Snails in my RCS tank...ARG

Just make sure you are not over feeding and their numbers will not get out of control. Are just shrimp in the tank? Really i only feed my shrimp about 2-3 times a week.

This Article has some good solutions for keeping snail numbers in check. I keep "pest" snails with my cherry shrimp without any real problems.

You can't get rid of the snails. They lay egg packets all over the place and even if you manually remove each visisble snail, I guarantee you there are already 200 little babies in the gravel you can't even see. They can get out of control easily -- but for the most part, I've found them to be useful. They keep the glass very, very clean and eat ueaten food that drops to the gravel. They acutally help the tank to become a more complete ecosystem in functioning this way.

I successfully eradicated pond snails from a tank just by removing egg masses with a turkey baster and squashing the snails with the blunt end of a knitting needle. Depending on the size and set up of the tank it is possible.

If they are normal Physa pond snails the very biggest get to about the size of a small shelled almond.

Why are they irritating? Seriously, think about it. Is there any reason to be irritated by them at all? I mean really take the time to ask yourself this - are they doing anything harmful? Getting in your way? Hurting anyone? Making a mess?

Why not just enjoy them the same way you enjoy the other creatures in your system?

You can disagree with me, and that's fine. We all have opinions. I'm just reaching a point lately where I'm really taken aback by how much people have against snails - and it's leading me to believe that it all comes from being conditioned to think of them as pests or a nuisance. They're really not. Not at all.

Rent a clown loach from a friend. I have a community in a 75. A two small ones visit any tank which happens to have an abundance of pond snail. They have been in my rcs tank several times for a week or so and done a great job. They don't enter the tanks that contain the nerite snails that groom my forrests unless I rehome the nerites.

P.S. havent noticed any major loss of shrimp

I love snails and have dozens of many species. But a pond snail population explosion is still nasty. They even get in filters and climb inside the shells of larger snails and bother them.