Bobthenurse

I have snails, snails and more snails. They keep reproducing. I tried "had a snail" no luck. I'm picking them out with a plant tweezer tool (I can't catch em fast enough) Any suggestions?

Toxic

cut back on the fish food, this will slow down the snail reproducing. Put a slice of zucchini in the tank, the next morning it will be covered in snails, just pick it out, clean them off, and put in back in for a reload. Do this to get them out.

krismoore888

Assasin snails eat nussance sails and are not asexual, there is a chemical available too, but i would not suggest using it, i think clown loach' eat thm aswell, if your tank is big enough for one, and if you want one of course

agabr123

yep, i agree with toxic

oh, and your tank isnt big enough for a clown loach (although they are awesome!), the get up to 12 inches!

NUMB3RS

I would get a clown loach in place of a pleco. Rule is a inch per gallon and if you are talking about your 47 gallon then you have more than enough room! A Pleco will eat snails too!

agabr123

no, there definitely isn't enough room for that clown loach. they get up to 12 inches and need at least a 100+ gallon tank. this is an instance where the "inch per gallon" rule just doesn't work, the bigger the fish is, the more room they need (i.e. for a fish that will get to 12 inches, they need one inch per five gallons, or something like that). also, they need to be in groups so you definitely don't have room.
http://www.loaches.com/species-index...a-macracanthus

and i've never heard of a pleco eating snails.....but there isnt room for one unless he gets a smaller variety such as the bushynose or clown pleco. actually, on second thought the bushynose might eat snails...i'll have to check on that.

joy613

What type of snail are they? If they are pond and ramhorn snails a dwarf puffer would work, they do better alone in a well planted tank. I don't mind snails they are a good indicator if I am over feeding or if there is something wrong with the water. They are more likely to die or try to escape before I notice anything wrong by watching my fish.

NUMB3RS

I would get a pleco maybe not a REGULAR one but maybe a bristlenose or something, and I kept 2 clown loaches in a 50 gallon and they are doing fine but I wouldnt reccomend it because i didnt know they would get that big and the fish store said that it gets 6 inches and it would take a long time to get a clown loach that big. I would get a clown loach but that's up to you. PS the website that you attached said minimum of 75, but i think a 100 would be good I also have 2 oscars in a 55 gallon and they are medium size and they are doing fine!

Bobthenurse

thanks for the good advice. I like the zuchinni advice

agabr123

clown loaches get huge, and they grow fast. unfortunately, the advice your store gave you is quite incorrect. the minimum tank size is a 75 for one clown loach, but they need to be kept in groups otherwise they stress themselves to the point of death, which is why a 100+ tank is needed.

the oscars are going to grow fast as well, the recommended absolute minimum tank size for ONE oscar is a 55, two need at LEAST a 125. they have a HUGE bioload and even if they only "grow to the size of the tank" their internal organs do NOT stop growing and will do some serious damage to them long term.
http://www.oscarfishlover.com/index....ank-setup.html

cg49me

I'm starting to notice some snails in my tank, too. Pretty sure they came in on some of my plants.

I have two BN plecos, and I'm still seeing snails, so don't know about that one. Also, I tried the zucchini trick last night... Nothing on the squash, but I picked a snail off the glass this morning. *shrug*

Good luck!

krismoore888

for us from the UK a zucchini is a courgette

Bobthenurse

My snails seem indifferent to zucchini too. They are actually in my betta tank not my community tank. I moved Otto to the community tank so he could be with others of his kind (he seems very happy). so maybe I should just learn to like the snails and let them be my algae eaters for Billy's tank. Yes his name is Billy Betta.

agabr123

lol, my first betta is named Billy....he's a little crazy

pinkfloydpuffer

I'll have to give the same advice as I always do in these snail threads...
Send them to me! I'll give them a nice home...

agabr123

lol

shih-tzu mom

You can try a piece of lettuce in a small jar ,And it should be loaded in the morning-thus removing more of them. And on a second note you can go to the puffer forum and advertize on there and some of us would love them for our puffer's bella

mitch

i had the same problem. i had to brake down the tank, threw out the plants,washed tank and filter with bleach, and soaked the sand in hot water. (should of thrown the gravel out too) still finding a few snails good luck

Butterfly

Instead of buying more fish to take care of the end product of a problem lets solve the problem Snails multiply in direct result of the food available.
a fishes stomach is the same size as one eye. Feeding accordingly will cut down how much is being fed. Yes, I know their eating everything fed but..the more they eat the more they poo thus making more waste.
Cutting down on food fed,a good substrate vacuum to get rid of extra food,waste and snail eggs, continue to bait, and more frequent water changes for a couple of weeks should see your snail problem greatly reduced.
If you would really like more fish. Yoyo loaches and dwarf chain loaches are good snail eaters and would fit in your tank. at least three would be best. Loaches are great fish i just hate to see them bought to solve a problem and then when the problem is solved their not wanted anymore.
Carol

Bobthenurse

I am not interested in adding fish to eat the snails. It seems that then I would need snails to feed the fish and also since this is a betta tank I run into compatability issues (most of what I've read says bettas are best all by themselves. I am working on not overfeeding Billy and have begun a weekly fasting day for him. (I bet I would loose weight if somebody else decided how much I could eat)

I also have come to peace with the snails. It is what it is.

Butterfly

Sounds like a good solution
Most people do fast their fish one day a week. I fast mine on water change day.
carol

eepruls

I am about to do this because I don't have any fish left in my 10 gallon tank. The tank is cycled, but I thought it was a good time to get rid of all the pond snails that drive me nuts and just start over. Any advice? I plan on using diluted bleach on everything and letting it soak. Are snail eggs on/in everything?