Snails,snails and more snails

[CHRISTINE BAIRD]

Hi everyone
Can someone suggest an accepted way of getting rid of snails. I must have imported them with a bought plant a few months ago and whilst quite interesting to start with, they have become quite a burden. Where do they come from in such quantity??
Help please!:help:

 

[CaitxSith]

Get some sort of plate or pan... that's safe to put in the tank.

Put in lettuce. (or other vegetable. In my experience, lettuce worked fine. Zucchini did fine, too).

Wait maybe a day... or less.

Take out the pan/plate.

From then on, it's your decision on what to do with the snails.

 

[OldMan47]

The best way to reduce the number of snails in your tank is to stop overfeeding the tank. The snail population will drop on its own if there is not enough food for all of them.

 

[captmicha]

I had your problem too and no matter what I did I couldn't beat it until I put two zebra loaches in there. In a matter of days, problem gone. And I'm talking about a huge snail infestation that was taken care of.

 

[petluvr]

Usually an increase in snail population can be attributed to over feeding of the tank. Increase gravel vacs as well as decrease the amount of feedings and they will get themselves under control. Please remember that once many snails are in a tank total erradication of them is virtually impossible, it's something you learn to live with when you have plants Also, I never advocate adding stock as an option for snail control but that's just my opinion

 

[Lucky]

Do a thorough gravel vac (take out decorations and whatnot), and pick out as many snails as you find by hand, from the tank and the decorations. At the least the big ones will be gone and you'll be 50+ snails lower in population. That and the lettuce/reduced feeding trick will help. My snail problem started eating my healthy plants when deprived of readily available food, though, so I'd recommend a flat out clean up (and/or lettuce trick) before trying to starve them.

 

[zoowks]

mail them to me!

 

[tanker]

I had your problem too and no matter what I did I couldn't beat it until I put two zebra loaches in there. In a matter of days, problem gone.

A dwarf puffer would help also.

 

[DAVIDFBT]

^ Or zome Zebra Loaches. But the cucumber technique is way better.

 

[Charlie Greiner]

I agree with Oldman47. Just reduce the food supply available to them and the population will diminish in reasonable time. The population will only grow to meet the available food supply. Just watch to remove dead specimens when they start to die off.

Charlie