[StereoKills]

RCS?

Red Cherry Shrimp.