iisfaq Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Hi I have a small tank at work and I am going to move the fish in it to my home aquarium over the Christmas break. This tank is riddled with snails - literally 1000's probably - most tiny and I remove lots every week Since there will be no fish in the tank I am wondering what I can do to kill off all the snails in a short time. The tank itself is setup and I do not want to pull the tank down and start from scratch but this could be a possibility. Aparantly copper is good at killing snails, but how much would one use? and does it work on the snail eggs? Any ideas appreciated. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Loaches will take care of them i reckon, i dont have experience with loaches but apparently they munch on snails heaps, so maybe like: clown loaches, yoyo, tiger botia, striata etc, and they look good 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie841 Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 You could dran the dank and dry it out but that would be a lot of work and would stink of dead snails by the time you went back to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesarz Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 You can put in a pinch of copper sulphate which will kill all snails (and algae too), but still you end up with a stinking mess of dead snails and you will have to do a 100% water change to get rid of the copper sulphate and the dead snails. It will take at least 7 days to get rid of the snails, first day all adults die and 7 days for the eggs to hatch and hatchlings die when exposed. I would prefer the loaches method (more organic) where you can add fish as soon as convenient. Cesar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerrrngirrl Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Post some to me! I have 10 hungry snail-eating loaches How small is the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Post some to me! I have 10 hungry snail-eating loaches i have clowns in 1 tank & snails are prevelent in the filter only, in the tank there are none. the clowns wait eagerly at the front of the tank when i remove the canister for cleaning as i tip the snails in once i have drained the bucket. if the tank is small, like 30 to 40 litres maybe a skunk loach or 3 will do the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iisfaq Posted December 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Thanks for your thoughts - I think I may just pull the tank apart and start again. It may be the easiest and best option as far a a redesign goes as well. Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdarnixx Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 i have this problem too but not on such a big scale.....where do they come from? they never seem to grow either!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iisfaq Posted December 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 i have this problem too but not on such a big scale.....where do they come from? they never seem to grow either!!!! They generally get into your tank from plants that you buy from Pet Shops. The snail eggs are like little pin heads in a gell that sticks very well to plants They grow in my little tank at work quite easily Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie841 Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 They are (as said above) from plants you get at your LFS. There are some shops that can guarantee you that they have no snails but that is only shops that have no snails in the store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Whip Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 I have two Bengal loaches but they are lazy and just steal the cory chips rather than eat the snails they are ment too. Is there a fish and plant safe snail poison? I hate those little snail buggars they are killing my amazon sword. Death to the snails I say :evil: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie841 Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 There is a product called "snail rid" it seems to work (kills most of them) but we have far to many snails for it to kill all of them unfortunatly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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