SparkyNat Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Wanting to try and catch alot of red ramshorn snails i have in our guppy tank prob have a couple of hundred of them in there now :evil: . Was going to make some sort of trap like a container with bait in it with tiny holes so the fish carnt get in but snails can. Has anyone else made something similar or have any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Smith Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 I made a trap using a small glass bottle (with a neck smaller than the fish, they like the bait too!) with nylon fishing line tied around the neck. I put a bit of cucumber in the bottom of the bottle and drop pedt into the tank each evening and the next morning pulled it out with a few snails, repeat until you've got them all. This did work, but was not 100% effective. I usually digitally grabbed as many as I could (and those I could quite grab I just squashed). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefish Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 When I put zucchini in my tanks for my GBAs, the snails eat it too, so when I see that the zucchini has lots of snails on, I take it out and dispose of the snails. I weight the zucchini down with a spoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplecatfish Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I used a JBL snail trap (and loaches). It worked well and now it's used for catching baby bristlenoses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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