Best Way To Get Rid Of Snails?

[-FighterFishh]

I've just found two snails in my tank, and I KNOW there must be more. What's the best way to get rid of these little pests?!
Thank you for any suggestions!

 

[Westwood]

Squish them!(I'm Evil i know)

But apparently if you put a piece of lettuce in the tank on the evening, and if you lift it out in the morning, they should all be on the lettuce. Its worth a try!

 

[Dalekfish]

Whenever I see a pesky snail in my tank I just take them out and hope to gradually reduce their numbers. Time will tell lol.

I am too frightened to use any liquid stuff so I don't have any experience. You could always get some clown loach, but that depends on tank size

DF

 

[AstonN24vantage]

i keep 'em. i don't really mind them eating my plants, which they don't tend to do anyway. they eat algae, which i also like.

 

[Joshwainwright]

You could get an assassin snail, these eat other snails but not plants. They actually look quite nice too.

 

[This Old Spouse]

Just got my batch of assassin snails on Friday, and they're already going to work. I can't find most of them now, but each morning there are fewer pond snails.

Before they arrived I was squishing the smaller ones which the fish thought was a wonderful treat!

 

[-FighterFishh]

Squish them!(I'm Evil i know)

But apparently if you put a piece of lettuce in the tank on the evening, and if you lift it out in the morning, they should all be on the lettuce. Its worth a try!

I did squish one when I didn't know what it was. It made me feel all strange afterwards! The sound got on my nerves! But, I have heard of the lettuce trick, and my mum said we could do that, so I think that's the first 'cure' on my list!

Whenever I see a pesky snail in my tank I just take them out and hope to gradually reduce their numbers. Time will tell lol.

I am too frightened to use any liquid stuff so I don't have any experience. You could always get some clown loach, but that depends on tank size

DF

I have a 64L tank. I do quite like clown loach but they'd grow far too big for my tank, so I wouldn't want to get a couple just to get them rehomed when they get too big.

i keep 'em. i don't really mind them eating my plants, which they don't tend to do anyway. they eat algae, which i also like.

I've noticed a couple of holes in a couple of my plants recently, which I was suspicious about but had never seen any snails to know what had done it. But, of course, now I know that they're probably the culprits!

You could get an assassin snail, these eat other snails but not plants. They actually look quite nice too.

I would think of that, but snails are just a bit too weird for me But if the worst comes to the worst, they aren't ugly and I could probably pick a couple of them up from my LFS!

Just got my batch of assassin snails on Friday, and they're already going to work. I can't find most of them now, but each morning there are fewer pond snails.

Before they arrived I was squishing the smaller ones which the fish thought was a wonderful treat!

They do sound good, but snails are a little weird!
I'll see if the lettuce/cucumber works, and if not I'm sure I could pick a couple of assassin snails up from my LFS

 

[Monty-2010]

I leave them in, they do a good job helping me clean my tanks

 

[This Old Spouse]

I leave them in, they do a good job helping me clean my tanks

I don't mind some in there (especially the rams horns) but they were getting a bit out of hand. I tend to overfeed a bit when there are fry in the tanks, and that's what led to the population explosion!

 

[-FighterFishh]

I leave them in, they do a good job helping me clean my tanks

I don't mind some in there (especially the rams horns) but they were getting a bit out of hand. I tend to overfeed a bit when there are fry in the tanks, and that's what led to the population explosion!

I feed each fish one or two flakes a day, and watch them eat them, so there shouldn't be any food waste.
The snails in my tank are tiiiny, and they have clear shells. What are they?

 

[markp2067]

Either puffer fish or assassin snails are your way forth. Either will kill off the little shelled pests.

 

[-FighterFishh]

Either puffer fish or assassin snails are your way forth. Either will kill off the little shelled pests.

Ahaa, I do love the puffer fish, but I think they'd need a much more suitable owner than me!
Speaking of puffers, I 'met' a huge one in a LFS, really friendly, poor little thing didn't have any friends in the tank with him, though

 

[Haveagojoe]

I had an infestation of malaysian trumpet snails which I got from a piece of bogwood I bought, I put 2 zebra botia's in the tank and I have not seen a snail since, its fun watching the loach pick the snail up and crush it!!!!!!!

 

[Joshwainwright]

Everybody loves to watch snails suffer a painful death