I have cone shaped snails that have taken over my tank. they only come out at night.
2007-10-03 12:32:16 · 7 answers · asked by hambri7 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Those things are little and that they come out at night makes it doubly hard to get rid of the little pests! Here's a great trap idea. Try it out!
2007-10-03 12:47:27 · answer #1 · answered by Venice Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All these ideas for traps are nice thoughts, but you will still have snails and you will constantly be feeding fruits and veggies to your snails. Rather than getting some more fish, consider moving your current fish to another tank (or filtered and heated bucket) and draining the tank so there is only an inch or two of water left. With the nearly empty tank, add about 1 cup of salt per gallon of remaining water (in your case, about 3-6 cups of salt) (possibly Home Depot or Lowes commercial rock salt to save money). This will kill the snails completely so you can vacuum out the snail shells later. I did this in August and still haven't had any return snails. Gravel siphons aren't strong enough to pick up live snails unfortunately, so that is out. You likely have Malaysian Trumpet Snails which reproduce VERY quickly and can soon overtake a tank AGAIN if any are left. For this reason, be sure to wash the glass in salt water too. Email me if you have any questions.
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2007-10-03 14:25:42 · answer #2 · answered by nosoop4u246 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Put a couple pieces of cucumber or lettuce at the bottom of the tank every night. The snails will congregate on the vegetables and you can pull out however many you would like. Do this for a couple nights and you should get rid of your problem.
2007-10-03 12:51:01 · answer #3 · answered by royalty024 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only problem I possibly see are the Discus. They are very very delicate fish, and like a more alkaline environment (i.e. filter the water through peat) than many other tropical fish. The tetras, pleco, and platys should have no prob with this, but the angelfish might have some issues. They just aren't as hardy as the others. I think you might have to come down to a decision between the discus and angels. Hope I helped Best Lyssa
2016-05-20 02:40:25 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either get a fish that eat's snails or suck them up with one of those hose things that you use to clean out the tank or put some bait out and when it is full of snails through that one out and start all over until you have as many snails as you want.
2007-10-03 12:38:09 · answer #5 · answered by starlit_rain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The snails are helping to keep your tank clean.... and some fish(mine always did) like to eat them.... I don't think they are hurting anything, but if you really want them gone then clean your tank.... Use a some diluded bleach and rinse until you can no longer smell the bleach(I always rinse extra just to be sure) this should help, Good Luck!!!
2007-10-03 12:39:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
then how do they bug you if they come out at night, I recomend putting them in another container of water, just until they die, just don't kill them
2007-10-03 12:36:19 · answer #7 · answered by ZAK 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋