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March 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Snail takeover!!
Snails have suddenly taken over my tank!! I don't know where they came from?!?!
HELP! How do I safely get rid of them? Someone said to buy a goldfish, but we have tropical fish. Can I do this?
I just want them gone--ASAP! Thanks!
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March 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| nope, no goldies for that tank 
the easiest way to get rid of them is to attach a piece of cucumber or lettuce to a weight (a rock in your tank will work) and leave it there overnight. in the morning there should be lots of baby snails on it, and you can just take it out and throw it away | |
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March 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Buy a ten gallon tank, Use used filter media to quickely get it going. Get 1-2 DP's in there, then catch as many snails as you can and feed em to the puffers  . Unless they're Malaysian Trumpet Snails. | |
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March 16th, 2009
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| You can try to put a piece of lettuce in the tank over night. In morning it should be full of snails.
Try feeding a bit less also. | |
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March 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Or, if you live by anyone who keeps puffers, give the snails to them, they'd appreciate it | |
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March 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by pinkfloydpuffer  Or, if you live by anyone who keeps puffers, give the snails to them, they'd appreciate it | But then you don't have an excuse to get you're own puffers! Thats why I suggested getting a 10 gallon..... | |
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March 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| go and buy a loach suggest a yoyo due to the adult size of clowns but i couldn't resist i got em anyway | |
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March 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| I am just so freakin mad about this. Lol... I really really didn't want any snails!! Grrr!!!
We have baited them with lettuce...I guess I'm going to start looking into loaches. Are they schoolers? Do I need more than one? What's the smallest I can get? Thanks so much, ya'll!! | |
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March 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Get an assassin snail. Yes you will still have a snail but only one as he will eat the others. I can live with one...I cant live with 30. I dont think loaches do well in a 20 gln...someone correct me if I am wrong. I tried the bait technique, the squash move, nothing has worked. It controls but doesn't get rid of them. LOL
I have managed to get rid of mine during my fishless cycle but I wouldn't do it with fish. ALGAEFIX. 2 doses one full and one half three days later. Cleared the green water, rid of snails. My plants are fine and my cycle stayed the same. Hopefully they don't bounce back! 4 days snail free. | |
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March 16th, 2009
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| so if i get a BIG snail, he will eat the others? This sounds too good to be true....
especially since my friend is a petsmart manager, and I may be able to get a snail "on loan" lol, keep him, fix the problem, and send him back to find his own happy family!
it will take some serious begging...but MAYBEEE i can do this. | |
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March 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Sorry about the double post but I noticed your aquarium age is 3 days. I wouldn't add any more fish until you are cycled. Do read about the nitrogen cycle. Best wishes!
Here is some info on the assassin or bumble bee snail. http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Anentome_helena
Last edited by Lucy; March 17th, 2009 at 09:13 AM.
Reason: merged back to back posts | |
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March 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| my aquarium is 3 weeks old...not 3 days. how do i change this? | |
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March 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| i wouldn't get any loaches for your tank, IF you have a 20 LONG as opposed to a 20 high, then you may be able to get three kuhli loaches, depending on the other fish you have in the tank, but i wouldn't recommend it.
if you have live plants that's almost positively where they came from, they hitchhike on the plants into your tank.
if you don't have any fish in the tank you can break it down and bleach the whole thing to get rid of them all. | |
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March 17th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Feebs & The Kidd my aquarium is 3 weeks old...not 3 days. how do i change this? | My settings > Edit Aquarium Info | |
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March 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Kuhli loaches don't eat snails from what I understand though. Their mouths are too small. I would say assassin/bumblebee snails is your best bet for a natural solution. Sometimes one has to fight fire with fire.
Granted I don't want to ever need assassin snails but deep down I think it would be fun watch them pig out if I ever did get a snail explosion inside one of my tanks. | |
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March 17th, 2009
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| Goldfish do not eat snails..........
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Originally Posted by Feebs & The Kidd Snails have suddenly taken over my tank!! I don't know where they came from?!?!
HELP! How do I safely get rid of them? Someone said to buy a goldfish, but we have tropical fish. Can I do this?
I just want them gone--ASAP! Thanks!
Feebs | Goldfish do not eat snails. The guy who told you that is not a good source of information. | |
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March 17th, 2009
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| yeah I have decided I want an assassin snail... but I cant find one anywhere! Where can I order just ONE offline? everywhere sells 10 and stuff...I only have a 20g tank! lol I just need ONE freakin snail!!
PLEASE let me know if you have any links I can get one from... thanks so much! | |
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March 17th, 2009
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March 17th, 2009
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| Assassin Snails are $
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Originally Posted by Nate McFin Get an assassin snail. Yes you will still have a snail but only one as he will eat the others. I can live with one...I cant live with 30. I dont think loaches do well in a 20 gln...someone correct me if I am wrong. I tried the bait technique, the squash move, nothing has worked. It controls but doesn't get rid of them. LOL
I have managed to get rid of mine during my fishless cycle but I wouldn't do it with fish. ALGAEFIX. 2 doses one full and one half three days later. Cleared the green water, rid of snails. My plants are fine and my cycle stayed the same. Hopefully they don't bounce back! 4 days snail free. | Assassin snails cost big bucks. Where did you get yours ? | |
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March 17th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Drew 43920 Assassin snails cost big bucks. Where did you get yours ? | My LFS sells them for $4 each. You might check with your local and see if they can order some. I haven't tried them yet though I have read several threads in various forums about their snail hunting "talent" lol
As I mentioned I am doing a fishless cycle and used algae fix twice and it took care of my snail problem.(So far) I dont think I would use it with fish in the tank even though it claims to be safe. | |
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