It's been two months and now snails are poping up all over. Is it bad to have so many? Will they hurt the enviroment of the tank?
2007-07-17 15:07:07 · 9 answers · asked by Big D 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
Will a clown loach bother other fish? Neon tetras or swordtails?
2007-07-17 15:10:25 · update #1
The snails will reproduce becuase they are hermaphrodites, they aren't harmful to your fish or water, but will eat lots of the plants (if not all). Which will then in turn cause either
a) You having to buy more plants or b) An increased nitrate level because of the lack of the plants which helps reduce it naturally.
The Snails eggs look like tiny little jelly balls, some fish will eat the eggs aswell as the snails. Such as most types of loaches, particularly clown loaches. Anyways, good luck with you snail problem!
2007-07-17 15:23:13 · answer #1 · answered by bettaz_2007 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a clown loach. They eat snails. I have a snail colony in my tank, and I never have to feed the loach! He loves it.
2007-07-17 22:09:21 · answer #2 · answered by Dreamer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hi i have had snails and i hate them and when i do see a snail i get it out a kill it and i never keep them it takes the oxygen out the water and soon you will have too many snails its not good for them. i would get some snail treatment cause some fish cant live with them i had two and mu male ram went very quiet and once i got rid of all the ones i could see he is soooooooo much happier.
2007-07-21 13:25:41 · answer #3 · answered by goldramsrule 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allysa has a good idea,but if your tank is large enough, it's good to have several Clown Loaches,because they are schooling fish,and will do and feel better in a group.
2007-07-17 22:12:45 · answer #4 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most pet stores have Had A Snail.
2007-07-17 22:12:00 · answer #5 · answered by jellybean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well one time I had about 4 snails and they put their eggs everwhere and got my other fish sick and most of them died from the dirt of the snails.I had to end up cleaning my whole tank out to get rid of all of the eggs and mess the snails made.Thats my experience with snails and I will never do it again...
2007-07-17 22:14:39 · answer #6 · answered by ((^}Jesshorty^{)) 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Same thing happened to me. They didn't seem to affect the environment of the tank and actually helped get rid of some algae. Maybe check this website though if you want to get rid of them:
http://www.aquariumfish.net/information/get_rid_of_small_snails.htm
2007-07-17 22:11:46 · answer #7 · answered by KM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nah its fine. if anything they will keep the tank more clean. They acctually sell tank snails at pet stores.
2007-07-17 22:10:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
not that i know of but id say limit your snails to your tank
2007-07-17 22:09:50 · answer #9 · answered by Whatsername 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋