Anything I can do about these snails...?

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besides getting clown loaches and taking them out by hand? They are just getting rediculas. I can't even put zucchini in the tank without them all over it in a matter of minutes.
 
I heard skunk botia's kill them i havent seen any snails in my aquarium lately since my big one was eaten by some fish in my aquarium. So u can try a Skunk Botia they dont get big and they like snails :cool:
 
I tried introducing snails into my tank. a couple pond snails the size of a pea and a ramshorn (I think) the size of a dime. My zebra loach wiped out the two smaller ones withing 5 minutes. The larger one lasted at least a day. I can't find it so I'm not sure what happened.

Seems if you baited them with zucchini, you could remove them "...in a matter of minutes".
 
Yes, although I do like snails and consider them an important aid in helping me 'ballance' my tank, that is what I have to do some times as well. An irresitable pice of a shrimp pellet and a slice of cucumber allows me to scoop up a bunch of them the next day.
 
You'll probably never be able to get rid of all of them, if they are MTS, but a small loach or baiting, as mentioned above, would be a good bet...I'd like to know the tank specs before I suggest the small loach, though.
 
I like the Skunk Botia's idea as well as the crayfish...
There are chemicals just to be rid of snails, but I don't like that option.
 
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