Help my tank is infested!

Lambasted · 04-10-2008, 08:39 PM

don't want your snails? give them to me!!

alleychatte2002 · 04-10-2008, 08:44 PM

Got any veg in the fridge that's slightly old? Try putting in a lettuce leaf or a slice of cucumber (lengthwise) before lights out at nighttime, then remove it (and the 9 million hangers on) in the morning.

rasetsu · 04-10-2008, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gad

Clown Loaches are extremely slow growers. I've sure you could put a smaller on in there for at least a few months.

They are fun fish too. I put three juveniles in a 12 gallon and they eradicated the snails in a few weeks. Transferred them to a 60 after a couple of months.

phibo · 04-10-2008, 11:28 PM

Oh no.. now them snails are attack my plants!! what should I do? if i pick up a dwarf puffer will it get along with my ram?

Lotsofish · 04-11-2008, 12:45 AM

I had a 10 gal tank that I kept snails in that I would give my loaches as treats. Then someone gave me a dwarf sunfish so I put it in the 10 gallon as a quarantine. In two days I could not find a single snail in this tank that was overrun with them.

**fishscale** · 04-11-2008, 06:31 AM

Personally, I'm just going to get a dwarf puffer and start a nano. It's pretty unavoidable in a shrimp tank. When you drop a wafer in, the snails almost get to it faster than the shrimp.

WaveSurfer · 04-12-2008, 05:19 PM

I would recommend Dwarf Chain Loaches, if you can get them in your area. They are small-sized and keep that way: http://fishtale.wordpress.com/2008/0...chain-loaches/

04-11-2008, 06:31 AM	#21 (permalink)
fishscale O.G. - original guppy. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10) Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 3,323	Personally, I'm just going to get a dwarf puffer and start a nano. It's pretty unavoidable in a shrimp tank. When you drop a wafer in, the snails almost get to it faster than the shrimp. __________________ Eheim Pimp #254, Eheim Wolverine #1 55 Gallon Work in progress 10 Gallon Shrimp Tank 10 Gallon Planted QT 20 Gallon Shrimp Tank (Work in progress)

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WaveSurfer Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 63	I would recommend Dwarf Chain Loaches, if you can get them in your area. They are small-sized and keep that way: http://fishtale.wordpress.com/2008/0...chain-loaches/ __________________ ~My Fish Blog~

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04-10-2008, 08:39 PM	#16 (permalink)
Lambasted Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 26	don't want your snails? give them to me!!

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alleychatte2002 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (6) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NC Posts: 24	Got any veg in the fridge that's slightly old? Try putting in a lettuce leaf or a slice of cucumber (lengthwise) before lights out at nighttime, then remove it (and the 9 million hangers on) in the morning.

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phibo Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sack Of Mento Posts: 37	Oh no.. now them snails are attack my plants!! what should I do? if i pick up a dwarf puffer will it get along with my ram?

04-11-2008, 12:45 AM	#20 (permalink)
Lotsofish Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 25	I had a 10 gal tank that I kept snails in that I would give my loaches as treats. Then someone gave me a dwarf sunfish so I put it in the 10 gallon as a quarantine. In two days I could not find a single snail in this tank that was overrun with them.

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