Will pennies kill snails?

[ZachG]

Okay so I’ve been trying to get the snail population in my aquarium under control for a while now. I know you can dose your aquarium with copper sulfate to kill off unwanted pests so maybe a penny could do the trick? Thoughts?

 

[86 ssinit]

Lol first off not many pennies have copper in them. Think you’ve got to get ones before 72 for copper.

And it won’t work anyway. Pest snails are from feeding to much. Pest snails grow to the amount of left over food in the tank. So usually you find some for the first time after adding plants. Than you notice them over running your tank. This is because they breed to the amount of food. Once they eat all that extra food they start dying off. Unless your still over feeding. Than you’ve got to stop feeding so much. It’s just laying in the tank for the snails to eat. Nice your tank is stabilized you’ll still see a few snails but not the amount your seeing now. And they’ll let you know when your feeding to much.

 

[Bgreen82]

Okay so I’ve been trying to get the snail population in my aquarium under control for a while now. I know you can dose your aquarium with copper sulfate to kill off unwanted pests so maybe a penny could do the trick? Thoughts?

Have you thought about adding a few loaches? Some don’t get too big and do a great job keeping snail populations down.

 

[ZachG]

Have you thought about adding a few loaches? Some don’t get too big and do a great job keeping snail populations down.

I’ve thought about it but I’m worried because I have a breeding pair and an additional angelfish in a 29 gallon and it would get to crowded.

 

[Noroomforshoe]

Loaches are bottom feeders, though they will come to all levels for food. Loaches are awesome!, But Dont get them just to get rid of snails. The area long term commitment. They are the longest living fish in my tank, going on 12 years. How large is your tank? You need to keep loaches in a school of 6 or more.

 

[ZachG]

Loaches are bottom feeders, though they will come to all levels for food. Loaches are awesome!, But Dont get them just to get rid of snails. The area long term commitment. They are the longest living fish in my tank, going on 12 years. How large is your tank? You need to keep loaches in a school of 6 or more.

It’s a 29 gallon tall with three adult angelfish

 

[Noroomforshoe]

If you want to get loaches, You would be fine to add 6 zebra loaches. I dont know what is available to you, just look up the species and avoid large species like dojos and clowns. And skip the skunk loach, they are aggressive.