BAT Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Anyone have any tips on how to catch a multitude of bladder snails? Trying to round up a critical mass of them to take to LFS. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT_ Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I think I heard the sera snail trap works well, but is hard to find. The low tech way is to throw some food in and wait until they swarm and then pull them out by hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAT Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 I tried a lettuce leaf but none seemed to care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Use a plastic box of some type. Drill some holes the snails can fit through but not other fish. Add tasty food and put it in the tank. When they have lunch, remove them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 When I take my bladder snails to the LFS I siphon them up with a python gravel vac into a bucket during a thorough gravel vac (under hard scape decor and stuck to the bottom of hard scape especially wood are always a plethora) I let the bucket sit for 5-10 minutes and dump the water through a strainer. Most are left stuck to the bucket. I then hand pick them off plants etc so I can pick which ones I want to keep. When I pick each item up I take it out and wipe the eggs off. This controls my bladder snail population very well. I have bottom feeders and fry in all my tanks so there is always a food supply if I did not manually control them they would overpopulate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuggets Beard Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Broccoli. I feed it to my ramshorns and they swarm it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 On 2/17/2022 at 12:44 AM, BAT said: Anyone have any tips on how to catch a multitude of bladder snails? Trying to round up a critical mass of them to take to LFS. Thanks! Least stressful for me is to siphon them with a larger tube than my python, and strain the water with the silicone paint strainer I watched Cory use in the urban fish farm video. The mulm that comes with them keeps them moist until I have finished sucking the snails, mulm, and any debris from the tank. I select the "typical" bladders to take to the store, return the prettier bladders, red ramshorns, the Pebbles descendants, and the baby assassins (depending on which tank I siphoned) and MTS to whichever tank I want them in. I also use this opportunity to restock my 5 gallon snail / scuds breeding containers. (Those, I just turn the spigot and catch what I need in a cup or a gallon jug🤷♂️) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intuos Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I would suggest getting a shrimp feeding dish and putting some food in it (a bit of algae wafer works well) to attract them and checking it regularly (don't leave it with food in for too long or they will just breed more). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAT Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 @Intuoshow do u get the snails out of the dish? Do they not float away when you pick it up?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intuos Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 @BATnot if you lift it out t of the tank slowly or you can use aquascaping tweezers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 On 2/17/2022 at 4:36 PM, BAT said: @Intuoshow do u get the snails out of the dish? Do they not float away when you pick it up?? If you have a decent net, you can place the dish in the net, and even if they let go of the dish, they are inside the net and easy to put in your bag or other container for transport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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