Getting Rid Of Snails

[leoak]

My black loaches look like brown snakes with the head of an alge eater.

The liquid I was thinking of using is called Had-A-Snail. It has Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate and it says it's a metallic copper equivalent. The instructions on the back says to use one drop per gallon. When I went to get it, one of the pet shop workers said he had a planted tank with mollies and it worked great for him. I guess it works because I bought the last bottle they had, but I'm going to wait awhile before I use it.

 

[Slyspy]

No need to use chemicals. Just follow the advice given above to reduce the snail population. Snails are no biggy unless you have pond snails eating your more fragile plants. I have snails in my tanks too. When I first started I had an explosion of pond and ramshorn snails but now that the tanks are mature I only have a few in each. There are also lots of trumpet snails which I introduced myself because they are useful and interesting. Also in my experience best you don't believe LFS employees when it comes to chemical products or fish IDs.

 

[lucky62]

My black loaches look like brown snakes with the head of an alge eater.

The liquid I was thinking of using is called Had-A-Snail. It has Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate and it says it's a metallic copper equivalent. The instructions on the back says to use one drop per gallon. When I went to get it, one of the pet shop workers said he had a planted tank with mollies and it worked great for him. I guess it works because I bought the last bottle they had, but I'm going to wait awhile before I use it.

sounds like you have kuhlie loaches , not botias , IME , they wont eat snails .


good luck with the poison

 

[Lateral Line]

Skunk Loaches are really aggressive out of all proportion to their size. They will terrorise fish twice as big as themselves. Most of the Botia species will eat snails. They should be kept in groups of at least 3 fish though. Botia striata might suit you, they don't grow overly large.