Snails aren't really that bad. If you have an overpopulation, it probably means that you have an overabundance of food/detritus and should cut down on feeding.

 

Done that already. My only thought was that i bought a plant from the green machine a few weeks back that could have been full of eggs. Taking them out and feeding them to my loach

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Sorry man, I don't think that fish exists. I've even seen assassin snails take out a cherry shrimp. If it makes you feel better, those snails were probably always in there, they just went unnoticed until the above ground feast happened...

Manual removal is prob your best bet if you want to thin down their numbers. bait a dish and check it at night

I hear dead rummynose make good bait

 

Yeah they are at the min lol. Out of 17 rummys i have 2 left. Told the fish shop i want a refund this weekend. Taking whats left of the dead bodies back lol

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Just my opinion, but if you lost 13 of 20 rummy nose inside a week I don't know if your water is fine.

 

Water is perfect. I did a few tests and so did the fish shop. No issues found

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Maybe the stock wasn't good? but def need to check water.

Dwarf puffers will like bigger snails, not sure if they'll bother with small ones. Shrimps though, it depends on individual puffers.

 

They said it could be a dodgy batch

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Puffers will eat shrimp, any fish out there that eats snails will also eat shrimp, counter sink a couple pieces of lettuce before lights out and take it out carefully in the morning they will be covered in snails, but also shrimp so get the shrimp off before you take out the lettuce, and yes snsils and shrimp as well as other fish will eat dead fish that's not abnormal.

What do you consider good water quality because you shouldn't lose that many fish that fast unless you have a very bad illness in the tank, or they are being killed by a bully, or bad water quality

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Not a fish, but a cpo will eat snails and generally leave the shrimp alone. Sounds like the snails are a byproduct of a bigger problem so just getting something to eat them might not be the top priority.

 

Just curious what else is in the tank and how old is the setup?

 

Its about 2 months now since setup.
Stocked with-
2 flying foxes, 3 ottos, 2 rummys left, 10 neons, and about 60 shrimp (cherry, chrystal red and some amano's), nerite snails x2

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Nice setup.

I could be wrong, but I've found that rummys don't do that well in new setups, kinda like cardinals. Two months is pretty new.

 

Thanks houseofcards

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I have 6 botia kubotai in my tank along with an absurd amount of cherry shrimp. Only snails that survive are a few of the bigger ramshorns. Pond snails don't stand a chance.

Nice tank, btw.

 

Thanks d33p

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