hitch hikers on my new plant

[nimdabew]

i bought some hornwort for my guppy fry to hide form their mothers in, and i stuck it in a qt for 2 weeks before i stuck it in my 10 gallon. but there were hitch hikers on it. now i have about 20 baby snails in that tank. is there any way to get rid of them before they start chewing away at my plants and multiplying?

[Mgamer20o0]

most snails dont eat plants. they can go after dead plant matter but alive ones they shouldnt touch.

[nimdabew]

and the spawing issue? i dont want to see 20 snails in my tank at once.

[Mgamer20o0]

if you over feed they will spawn. try leaving some veggies in the tank and pick them out one by one.

[Fishy_Fun]

yes just leave a piece of lettuce in there and when there all over take it out and throw it away

[kimmisc]

It's going to be difficult trying to have a planted tank without snails because there's nowhere to get plants minus the snails. Once they're in there, you're pretty much stuck with them.

[Preeths]

You can introduce a yoyo loach. it will eat all the snails.

[nimdabew]

its a 10 gal tank. the loach maybe a bit big for it. i am just trying to get fry about .5 inch long so i can drop them in my oscars tank as a treat. maybe doing a generation change every 6 months

[Mgamer20o0]

You can introduce a yoyo loach. it will eat all the snails.

adding fish most of the time is not a good idea to fix problems like that.

[msjinkzd]

you can use a clean soda bottle and put some veggie (lettuce, cucumber) inside, put it in at lights out and check it a couple hours later. Remove any snails caught and repeat. Increased gravel vacs and decreased feedings should keep the numbers in check as they usually only readily reproduce with a food source (decaying plants, leftover fish food, algae, etc).

[nimdabew]

i dont mind a few snails because i can smash their shells and feed charles with them. the guppies dont eat much and the coreys usually take care of everything else. thanks for all of the suggestions