Trumpet snails, an invasion!

I didn't know what category to put this in, sorry if it's incorrect.

I have a Malaysian trumpet snail problem. Maybe 2-3 months ago I bought a few new plants, some Anacharis, a sword or two nothing special and rinsed them off well OR SO I THOUGHT!
Now I have probably 100+ snails, I pick out as many as I can but alas my efforts seem pointless. I got more Yoyo loaches since they are supposed to eat them, but I can't tell if they are.
They first month of the invasion they caused Staghorn algae to bloom, luckily I've gotten rid of it with Seachem Liquid Carbon, I know it doesn't help the plants but I think I'll keep using it in case.
I the day it appears I have just 3 snails, the snails I bought, 2 nerites and 1 mystery snails...in the night thy trumpets emerge from the substrate in the dozens.

What else can I do to decrease their numbers?

 

After an initial explosion, snail populations will generally level off to accommodate the available food, so if you keep dead plant leaves removed and don't overfeed the population should eventually decrease.

By the way, you blamed the snails for the algae bloom, but I've never heard of snails causing algae, and I can't imagine how that could happen. I think it's more likely that the snails and algae appearing at the same time was a coincidence.

 

I actually like my trumpet snails , they do a good job. As said above the population will level itself out if you don’t over feed. If you really hate them you could try Snail traps or Feed cucumber at night and remove first thing in the morning with the snails . Assassin snails , but they will go after nerites too.

 

Trumpet snails are actually good for aerating your substrate and there poop helps fertilize it. Snail explosions are annoying, but they will level off. Watch out for overfeeding, this will help keep it from happening again.

 

Manual removal and cut back on feeding. MTS's probably aren't the cause of an algae bloom, they're rather both symptoms that you probably added too much food.

MTS are also resistant to many snail eaters since they have a protective trap door that seals their soft body in their shell if they withdraw. Many snail eaters, including loaches and assassins, eat snails by sticking their mouths into the shell and eating the snail while it's withdrawn.

 

After an initial explosion, snail populations will generally level off to accommodate the available food, so if you keep dead plant leaves removed and don't overfeed the population should eventually decrease.

By the way, you blamed the snails for the algae bloom, but I've never heard of snails causing algae, and I can't imagine how that could happen. I think it's more likely that the snails and algae appearing at the same time was a coincidence.

Oh ok, I thought maybe the sudden uptick in waste from the snails might contribute to the algae. I pretty good about removing most of the dead leaves, I'll keep it up.

I actually like my trumpet snails , they do a good job. As said above the population will level itself out if you don’t over feed. If you really hate them you could try Snail traps or Feed cucumber at night and remove first thing in the morning with the snails . Assassin snails , but they will go after nerites too.

I thought about getting Assassins but I didn't know they'd go after my nerites. I would be fine with them being in there if there just wasn't so many.

Trumpet snails are actually good for aerating your substrate and there poop helps fertilize it. Snail explosions are annoying, but they will level off. Watch out for overfeeding, this will help keep it from happening again.

Thanks for the advice, I feed my fish probably 4 times a week or according to the Danios belly size, lol.

 

I"ve found that the assassins do a good job but it takes a long time. I think they go after the babies and leave the adults for you to remove or die of old age.

 

Manual removal and cut back on feeding. MTS's probably aren't the cause of an algae bloom, they're rather both symptoms that you probably added too much food.

MTS are also resistant to many snail eaters since they have a protective trap door that seals their soft body in their shell if they withdraw. Many snail eaters, including loaches and assassins, eat snails by sticking their mouths into the shell and eating the snail while it's withdrawn.

I'll keep removing them.
I hope the Yoyos can make a difference, I have 8 of them.