Snail control

**Green Baron** · 26th Apr 2004, 10:44

Other than puffer fish, what other fish is good for eradicating snails ?

**juggler** · 26th Apr 2004, 10:53

Ghost shrimps can keep them under control, not totally wiping them out though.

**joestoys** · 26th Apr 2004, 12:16

[quote:5a5e7d6e87="juggler"]Ghost shrimps can keep them under control, not totally wiping them out though.[/quote:5a5e7d6e87]

really??? they eat their eggs?

**gks** · 26th Apr 2004, 12:22

One of my feeder shrimps attacked a snail that I was going to remove.

It used its pincers to flip the snail and then dug in the flesh to feast. Now my one-foot tank is cleared of snail but has a BBA problem!

**juggler** · 26th Apr 2004, 14:37

[quote:6c841e2cd8="joestoys"][quote:6c841e2cd8="juggler"]Ghost shrimps can keep them under control, not totally wiping them out though.[/quote:6c841e2cd8]

really??? they eat their eggs?[/quote:6c841e2cd8]

They eat the snails and leftover fish food. As for eggs? I am not sure.

**joestoys** · 26th Apr 2004, 15:27

ghost shrimp... is it those that you feed to LH and Arowana??

they just attack smaller snail? will get some to control the snail . thanks guys

**Desewer** · 28th Apr 2004, 21:13

Ian from Kingfisher (see LFS list) recommended me his sparkling gourami. According to him, the sparkling gourami will also eat snails in the aquarium. I bought two such gouramis and have yet to see them eat any snails, but then again my tank has no snails!

He said he got the info from another hobbyist who saw the sparkling gourami eating snails. Recently I have been picking small snails from my 4 outdoor ponds and putting them in my tank on weekends, as *treats* for my puffer and my sparkling gouramis. The snails are nowhere to be seen in under an hour.

**anarchy** · 29th Apr 2004, 08:59

my apistos ocassionaly suck snails. but, the snails in my 4 footer are very huge. so, removing them after algae problem is gone.

**elmike** · 29th Apr 2004, 12:26

I would have no snails in my tank.

My 2ft tank was once invaded by snail - hundreds of them. Since that incident, I never bought plts from that lfs that sold "plts packaged w snail eggs" again. I would turn off the lights (while I'm still wide awake) to fool them out and then fish them out w nets.

To me, snails are more of a devil than an angel. Some people would suggest that clown loaches are good snail buster, but my experience had shown otherwise. Clowns that they are, they would swim past and poke fun at the snails only to befriend them later. Maybe they are racist creatures and would behave differently w different sp of snails