What foods are best for trapping snails and Neocaridina shrimp?

[MattW]

I need to remove some ramshorns and neocardina shrimp soon, and in the past, I used a net and long tweezers (for the snails), which worked but was a pain and took over an hour. My tank has dense plant growth, so the second the shrimp see the net, they flee.. I thought I'd try leaving a larger net with some food inside this time. Any suggestions?

 

[gwand]

I saw a utube where a cabbage leaf was floated on the surface of the water overnight. The next morning tons of snails had attached to the underside of the leaf. Then the leaf was removed.

 

[squirley]

I would like to adopt them, i dont think i am prepared for it though. Are you going to sell them?

 

[Gertrudae]

Make a trap out of a plastic bottle. Cut off the top third of the bottle, turn it upside down and insert it into the bottle. Use a hot nail to poke a few holes in the bottom.

Put some fish food in the bottle. Keep an eye on the bottle, as fish can die if they get into the bottle and stay there too long.

 

[Magnum Man]

so those shrimp blocks I'm using both highly attract my neocardia, as well as my pest snails, they are almost always completely covered, until they are gone... I would use similar, and spread a larger net out on the bottom, open to the top, and set a block in the middle, then scoop them up, when there are enough in the net to make it worth your while...

this is what I use...

Amazon.com: Aquatic Foods Inc. Calcium Enriched Food Shells, Small & Medium Extra Thick Shells for Shrimp, Snails, Crabs, Crayfish, Plecos, Catfish, Bottom Fish, All Tropical Fish, Small & Medium…50 Count Jar : Pet Supplies

Amazon.com: Aquatic Foods Inc. Calcium Enriched Food Shells, Small & Medium Extra Thick Shells for Shrimp, Snails, Crabs, Crayfish, Plecos, Catfish, Bottom Fish, All Tropical Fish, Small & Medium…50 Count Jar : Pet Supplies

www.amazon.com

 

[MattW]

I would like to adopt them, i dont think i am prepared for it though. Are you going to sell them?

I don't think they'd survive the trip across the Atlantic

 

[ilex]

Bottle trap, made from two water bottles, baited with sinking pellets.

 

[GaryE]

I periodically have to trap out burrowing snails in a couple of my tanks, and pond snails in others. Populations have dropped radically since I've started using more and more home cultured foods, but they can explode if they're unwatched.

Snails eat anything, and in a net trap, I put whatever large sinking pellet I have. They aren't fussy, and are easy to trap.

I can't send my surplus to Arizona either.

 

[emeraldking]

If needed, I'll use a piece of vegetable which could be some lettuce or cucumber. It works perfectly overhere.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I do a lot of my shrimp catching using a siphon. I use it for assassin snails as well, But the snails are easier to catch manually than the shrimp. I will also use nets for shrimp and tweezers for snails. I also have one of the rake like back scratchers on the end of a telescoping wand. I use this to rake the snails out of the substrate as they like to burrow.

At almost every monthly fish club meeting as well as at the January public auction we run I will put 2-3 bags of shrimp and a couple of bags of assassin snail s up for sale. I cover my club dues, the gas cost for the round trip to the meeting about a 20-25 minute drive each way. I often buy fish or plants at the auction and my sales cover the cost of those as well.