snail overpopulation!!!!!

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Hello Friendly Fish Geniuses!!!

Help, I got some live plants which I didn't know were full of snails.
I keep cleaning them out and they just keep on doing it & procreating! At this time I have over 100 snails of differing sizes.

Is there some way of manipulating the water temp or chem. that will keep the population down...or a fish whose main diet is snails?!!!!
Or should I just ignore them? The tank is very clean!
I have a Cory catfish, mollies, 5 gallon tank.

Thanks a million snails...
Leigh
 
Dwarf Freshwater Puffers could help you with your snail problem. They are very small (only grow to an inch IME) and the ones that I keep love snails. It also helps keep thier teeth short. If you add them just add a few in a tank your size. And watch out if they become nippy to your other fish. I've keep (kept) mine with cories and guppies so I don't think you'd have a problem.
 
Clown loaches in a 5 gallon tank? Bad choice. Fish that get to 12 inches shouldn't be in a tank that small for any length of time.

I agree with RTR--controlling the population by limiting nutrients is much easier than adding fish to eat them. Dwarf puffers can be terrors, and some will nip at cories, and any other fish they can. Plus, once the snails are gone, they have dietary needs that must be met--and this can be a problem in a small tank.
 
I definately agree that adding a fish to control the snails is a bad idea in a tank that small. There are so many easy methods to control them otherwise. The simplest is to take a lettuce leaf and put it in the tank over night. Then the morning take it out and throw it away. It should be covered in snails. Just repeat. Sorry if that was already covered in the link (I didn't get to read it).
 
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