i have a fish tank and never had anything in it but fish but somehow 1 day 1 saw snails in it they climb up side of tank,how do they get in there?
2007-05-14 19:07:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
usually through the gravel if it has been used in other tnaks in the petshop (from eggs int he gravel)
or from eggs on plants you buy from the petshop.
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2007-05-14 19:11:06 · answer #1 · answered by raspberryswirrrl 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Any live plants or rocks you brought in. Also, when you buy fish, you don't want to dump the water from the bag into your tank, you'll want to net the fish out of the bag. That's another way to introduce snails, bacteria, algae, parasites, etc. into your tank. If you don't want them, start floating a piece of lettuce in the tank. The snails will flock to the lettuce to eat it. Just remove it and dispose of it. Keep doing that for awhile, until there's no more snails.
2007-05-15 02:39:33 · answer #2 · answered by tikitiki 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have purchased or are using natural gravel from a creekbed, hitchhiked home on a live plant or the eggs were in the water of a fish tank you purchased fish from.
2007-05-15 02:19:33 · answer #3 · answered by kriend 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Snail eggs can be transported in on plants and will hatch. Best to crush them before they get large enough to lay more eggs .
2007-05-15 03:06:40 · answer #4 · answered by pilot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you add any plants?
Sometimes snail eggs are attached to plants you purchase.
2007-05-15 02:18:00 · answer #5 · answered by Living In Korea 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
perhaps someone put it in there without your knowledge?
2007-05-15 02:10:02 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋