Pond snails while cycling

PapHater · 05-06-2013, 02:28 AM

I'm a week and a half in to my cycling and the pond snails are already starting to ramp up. I have no problem with them now but I'm debating whether I should try and wipe them out once my cycle is done or just let them be. I don't have that big of a problem with them but I worry about the risk of their population exploding and competing against the nerites/shrimp I get once the tank is done cycling. I feel like if I was ever going to have a chance at stopping them it would be before I put any live stock in.

Clemsons2k · 05-06-2013, 02:32 AM

You can try to kill them but you won't ever get them all unless you poison them. Which might be a good natural ammonia source for your cycle.

assasin6547 · 05-06-2013, 03:11 AM

Just get assassins to rage the war for you.

wicca27 · 05-06-2013, 03:30 AM

as long as you dont over feed you should be ok. you can always pull all you see if you dont like them and that is way easier before its planted

MMantelli · 05-06-2013, 06:03 AM

Declare war with asassins. There cool to watch. But they sometimes gang up on nerites.

creekbottom · 05-06-2013, 03:28 PM

If you're OCD and want something to do you could pick them out. I always just leave them be. The population explodes and they clean up all the stuff that melts and dies in a new tank and then they stop.

Anything you put in there to kill them could be a residual problem for other snails and shrimp you throw in later.

PapHater · 05-09-2013, 12:12 AM

Thanks guys, I think I'll leave them for now.

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05-06-2013, 02:28 AM	#1
PapHater Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Idaho Posts: 38	Pond snails while cycling I'm a week and a half in to my cycling and the pond snails are already starting to ramp up. I have no problem with them now but I'm debating whether I should try and wipe them out once my cycle is done or just let them be. I don't have that big of a problem with them but I worry about the risk of their population exploding and competing against the nerites/shrimp I get once the tank is done cycling. I feel like if I was ever going to have a chance at stopping them it would be before I put any live stock in.

05-06-2013, 02:32 AM	#2
Clemsons2k Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: May 2009 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 537	You can try to kill them but you won't ever get them all unless you poison them. Which might be a good natural ammonia source for your cycle. __________________ 3G - Land of Misfit Plants [ Plakat Betta, MTS / Marimo Ball, Java Moss, Windelov Java Fern, Random Floaters ] 10G - Low Tech Planted [ Chocolate Neos, MTS, Tracked Nerite / Anubias Nana, Windelov Java Fern, Water Wisteria, Dwarf Hairgrass, Dwarf Sag ] 29G - Non Planted Community [ Ghost Shrimp, MTS ]

05-06-2013, 03:11 AM	#3
assasin6547 Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Broomfield, CO Posts: 599	Just get assassins to rage the war for you. __________________ How I feel about non-planted aquariums.

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05-06-2013, 03:30 AM	#4
wicca27 Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: May 2009 Location: Fort Knox Posts: 2,706	as long as you dont over feed you should be ok. you can always pull all you see if you dont like them and that is way easier before its planted

05-06-2013, 06:03 AM	#5
MMantelli Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2013 Location: Centeal Florida Posts: 25	Declare war with asassins. There cool to watch. But they sometimes gang up on nerites.

05-06-2013, 03:28 PM	#6
creekbottom Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Edmonton, Canada Posts: 214	If you're OCD and want something to do you could pick them out. I always just leave them be. The population explodes and they clean up all the stuff that melts and dies in a new tank and then they stop. Anything you put in there to kill them could be a residual problem for other snails and shrimp you throw in later.

05-09-2013, 12:12 AM	#7
PapHater Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Idaho Posts: 38	Thanks guys, I think I'll leave them for now.