I dont think so, as I said, they have been in there a couple years, and none are bigger than 1/4". Wouldnt at least some of them be bigger than that by now?
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I dont think so, as I said, they have been in there a couple years, and none are bigger than 1/4". Wouldnt at least some of them be bigger than that by now?
Do they look like mine? People are saying these are pouch snails.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182662
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182662
No, they are shaped differently. I have seen yours often, but these are something different.
^^ That was just mean.... yeah, feed them. Made me laugh.
^^ There's your best solution, David.
You could always try limiting food rations for a little while. Make a conscious effort to keep any food from settling on the bottom by throwing in less food less often and keeping the gravel clean more often. You could do that while manually killing them as well. Between the starvation and the smushing, you might wipe them out.
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This thread just reminded me of what I planned yesterday. I'll get working on an article for snail infestations and solutions. Plaalye is correct. Loaches are so over exploited just for this snail eradication and I'm starting to think this is an extremely poor excuse to start with loaches.
This is the route I would take. Limiting feedings cuts the source and killing any visible ones means you'll be attacking the problem from both ends
If smashing them is such a pain, you can also remove them and freeze em. The only pest snail I can imagine that would hurt to try and crush is a baby MTS. Maybe the adults are in the substrate. They are notoriously good hiders! Plus, the triangle shape you describe could be a small cone, right?
No, they are not limpets. They look mostly round, while mine are triangular. As I said mine look like miniature MTS, but they have been in my tank for a couple years and are multiplying like crazy, but not growing.
