How Do You Get Rid of Snails Permanently in an Aquarium?

Question

Tried products like 'had a snail' and it killed alot of my fish...rats! Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Yes a Yoyo (Pakistani) Loach.

They love to eat snails.

You could also try Dwarf Puffers, but they are very aggressive.

Salt will kill snails, so you could add a bit of aquarium salt.


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Answer 2

Either add float a leaf of lettuce on the top of the water or get a clip that will let it sink to the bottom just before you turn the lights out since some snails are more active feeders at night. You can remove it in the morning and you should have snails clinging to it. You can repeat this until all your snails are gone. Or you can remove any live plants and invertebrates you want to keep in your tank and add coppersafe by Mardel. Just follow the instructions, it's a medication to treat parasites and will kill your snails. Just remember to do a good water change afterwards because the dead snails might muck up your water. If you have just one or two left they won't hurt anything majorly until they get a good size and then you can usually see them moving across the tank and grab them and throw them away. Another alternative that others have told me to try is getting a fish that eats gastropods. I never did this because I didn't know if I needed to feed them these things on a regular basis.

Answer 3

Any thing that contains copper will kill the snails,but too much copper will kill the nitrifying bacteria,and that will kill the fish. A lot of dead snails will create an ammonia spike,and that will kill the fish. You can kill everything in the tank,and then begin a strict "no snails" program, which includes soaking new plants in a Alum solution to kill snails and eggs or get a half dozen Clown Loaches to do snail patrol duty. It's easier to keep snails out than it is to get them out once they get in the system. For most fish keepers some kind of snail-eating fish and a sort of uneasy truce is the best solution. Sorry I couldn't help more.------Good luck,PeeTee

Answer 4

You can't without introducing chemicals which are gonna hurt fish too. The best thing to do is to physically remove the snails when you see them and to thoroughly rinse plants before putting them in the tank as this is how snails get in the tank.

Just keep an eye on your aquarium and grab the snails out.

Good luck.

Answer 5

You buy a loche (sp) many different kinds and sizes - just ask where you buy your fish..... these fish (I got a clown loche) eat all of the snail tiny babies before you see them.... You first have to clean out the aquarium and rid yourself of the big ones...... down the drain.

Answer 6

Just keep taking them out, if that don't work you'll have to start your tank over, remove gravel(they hide in it), any plants, I had to start over all because of snails in live plants I bought. Buy new gravel, rinse plants really good, use small amount of bleach to kill any eggs then rinse real good. Hope this helps!