Snails!

[pablothebetta]

A couple of weeks ago I bought some hygro. All seemed fine until I found a small tadpole snail. However, figuring it was small and I hadn't seen any others, I decided to leave it be.

But I've come home today to find two!

One of them is particularly large, at least a centimeter. The other is about half the size.

What should I do with them? I cannot just let them breed and overtake my tank, but I don't feel I could kill them myself.

I could see if I was able to get an assasin snail, but unsure if I will be able to (a LFS sometimes has them in). In the case that I can't, what would be the best method of removing them? I really don't want to have to kill them myself, any way of avoiding that?

Thanks

 

[the_lock_man]

I personally prefer the assassin method, worked wonders for me. Others will advise to leave them, they do no harm. Others will tell you to place a lettuce leaf or piece of cucumber in the tank overnight, and this will attract the snails.

If the population of snails explodes, it means you're feeding too much.

 

[pablothebetta]

Thanks.
I've never seen any food left, so I don't think leftover food should be too much of a problem. Won't the snails just breed anyway though until I'm left with loads of them?