sherwin Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Hey Guys, I seem to be getting quite a few snails in my tank, I can see about 5 small ones at the moment. I think the java moss I got about 6 weeks ago had them. Anyways they little brown snail and the biggest I find are usually 3-4 mm. My question is that are they bad for the tank ? anyone know what kind they could be and will the cucumber trick work with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 The only bad thing they do is breed. They do eat lots of algae, clear up leftover food, etc. I think they're good, overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 I only like the Malayan Trumpet Snails, They eat algae off the glass and plants at night and during the day they turnover the substrate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naz_Nomad Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Snails are fine creatures. They do loads of cleaning for you in their own slow and small way. Don't forget that they also add to waste in the water, because snails DO POOP too. They can also damage plants by having a munch. If there are too many, Clown and Skunk Loaches and Featherfin Catfish apparently eat them, some more than others, of course. I did read somewhere that adding Iron to the water kills them off too, or was it copper? I may have to find that again. Personally, I just clean a few out every now and then if they are getting too many. SpidersWeb: please be careful with the 4 letter words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 It's copper. Toxic to just about every invertebrate and mildly toxic to most vertebrates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naz_Nomad Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Thank you Ira. I knew it was one or the other. Iron must be for making nails with then :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherwin Posted April 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Its not too bad at the moment population wise, I'l stick to just pulling them out when i see em I dont have many plants anyways. turns out they are ramshorns snails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyandrea_ Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 my goldfish eat snails.. so never really had an over populated problem in my tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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