Can Snails Stop An Impellor?

[Makino]

I came home today and noticed my Hagen Biolife filter wasn't working. I checked the fuse and it had blown. Put a new one in and there was a slight flow, then it kicked in full.
I also noticed i have lots of small snails. Could these stop an impellor, causing the fuse to blow, or is this unlikely?

 

[Alex]

I have had them stop the impellor in a HOB filter and a powerhead.

Alex

 

[TKOS]

Snails love to get into filter systems. They are full of good snail food. And those hard little shells will stop impellors very well.

 

[125gJoe]

Originally posted by Makino
..........I also noticed i have lots of small snails. Could these stop an impellor,....

I had a powerhead clogged by one tiny snail.

 

[Makino]

thanks all. the snails are only a 2-5mm and fairly easy to squish. thought they would just get smashed up in the blades!

 

[pinballqueen]

You're going to rue the day you ever brought an aquatic plant into your home lol... those snails are nearly impossible to get rid of

 

[RTR]

But then again, some of us add snails to all their new tanks. Get rid of them? Not in a million years would I even consider it, they do entirely too much work for me to think of that.

 

[LMOUTHBASS]

for those of

you who dont want to bring snails home from the store when you buy a new plant wash it off under running water and thouroughly check the plants, i do this and it works well also the washing will not harm the plants just be gentle

 

[scott]

If you do want to get rid of them loaches work pretty well for snail patrol.