Snail outbreak/how to kill them

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I have had the lights on my 10gal out for a few days, trying to get rid of this algae that keeps coming back. I turned the lights on today to check on everyone and there are tiny white snails everywhere!
I don't need this! This 10gal has been nothing but trouble, with algae, and illness, and now snails come out of nowhere.
How do I get rid of them? I want them all gone. I don't have the space for yo-yo loaches, which was suggested. Are there any chemicals I can use to kill them off that won't harm my fish or my cycle?
This tank is going to be the end of me.
 
theres this thing called had a snail, i think that would work but you shouldnt really be using a lot of chemicals and all the dead snails will really screw up your tank especially since its not cycled. just get a small piece of lettuce and put it in at night; the next morning the snails should be all over it and just dispose of them like that. you should get rid of most of them this way and the few that are left aren't too bad they will eat all the leftovers.
 
you could pick them out with a net or by hand. Look for snail eggs incase there are more that havn't hatched. If you use a chemical that kills them (i dont think that even exists), your still going to have to take them out of the water.
 
saw a good tip on another forum that sounds like it might work.

get a small shot glass, bury it at an angle in the substrate and put an algae wafer or similar in the glass. turn off the lights. after a few hours remove the glass - should be full of snails.

similar to the lettuce leaf method.

HTH
 
Fed less and clean more. Snails populations are limited by available foods, so if there are too many, it means there's an awful lot of food available for them.
 
I agree with Orion Girl. A few snails are not a problem but if there is an expolosion then look for the cause and not temporary solutions.

The lettuce leaf method is good though at helping get back to a managable population of snails.
 
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Originally posted by SBA
3 clown loaches in a 10g? :eek:
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I'm sure that it was meant in a temporary basis ...kinda like hiring an exterminator ...get them in ....get rid of the snails....get them out
(man i REALLY hope that it was meant as a temp thing!!:( )
 
Originally posted by missymoo
I'm sure that it was meant in a temporary basis ...kinda like hiring an exterminator ...get them in ....get rid of the snails....get them out
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hey you could be onto something there, LFSs could start hiring out 'hit squads' of clown loaches, algae eaters etc :)

then again, maybe not.
 
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