brunoboy650 Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 I guess I didn't wash my plants well enough because I found a medium and a tiny snail in my tank -___- I don't want them in there but I don't want to do anything that can hurt my shrimps ...what do I do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allicat Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 I'm getting a pea puffer for a separate tank, and I plan on using my "problem snails" as his regular food. They can eat the small sized ones. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunoboy650 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 This one and a baby one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 You could put a couple of assassin snails (6-10 maybe) in your tank. They will likely get rid of most of them. In general, snails are good and beneficial for your tank, because they clean the waste that your shrimps leave behind and also their excrement provide a rich source for bioflim for your shrimps to eat. When snail populations get to high in my tanks, I put a few assassin snails in them and take them out, when the number of snails is at a desirable level. I sometimes leave one or two snails in there. Pika 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Oh yeah, check out this great thread. http://www.shrimpspot.com/index.php?/topic/608-the-truth-behind-snails/#entry34256 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunoboy650 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Aha wel I guess two isn't bad, will the multiply though? And what type of snail is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Hard to say from the pic. Maybe ramshorn or bladder snail. If you only have a few and don't want them you, can just take them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 If you dropped your pH under 7 they would die, problem solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Looks like ramshorn to me. I like having snails in my tanks. You can always offer them up to local hungry puffers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pika Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Also, you can squish the baby snails on the glass when you see them and your shrimp will eat them. If you do this regularly, your snail population will go down slowly. I used to squish a snail for the shrimp once a day or every other day, and now I don't have that many to squish any more. In fact, I rarely see a bladder snail at all. Of course don't squish them ALL at once if you have a lot, as that may be a lot of dead snails. But if you only have a few, you could probably start now and they'd be gone pretty quickly. (And this assumes you're comfortable with the squishing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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