I'm breeding snails for my puffer, and while I've always had this problem it seems even more persistent lately. I just went out and got some more snails of various sorts at petsmart from the insides of their regular tanks. Most of their tanks they have a big goldfish in to keep the snail numbers down, but several were overrun, so I took some off their hands, haha. Mostly ramshorn, though there are a few trumpet looking things in there, too. At any rate, these new snails are tiny....too tiny...
So the problem is this... I have these snails in a small tank, I'm talking like maybe 2 gallons tops. They seem to do best in there, I've tried bigger and I don't get nearly as many baby snails as I do in this setup. The problem is the filter. I have a small whisper in-tank in there, and it sort of does the job. It circulates water and all, but the cartridges get very dirty very fast, obviously.
The main problem is that the snails get stuck on the intake. Sometimes they just get caught there and the suction pulls them out of their shells, but other times, like with all these new guys, they are small enough to just shoot right up into it. So now the inside of my filter is filled with snails and covered in egg sacks. Even the cartridge itself has eggs on it!
So, I'm wondering if there's a solution, either a filter with a finer intake so this won't happen, or a suggestion of something to put over the bottom to keep this from happening. I tried panty hose once a long time ago when I used that tank to keep some guppy fry separated for a little while, and that mostly resulted in slimey yucky nastyness.
Any ideas?
So the problem is this... I have these snails in a small tank, I'm talking like maybe 2 gallons tops. They seem to do best in there, I've tried bigger and I don't get nearly as many baby snails as I do in this setup. The problem is the filter. I have a small whisper in-tank in there, and it sort of does the job. It circulates water and all, but the cartridges get very dirty very fast, obviously.
The main problem is that the snails get stuck on the intake. Sometimes they just get caught there and the suction pulls them out of their shells, but other times, like with all these new guys, they are small enough to just shoot right up into it. So now the inside of my filter is filled with snails and covered in egg sacks. Even the cartridge itself has eggs on it!
So, I'm wondering if there's a solution, either a filter with a finer intake so this won't happen, or a suggestion of something to put over the bottom to keep this from happening. I tried panty hose once a long time ago when I used that tank to keep some guppy fry separated for a little while, and that mostly resulted in slimey yucky nastyness.
Any ideas?
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