TOO MANY TRUMPET SNAILS!!

[MsDad]

I've had trumpet snails in my tanks for years. They're great for keeping the substrate aerated and I have had zero problems with algae. But suddenly they've taken over my Amazon tank. They're everywhere - on the glass, the plants, the wood, the filter tube...EVERYWHERE!! I had a few pond snails and ramshorns as well, but ever since I added my 2 juvie turquoise severum, they've all disappeared (with the exception of some empty shells on the bottom), so I can only assume the sevs ate them. Not a problem. However, they are obviously not eating the trumpet snails. Is there any fish that would be compatible with the sevs (which will be re-housed in a couple of months), scalares, corys, farlowella and cardinals that would eat these buggers? Obviously, I would prefer another Amazon species, but at this point that's not a necessity. I can re-house the corys and/or the farlowella at the same time as the sevs, if need be. HELP!

 

[SarahBravo]

Don't get fish to eat them - hook the snails out and sell them on ebay! They always sell when they're listed over here in the UK!

If you really want them gone, I don't know what fish would eat them - the shells are too hard even for puffers apparently. Sorry!

 

[yvez9]

yes, the shells are very hard

they reproduce like rabbits after a few days! I have hundreds in my 5 gallon but they usually hide in the sand all day. you could try getting them out with pieces of lettuce as bait to control the population

 

[NinjaSmurf]

Hmmm, how much would it be to ship them to me?

 

[MsDad]

Dunno, but I can check. If it's not too expensive, they're yours! Does anyone have any ideas why they're reproducing so quickly all of the sudden? They've never done this before. The only thing I'm doing any differently in this tank that I've never done before is peat filtration.

Edit: They also are staying out 24/7. They normally disappear into the substrate at night.

 

[NinjaSmurf]

Yea!!!

Please let it be cheap, let it be cheap....

 

[abstract]

Does anyone have any ideas why they're reproducing so quickly all of the sudden?

the usual explanation for this is overfeeding....if there is excess food they will continue to reproduce...if there is only enough food for the ones that already exists (or not enough for them), they will not reproduce...try cutting down the feeding and maybe skip a day during the week if you don't already...hth

 

[Bloo]

Dunno, but I can check. If it's not too expensive, they're yours! Does anyone have any ideas why they're reproducing so quickly all of the sudden? They've never done this before. The only thing I'm doing any differently in this tank that I've never done before is peat filtration.

Edit: They also are staying out 24/7. They normally disappear into the substrate at night.

Remember if sending something airmail abroad and it's under 2kg, it's by far cheaper to send it as small parcel post (as opposed to normal airmail)

 

[OohFeeshy]

If your posting them, you can probably get away with putting some in a specimin tube. The're pretty tough.

 

[bettaboi]

if you sip them you can just wrp them in we tp then stuff that in the roll cover it in bubble wrapand send em thats how i got mine they were fine

 

[unionman125]

I saw trumpet snails sold online 10 for a dollar. Sounds pretty cheap to me. If you giving them away, Ill take some too

 

[Iron Man]

I agree.......these snails you can't get everywhere and they aren't for sale in the lfs. I was lucky to get a few from the lfs as the girl there thinks they're the asexual pest type. Put them up for sale. You'll be doing people a service and make an extra buck.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

hmm... peat filtration, you say? so you added a thick wad of dead vegetation to your tank? that's my guess

but yeah, pull those suckers out and mail them places!

 

[MsDad]

But the peat is outside the tank, in the filter. None of them is actually in the filter. But hey, if as many folks want them as are saying they do, I should be able to clear a bunch of them out pretty quickly. Then it won't be an issue...