My tank is 150 LitersHow big is your tank? Yoyo loaches get a decent size and the whole needing multiple bit might not help your situation
My tank is 150 LitersHow big is your tank? Yoyo loaches get a decent size and the whole needing multiple bit might not help your situation
You can use our IAqua Purple. It will kill the snail. But. It will kill shrimps as well. Sorry I didn’t mean to spam your post.I introduced a lot of pest snails Melanoides tuberculata into my tank as I had 5 puffers in the tank. I didn’t know their reproduction rate so they multiplied in hundreds where now there are more snails than gravel in my tank. Puffers cannot eat them because they hide under the gravel the whole day when light is on, and only they come out at night when light is off and my puffers cannot see them. One night I turn on the light and saw more than 400 of them all on surface of gravel and many of them small babies. I also introduced Helena snails but these Helena snails are stupid, they got caught by puffers , as they are not very good in hiding. So most of my Helena snails are gone and I am stuck with the hundreds of pest snails that I don’t need.
What do you recommend I should do to get rid of all of these snails? I tried handpicking them but it would take forever as I could catch large ones but the small ones cannot come to my hands as they are very small. I once removed a lot of big ones and the next month I was back on square one. I have copper but that will kill my other fishes and other small creatures in the tank.
Anyone has any idea how to get rid of these snails? If I count all of the new bred small ones it will be more than 500 of them. There are also empty shells of another 100 that were killed by Helena which are always in the surface of the gravel.
Any help is appreciated
thank you so much! Yes, I solved the issue with snails and I used snail trap to catch them and remove themNot sure if you still have this snail issue, but nobody has mentioned zebra loaches. About 3-4". Yo yo loaches are great too at 2-3" (only get big in the wild or large environments). Both should be kept in groups of 5 or 6. Crush some snails and drop them back in. They'll taste, then figure out how to get them out on their own. Not sure how big your puffers are, but your tank is ok if they're small and there's no other bottom dwellers. Puffers shouldn't bother loaches, but there's always that chance with puffers.
Alternatively you can try seapora snail zap. Haven't tried it myself, but my LFS (which I work at) sells it. Supposed to be generally safe for fish and plants.
Hopefully you've already dealt with the issue. That's a lot of snails lmao. Because of not knowing any better, years ago I had a mystery snail explosion. Over 500 at once easily. Then 400 more. It led to lots of research, emergency purchases, etc. And now has actually become a nice hobby for me (breeding, donating to LFS..not killing them lmao).
Also, I second the cucumber trick. No matter how you go, it's not a quick process. I have much experience with snails..and it has cost me much gold.
I am truly sorry I am not trying to spam your post. You can use IAqua Purple to wipeout your snails ?Not sure if you still have this snail issue, but nobody has mentioned zebra loaches. About 3-4". Yo yo loaches are great too at 2-3" (only get big in the wild or large environments). Both should be kept in groups of 5 or 6. Crush some snails and drop them back in. They'll taste, then figure out how to get them out on their own. Not sure how big your puffers are, but your tank is ok if they're small and there's no other bottom dwellers. Puffers shouldn't bother loaches, but there's always that chance with puffers.
Alternatively you can try seapora snail zap. Haven't tried it myself, but my LFS (which I work at) sells it. Supposed to be generally safe for fish and plants.
Hopefully you've already dealt with the issue. That's a lot of snails lmao. Because of not knowing any better, years ago I had a mystery snail explosion. Over 500 at once easily. Then 400 more. It led to lots of research, emergency purchases, etc. And now has actually become a nice hobby for me (breeding, donating to LFS..not killing them lmao).
Also, I second the cucumber trick. No matter how you go, it's not a quick process. I have much experience with snails..and it has cost me much gold.