Snails in planted tank

[mematrix77]

Hi all not sure if this is where I ask this ? but heare goes My tank is infested with pond snails decided to break down my tank and sterilize ths tank and gravel my ? is how do i get rid of the snails actually the eggs that are on my plants without killing the plants Iv'e rinsed the plants and have removed ths snails but sure I missed some egg masses want em gone their infestation was 1 contributing factor to my ram fry dying off only have 12 left out of 85-100 Sincerely Curtis

 

[Mr Miagi]

U have quite the predicament there curtis. If i say introduce some loaches, chances are they well turn around and eat your fry once the eggs are gone, so that wont be any good.

There are some treatments i know around, but are all bad for fish so dont bother.

Dip a lettuce leaf in and leave it over night. Snails will congregate on this and then u can lift the leaf out in the morning. This wont get rid of the infestation completely but it will help reduce numbers.

 

[mematrix77]

Hello Mr miagi32 yea I do have a problem here I have since last post decided to break down my tank and capture whats left of my fry about 12 then take the tank an clean it replace gravel my real problen is now that i hav done that my plants are still infested with eggs I have already rinsed the plant in fast running water and removed the snails and some of the eggs is there some way to kill the eggs without killing the plants and what kind of loach would you recomend some thing that stays small and eats snails Sincerely Curtis

 

[konrad05]

get loaches, a couple will do the trick

 

[mematrix77]

Any recomendations wnt small sized ones Curtis