Snail Prolem?

[cougar]

do snails atatch themselves to fish after the lights go out? woke up the other day to find two snails attached to a neon, since then ive seen another neon with a mark on it also a harlequin with a mark on its side.
the snails are about 3 to 4mm long now and i carnt get rid of them, is there a fish i could add that would eat them?
the tank is a vision 180 with a couple of corys, 3 harlequins, 4 neons,rtbs, and two phantom tetras

 

[*Fishkies*]

Hello and to the forum!


I have never heard of snails attaching them to fish unless the fish are already dead. As a snail is often to slow for it to catch a fish. There are some fish that will eat snails. However I cannot remember at the moment. I'll have to look quick and see if i can find something.

Check out this here. It talks about snail eating fish, however watch the size of your tank compared to the one said on that link.

Here is also another link about snails and fish eating them.

Good Luck

 

[PoPoV]

Most of your loach's will eat snails. The only problem is that they get really big. Clown loaches and dojo loaches are the best snail killers IMO. But need really big tanks. The best way to control snails is to drop back on your feeding. Snails are their because their is to much food in the water. Youll know when they are getting hungry because they will hang out in the top of the tank. Puffer fish eat snails as well but can only be kept in a species tank for the most part. The best way is just to cut back on your feeding and pick them out when they come to the top of the water.

-PoPoV

 

[Teelie]

I've heard of predatory snails but always in the vein of "I know someone who knew someone" and never a personal or reliable source on it. If you can take a pic of these snails and especially on a live fish, then that could help.

 

[vancouver]

They probably were just eating it because it was dead.. I don't see a snail being fast enough to attach itself to a fish and eat it while it's alive.. Doubt it could happen.

 

[Teelie]

Sleeping fish I can see a snail possibly getting the drop on but I doubt that as well.

 

[cougar]

will try to take a picture of them, the neon was still alive was on the bottom of the tank with two large snails on it,i knocked them of but they damaged the skin where they were the fish died a few hours later.

 

[severum boy]

What sp. of snails are you keeping?

 

[vancouver]

The fish was probably already close to death. I wouldn't expect snails to catch a fish and kill it