Critter Doc Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 My ramshorns recently started breeding like crazy - haven't been able to count all the babies but there are dozens all over the tank. They're in a 20-gallon hex. Do they self-limit their population, or will I eventually have to remove some? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy6107 Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 they will limit themselves to what the available food is. So if you feed x amount typically, they will breed to a level to eat that amount of food. Then if you change/lower the amount of food, you now have too many snails and some may die of starvation. You can always remove some by putting a lettuce leaf in the tank over night and the next morning removing it along with however many snails are feeding on the lettuce. wyzazz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critter Doc Posted March 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 Cool, thank you! Currently feeding mainly mulberry and moringa leaves, supplementing once or twice a week with a rotation of different foods. If the snail population goes nuts, I'll do the lettuce thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimp Life Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 I'd move them because they start to lay eggs all over the place and its harder to control once you have alot of adult snails breeding wyzazz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revaria Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 I would say too many snails is when the snails start to bully the shrimp away from the food and it would be good to start culling the snail population as they will go nuts after a certain point especially if you have a planted tank. wyzazz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critter Doc Posted March 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Caught them shoving the shrimp out of the way in the food dish tonight, so I'm removing them. Dropped the bigger ones into my micro crab tank. How effective is the lettuce trick with the babies? And what do I do with all of them once they've been relocated? Anybody in the Atlanta area want a ton of blue ramshorns? ? wyzazz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike16T Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 You can send those snail to me! =P My Spotted Congo Puffer will love those.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critter Doc Posted March 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 LOL, Mike! Gotta keep the puffer happy! Give me a few weeks to let the babies get bigger. I paid $15 shipped for my original bunch of 6+1 juveniles; will sell them to you (along with all the babies I can trap) for the same price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 I have noticed my snail populations exploding recently since I started feeding my shrimp tanks daily instead of once every other week. Thankfully the blue ramhorn are often easier to sell then the brown ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanArtRebel1020 Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 A snail a gallon seems right not including newborns . Never had ramshorn but seems like they do fine massed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanArtRebel1020 Posted May 15, 2019 Report Share Posted May 15, 2019 Anyone selling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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