the new guy Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 I finally got our tropical tank running and put some stock in it today. more to come on wednesday! but i have found some small snails crawling around the tank i have no idea what kind they are, or how they got in there, should they be in there???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichthus Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 if you didn't put them in there...they're probably a pest. I fight snails with loaches (like striata loaches or dwarf chain loaches), but that's because I have plants and snails demolish them. Plus - I dunno what's in those "Snail Rid" chemical products, and I try to avoid extra bottles of crap in my tank. But take a photo - I'm sure some clever bugger will tell you what kind of snail you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 found some small snails crawling around the tank i have no idea what kind they are, Doesn't matter, kill them. or how they got in there, Doesn't matter, kill them. should they be in there???? No, kill them. The only good snails are apple snails and you'd have intentionally put them in your tank. The rest, especilly for a new tank like yours are pests. Kill them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Hmmm, Ira seems to have some dislike for snails, methinks On the contrary, I gave up worrying about snails in my tanks, except for for the Malaysian trumpet snails. The ramshorns I find are good for eating algae and cyano. If I think there are too many in the tank I put a algae wafer in an upright glass in the evening and take it out complete with snails before the lights come on. Some pics here: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=51028 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird73 Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 The only good snails are apple snails And not all apple snails are created equal - the gold ones can decimate a planted tank overnight! I pick snails out as I find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice222 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Such haters . I actually like them. I reckon they're kinda cute. I have Ramshorns and MTS in my tanks, they don't bother my plants at all. Only time when they did nibble my plants was when they were dying leaves anyway. Just don't let them overload your tank (I suck up most of the ones you can see during a WCs to keep them in check), otherwise the only other annoyance I can think of is, if they die, they leave their shells in the gravel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 I added dwarf chain loaches to my tank, and not only are they a great addition to the tank (looking zebra like) and have bottom dweller shoalling behaviours but if you don't over feed your fish they rip through snails like a drunk eating a curry. You usually see the damage they have caused when you do a water change / gravel clean and you see all the empty snail shells in the bucket. (They suck the snail out of their shells you see) remember to always do research on fish before adding new ones to your tank, but dwarf chain loaches are relatively cheap, nice peaceful non aggressive fish, like certain gravels (softer finer for their whiskers), are small so good for smaller tanks, BUT are a schooling fish and need to be in numbers 3 - 5+ minimum. Now I have gotten rid of the snail problem, I now have an algae problem!! :facepalm: time for a Siamese Algae eater me thinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witchdoktor Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Snails love cucumber. A good way to catch them is by keeping a small piece of cucumber under an inverted container (so ur plecos and fish dont get to it) overnight. You will find a lot of snails inside the container the next day morning. Happy snail hunting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the new guy Posted April 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I added dwarf chain loaches to my tank I love the sound of new fish but im not sure if the budget will allow it! lol and hopefully i dont Snails love cucumber. A good way to catch them is by keeping a small piece of cucumber under an inverted container (so ur plecos and fish dont get to it) overnight. You will find a lot of snails inside the container the next day morning. Happy snail hunting Cool i might try that tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 i find the smaller ones to be good at keeping my rotting food down when i feed too much and managed to never have much problem with them eating plants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the new guy Posted April 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 O really? i found that the new plants that i put in there the other day are having holes put in them i am suspecting it might be the snails, maybe? there are quite a few of them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 Hehe send them to me I feed them to my puffers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the new guy Posted April 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 I just removed about 20 small snails and there is still more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 I just removed about 20 small snails and there is still more! Keep going, you're 1% done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the new guy Posted May 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 So I went and got 4 new clown poached. They did there Job for 3 days nd now there are more snails than ever in there. My partner found one clown poached dead this morning. But I never got a chance to see itbecause I was working so icouldnt investigate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 poach * Loach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the new guy Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 woops. sorry my phone auto corrected that. any of my posts that looked like that are done on my phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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