Regular Member Athena Posted July 25, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted July 25, 2004 Just thought I would let anyone know how to control their snail population if they've got trumpet snails, etc. that breed too fast. 1) pick them out manually 2) throw lettuce or algae wafers into the tank at night and a couple hours later collect the snail covered lettuce or algae 3) chemical, except I don't recommend this 4) tear down the tank in extreme conditions I only took all the gravel out of my tank because the previous owner only cleaned the gravel once a month and the snail population was majorly out of control. And when I'm talking out of control there were literally hundreds of them. There was sooo many dead snails and poop. The dead snails made up a third of the gravel. It was disgusting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Florissa Posted July 29, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted July 29, 2004 I could never imagine that many snails - crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Kingyo Posted July 29, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted July 29, 2004 Dwarf puffers and clown loaches also take care of the snails! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Athena Posted August 7, 2004 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 7, 2004 Oh yeah and I forgot to add. If you've got the nerve for it. Crush the snails and feed them to your fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Black oranda Posted August 7, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted August 7, 2004 hehehe thanks for the info Athena,i think i would have tomany problems to get rid of them my self... i guess my goldfish wouldn't mind helping me out time to time? lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Athena Posted August 7, 2004 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 7, 2004 I just find that they're so great to have for turning over the gravel so that the bacteria. Mmmm... can't remember the word for bad bacteria doesn't accumulate in the tank. Also, they eat all the excess food, decaying plant material, etc. By eating all this waste they reduce the "food" for algae as well. They do make a good addition as they help balance the aquarium ecosystem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lady_Eros Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 cory cats also eat snails, along with weatherloaches from what I have read, I've not had a huge snail problem in my tank and I have a weatherloach. I have a couple here and there, but nothing out of control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member airwen Posted August 10, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted August 10, 2004 Really? I've never heard of a cory cat eating a snail. Are you sure? Maybe I'm mistaken but I thought they were good with snails. Most loaches except khuli loaches will eat snails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lady_Eros Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 the cory cats at work all end up having tons of empty snail shells in their tanks and all the other tanks are plagued with them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PetBakery Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 My cories don't bother the snails at all. Weird. You must have mutant cories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Athena Posted August 10, 2004 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 10, 2004 "mutant cories" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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