Aqua junky Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 My son and I maintain Aquariums and also help with the set up of new tanks in our local area just for us to have something to do together. I had a lady email me wanting to rid her tanks of snails. I tried to convince her otherwise telling her about all the benefits of keeping snails to an aquarium. Shes not having it. So my question is how do I go about completely wiping out a population of thriving snails within a 75G? I told her we could catch as many as possi let and to add some assassin snails but she didn't like the idea of adding more snails to her tanK. I've never dealt with a snail invasion and any and all advise would be greatly appreciated. Also I just put In an order at the Co-op and can't wait to get all my new goodies including my new Aquarium Co-Op hat woot woot. My Nerm-ism is threw the roof right now!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMWNDSR83 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Understanding her aversion to more snails, I put two assassins into my 27, which I did not think had that many bladder snails, and there are now at least 7 shells on the floor of the aquarium these fools have eaten. My bigger concern now is what I do once they've worked their way through the snail population? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDukeAnumber1 Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Personally I would draw the line there and say no, snails are good, grow to love them 🙂 No way you'll catch them all, either need a creature that will reliably eat them or bomb the tank with copper sulfate or salt or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 could you add loaches? Is the tank overstocked? I think if you could get some loaches and then trap the daylights out of them that would probably get it down to below her notice very fast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhinojahn Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 I had a snail invasion years ago from live plants I purchased. I got rid of them by taking the fish out of the aquarium during cleaning, changing substrate and decorations. Then taking snails off the aquarium sides. Put it all back together and cross your fingers you got them all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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