Is there a Peaceful way to get rid of Ramshorn snails?

Hi there,
I seem to be having some issues with Ramshorn snails..
When I first got my ten gallon set up, the tank was going through the cycle and all was good. I noticed a tiny snail on the glass, as was super exited, because it was the first living thing to live in my new tank. It most likely snuck in on the new plants. I have only ever had small tanks, so the new ten gallon was a big deal for me. I named this newfound snail Shelly, and watched it grow. Eventually, Shelly became full grown, and started producing offspring. I had no idea where this came from, until I did more research and realized that Shelly was a Ramshorn snail, and a also learned that these kind of snails can reproduce asexually, without needing a mate. Which was.....not good news. I fed a few of the snail babies to my betta, and thought the problem was resolved. I was very wrong. Currently, I have too many snails to count, and every week during tank maintenance I remove at least two nests of snail eggs. The situation is getting out of hand. I never had the heart to kill Shelly, but now it's getting to be too much. I then started looking into Assassin snails. After more research, I learned that Assassins will literally eat the Ramshorn alive....what's worse is that Ramshorns bleed red blood. This all seems like a dramatic and painful way of dealing with this snail issue. When one gets in my way, part of me thinks "crush it like a bug!" But then again, I can't help thinking of these little creatures as the children of the pet I raised, and if I were to do it, I want to at least try to give the snails a peaceful death. I often wish I had crushed Shelly before I had gotten so attached. Is there a way of dealing with the snails in a more peaceful way? Do you know of any other snails that will eat Ramshorn snails? Thank you for all your help.

-Willowfish

 

Assassins are unfortunately the best option.
You can also try to catch and sell/give them away.

 

Put a piece of lettuce or something like that in the middle of the tank, then once a decent amount of the snails attach the the lettuce to eat it, take the lettuce out and do whatever with the snails on it. There are also some snail straps that work similarly to this.

Raphael Catfish will swallow snails whole that they can fit in their mouths. No ripping the snails apart or anything like that.

 

I have to be totally honest. I have assassins. I got them to take care of my ramshorn explosion. I have had them for several years and during all that time I've never actually witnessed an assassin eating a ramshorn. I know they do because I see the empty shells. I really can't imagine seeing a ramshorn bleeding while being eaten by an assassin.

I think we have to realize snails eat snails. Other fish eat snails. Snails are food for lots of other creatures. I have to think that is one of the reasons they are so prolific at breeding. We tend to think snails are like our fur friends. I can't think like that when I get over-run with uninvited guests in my tanks. If we let them continue to breed in our tanks before long the tank is going to be less healthy for the water pets we have the tank for in the first place.

You can put a piece of lettuce in a dish just after lights out. In the morning lift the dish out. By putting the lettuce in a dish you will be able to remove all the snails that have gathered on the lettuce. If it isn't in a dish most of the snails will have dropped off by the time you get the lettuce out of the water.

Once you get them out you will have to decide what you are going to do with all these snails. To me the most humane thing we can do is get an assassin or two and let nature do its thing. Even at that, if we have let them get too far out of hand we will have to help the assassins out by removing some of the unwanted snails and re-home if possible or otherwise dispose of them some other way.

 

They will take over a tank. IMO It's okay to remove them for the health of the tank and cull as needed.

I feed baby ramshorns to my silver dollar fish, but sometimes they ignore it. They eat them like spaghetti and suck the snail out.

I have 1 tank I have to limit the number of fish/snails because it's 1) sorority tank and 2) populated enough - 4 female betta, 6 cory cats

*by inches x gallons, I'm close to max

even heavily planted, the snails woud make the tank unsightly to me. They have the run of my 38 gallon, but not the 20 long.