does anyone know how to rid my aquarium of snails? i have thousands and thousands of baby snails....i have bought a clown loach and he ate them all.....then we got more....he is now fat and lazy and will not eat them anymore so i got a new clown loach.....but he wont eat any snails:( any other ideas?
2006-07-22 18:32:58 · 15 answers · asked by deidra3970 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
If you smash them on the side of the glass the fish will eat them ... Plus they are a good protein source for the fish...
2006-07-22 18:37:51 · answer #1 · answered by ole_lady_93 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snails are an indicator of overfeeding. Cut back on feeding the fish. To help remove them get some lettuce and submerge it in a bowl. The snails will go to the lettuce and you can take it out with a bunch of snail attached and dump it. Do this over the course of several days and you will see the snail population go down. They actually don't hurt the tank other than being unsightly - unelss there are a lot of them and they would have a die off - then you could have a nitrite or ammnia spike. Dont resort to chemicals to take them out - that is never good in the long run.
2006-07-22 19:23:36 · answer #2 · answered by Sage Bluestorm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snail are not an indicator of overfeeding. They don't miraculously appear from the food or whatever. Chances are, they were introduced either through a live plant, or you had one hitchhike home with a new fish.
You could try a product called Had-A-Snail, if you're not against using chemicals and you don't mind killing the little buggers off. You will have to keep up on water changes to get rid of the dead snails, though, otherwise you will have serious ammonia/nitrite/nitrate problems.
Otherwise, if you have room in your tank, dwarf puffers are a nifty addition to freshwater tanks - he, too, will eat your snails. I've heard stories of mollies going after snails, as well.
Good luck!
2006-07-22 19:46:02 · answer #3 · answered by birdistasty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snails are a real curse to the aqarist. They get in with almost any plant you put in there, and once they get established, the only answer I've seen was to empty the tank and let it dry out for a week or so. If you can take the fish out for a while, you can poison the snails, but you have to be really careful reintroducing the fish.
I'd live with them.
2006-07-22 18:43:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Had the same problem. Get a Gold Fish. Beleive it or not, but by 2 weeks they were gone. Puffers could work, but are too aggressive. The gold fish didn't bother other fish just went straight on eating all the snails. By the cheapest ones. I used a small $.30 fish. Did the job.
2006-07-26 00:57:49 · answer #5 · answered by spee11 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't feed the clown with any food. When they get hungry, they would eat the snail.
2006-07-24 22:26:26 · answer #6 · answered by Henk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you put a medium to large sized oranda goldfish(the kind w/ the bubbly looking heads), it will eat up all the snails. They don't seem to ever get full. Just don't use them if you have a little salt added to the water-I've been told orandas can't live in any salt.
2006-07-23 12:17:48 · answer #7 · answered by ~-~-~-~-~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depending on the size of the tank, he fish you already have and the snail type. I would suggest a puffer fish. But beware Dwarf puffers can not eat malaysian livebearers. It'll break their theeth. Puffers are agreesive and will eat/nip fins.
2006-07-23 13:14:06 · answer #8 · answered by gonecrazy_fl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im in the same bit of a pickle as you are! ive had my tank set up with the same plant in it for almost over a year. then just last week i noticed that i have snails in it! with no clue how they got in there! ahhhhhhh!!!
good luck to you!
2006-07-23 10:10:10 · answer #9 · answered by laa dee da 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
empty you tank and check all your rocks,plants and gravel for any eggs/snails.once you,ve taken out and checked your bits !!! you can put it all together again. after you,ve set it back up and odd ones appear just squash them,fish love crushed snail.
2006-07-22 19:11:25 · answer #10 · answered by nikgy71 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋