snail problem

[renaldz]

hi there a while back my mum bought a plant for her tank. After cleaning it we placed it in the tank. In the last week or so there has been a bloom of snails in the tank. I keep taking thme out but they just keep coming back.! is there a way of getting rid of them??
thanks
renaldz

 

[Snailguy101]

Well the only way is to get rid of the egg sac or smush the baby snails or possibly get a fish that will eat snails hope I helped

 

[renaldz]

what kind of fish can i get that eat snails??

 

[Snailguy101]

Go here it has some of them listed ^^^^That should solve your problem

 

[freshcichlid]

you can send those litle guys over to the east coast of the US and ill take them off your hands ! ! ! !

 

[eudielynn]

I've never had the problem myself, but I've heard others use this successfully. Take a lettuce leaf and put it in the bottom of the tank at night when you are ready to turn out the light. You may have to weigh it down with a rock or decoration. The snails will come to the lettuce to eat it and by morning the leaf should be full of snails. You can then just take the leaf out with the snails on it and toss it. You can repeat this as often as neccessary until you get rid of all the unwanted snails. There is also a treatment on the market that I believe is called Snail-away. I have seen it in stores, but I personally wouldn't use it since I don't want dead snails to clean up out of my tank, and I would be afraid of what it might do to my fish. HTH

 

[renaldz]

cheers people

 

[aquagirl]

OK here's an easy resourseful solution to your issue... BAKING SODA It works great for what I heard. But make sure your tank's washed out really good before you put more fish in again! (snails) (you)

 

[aquagirl]

Go here it has some of them listed ^^^^That should solve your problem

Soooo true

(The Walmart thing I mean!)

 

[aquagirl]

hi there a while back my mum bought a plant for her tank. After cleaning it we placed it in the tank. In the last week or so there has been a bloom of snails in the tank. I keep taking thme out but they just keep coming back.! is there a way of getting rid of them??
thanks
renaldz

Do what i said earlier. Bakin Soda

 

[Sunny.C]

Aren't snails suppose to keep the tank clean?? and also stuff up your plants..... I have the same problem. The lettuce treament sounds good.