Pond snails????

[Bethany1979]

I heard these things seem to come out of nowhere, but this is crazy. Two days ago I woke up to about 30 tiny snails in my 5 gallon. I'm assuming they are pong snails. My question is, how to humanely get rid of them? I've been netting them out and putting them in a jar of water, but don't know what to do with them now. Any suggestions?

Thanks!:nilly:

 

[petluvr]

Freeze and discard them or just squish them against the glass for free fish food

 

[vequalsir]

That's hardcore petluvr...

I fished mine out and donated them to my parent's pond.

 

[petluvr]

^^LOL...Not really it's what most do believe it or not. I am not for sure that it is a good idea to take them from your tank and release them into the wild.

 

[KIM_TMA]

I am a big fan of squishing them!
I bought some plants and bleach dipped them but maybe not long enough b/c I got them now.
My mollies see my fingers in the tank and they are right there waiting on that baby to fall off the glass from being squished. They love them.

 

[DarrylR]

Could always buy some assassin snails if you really don't want them. Or squish, can't buy a loach for that small of a tank.

 

[petluvr]

Problem is then the assasins start breeding, I vote **SQUISH**

 

[AshK]

They are not harmful and can be seen as beneficial for a tank. They eat left over food, decaying plants(not healthy live ones) and other gunk. Their population is easily kept in check by maintaining your tank properly. I use them as an indicator, meaning if there are a lot of snails, you need to decrease feeding and up gravel vacs.

They are also very interesting to watch. Sometimes they float from the bottom of the tank to the top or visa versa, almost as if they are riding an invisible elevator!

 

[Bethany1979]

Which is more humane, death by squishing or salting the little buggers? I can't help but feel bad killing them.

 

[petluvr]

You mean take them out and dump salt on them, or just adding salt to the tank?