Snails! Help!

[kellyp]

I have just discovered trumpet snails in my tank - I can see2 at the moment. I dont know how they have got there as I dont have any live plants and dont feed the fish live food. ANy ideas how they got there and how I get rid of them?? how do I keep them away too?
Reading around they seem to be a pest and mutiply rapidy. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[blackcat]

I have just discovered trumpet snails in my tank - I can see2 at the moment. I dont know how they have got there as I dont have any live plants and dont feed the fish live food. ANy ideas how they got there and how I get rid of them?? how do I keep them away too?
Reading around they seem to be a pest and mutiply rapidy. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I don't know the size of your tan, but clown loaches love snails!
Failing that a chocolate cat might help, but I find them a little lazy in this department. I try never to use solutions to get rid of this problem as I don't like adding anything to the tan if I can get away with it
As for the cause, they can come from anywhere, if you have recenty bought new fish, they can come in the water, without being seen

 

[DarkEntity]

Malasian Trumpet Snails are great. I have them in all my sand bottomed tank, they turn the sand over and generally do good work.

 

[fenwoman]

I have just discovered trumpet snails in my tank - I can see2 at the moment. I dont know how they have got there as I dont have any live plants and dont feed the fish live food. ANy ideas how they got there and how I get rid of them?? how do I keep them away too?
Reading around they seem to be a pest and mutiply rapidy. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

ooooh send them to me as a tasty treat for my yoyo loaches. They cleared my tank of snails in 2 days.