9(ish) Ways to Get Rid of Pest Snails from Your Aquarium
Вставка
- Опубліковано 20 чер 2024
- I love aquarium snails, they are incredibly useful as a clean up crew for getting rid of waste food and any buildups of algae, but that's not to say they don't come with a couple of issues. the biggest of which is how fast they breed in an aquarium. This video gives you 9ish ways to get rid of aquarium snails from you tank.
My favourite fishy stuff! (yes these are affiliate links :) )
Lights
Nicrew Classic LED - amzn.to/3fG3Uv6 - Traditional led light that's got a nice high output in a white/cool colour range. Makes plants look extra green.
Nicrew SKY - amzn.to/3Ktn45U - really nice light for natural looking tanks, also the one I use for filming.
Filters
Pat Mini - amzn.to/3fE1u0k - popular for a reason, just a superb little filter thats great for shrimp tanks and fish alike.
ASAP - amzn.to/3nBuytp - the old favourite and the one i return to most frequently.
Air Pump
AP-3 Kit : amzn.to/34UMA3q - Great little air pump, not a silent runner, but has been very reliable for me.
Tanks
Scaper 45 - amzn.to/3KBxG2H - a lovely high quality tank that comes with a super strong light, and a decent enough hang on back filter - perfect for newbies and scapers alike.
My filming stuff
Camera - Cannon 200D - amzn.to/354OLlc - nice camera, easy to use.
BigTripod - Manfrotto befree - amzn.to/3GLXDdj - pricey but super sturdy and can take being knocked over a lot by clumsy operators.
Lil' tripod - amzn.to/355WmQs - can't pronounce the name but it's been a good tripod for filming things on tables or when I have tanks on the floor. - Домашні улюбленці та дикі тварини
A couple months ago my 160litre was overrun with pest snails, I was feeding my fish twice a day and somebody replied to my comment on one of your vids and advised to cut back on the feeding, at the same time I discovered Father Fish who advised STOP OVER FEEDING YOUR FISH 😜, so anywho I feed my fish twice a week now and I have about 10 pest snails left which I'm happy to keep.
Thanks for your vids, they make all the difference to my hobby. 👍❤️🇬🇧
I got the small micro flat snails and long story short years later I'm a snailkeeper not a fishkeeper xD
I love the diversity of the ecology in your tanks. They're so mature! I tried for a long time to get rid of the pest snails but then I gave up and learned how to feed my tanks and the snails manage themselves now and let me know when I'm feeding too much
Excellent tips and advice! Thank you so much for the nice video😊
I don't have snails yet, but I'm told it's inevitable. The only loaches I have are hillstream loaches, and I rather doubt that they will eat snails. I think the idea of putting that squash in will be the perfect solution for catching them if ever they come around. I had never heard of doing that before, but it makes a lot of sense. It's a really good tip. Maybe I'll get a nano aquarium with two pea puffers in it, and dispose of the snails in thre if I ever have a problem with them. Until then, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my luck continues to hold.
I've seen my White Cloud Minnows eat newly hatched snails.
If you put slices of cucumbers in the tank, the snails will go to it. Just remove the slices as they stack up.
This worked great! I would of never thought of that
@@travischaddock4826 snails eat dying plants and fish... for what ever reason they love cucumbers!
I recently accidentally introduced those tiny freshwater limpets into my little 10 gallon tank (via plant purchase, as usual). It took a while for me to figure out what they even were. I had been waiting for them to get bigger so I could see their shape. But, they didn't get bigger and that was their shape! They haven't overrun the tank, though, and I've gotten used to them.
Great comment, I like your style 👌
I use tweezers and traps. My traps vary. A small plastic dish with holes drilled in the bottom and filled with food, Almond leaves, veggies, and floating plants which allow me to pluck them right off the surface with my fingers. My large 7 in female Clown loach loves snails. In that tank are 5 much smaller Clowns, and one 4in Angelicus Botia. All have learned to eat snails by following her lead. It took some time before the younger loaches learned that snails were good eats, so don't expect it to happen quickly. Having that one snail loving Loach really helped speed things along. Now I've introduced snails into all 5 of my other tanks, just so my loaches can have some tasty escargot. The only downside is there are literally no snails cruising around in that tank to help clean up. Well, at least not for long ...
Hello 😊very good ideas, thanks. When you have caught them how do you put them.
Out for the birds? ✌️
what about low ph !? all the snails i put in my tanks multiply like crazy in the begining and then they die off.
or is it that i have low kalcium levels in my water!? I have problem keeping them alive :D
Nightmare the pest snails. I have an outbreak in a 38l tank following additional plants I added. Tank is well maintained and was looking fantastic until the snails. Got 4 dwarf honey gourami but they not interested in the snails. Just tried the courgette and got a good few out. Will leave it in longer upto a week to see if I can get the rest. Loads of baby snails now.
Damn! I use all day these in cooking. I will use one for snail trap and check that! ty.
I have helelnas in a 180 litres aquarium.
How can I take it helena-free, please?
I have 3 pea puffers and a betta that keeps my snail population under control. they leave the shrimp alone but I wish they wouldnt lol its free fish food!!!!!
Nice vijeo...
I loved this video . No to assassin snail and yes to courgettes. Gonna have to Google what that is, but was just about to buy assassins . Ty
Not 100% sure, I believe its Zucchini.
Courgettes is another name for zucchini squash.
@deskjockie4948 I did it and now manageable . Yea0
I had little black growths all over the glass. Very hard to get off. What the heck?
I just crush them and feed it to my community fish they love it
❤
What do guys all do with the removed snails? Disposing them in the household bin? Selling? I'd really like to know!
They are great sautéed in butter, garlic and white wine 🍷 over pasta in a clam sauce
Toss them out or give them to somebody who has a pea puffer
Assassin snail the best choice
I have hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of flat snails. no idea how I originally got them, I only have lab grown plants all bought from the same shop. I have added more than 2 dozen assassin snails and they are making a difference, I can see all the empty shells for myself but the flat snails are out pacing them by far. there's is almost as many snails as I have substrate (living and dead), the floor of the tank is littered with them lol.
I don't really mind. yeah I'm prob feeding too much, that won't help. it seems like a healthy happy ecosystem just not quite balanced. might give the courgette trap a try see if I can be as successful with it.
Can confirm courgette snail trap is awesome. easily taken 2 maybe 300 flat snails out my tank in just 24hrs. I quartered a courgette and de-seeded a quarter yesterday and sunk it with a fork in it to weigh it down. left it over night and checked it this morning around 7am and it was absolutely covered in snails. I washed them off and putt it straight back. just checked it again at the end of the day and once again it was covered.
Leaving it again tonight. very happy with the results. way more collected in one go than I could easily get in a day.
I have another solution you didn’t include. It’s messy, you’ll probably have to vacuum the dead snails from the substrate, and it takes a few days. But it only cost a penny.
so... what's the solution?
@@matiasvega1407 you put a penny in the tank lol. It’ll kill any invertebrate in the tank, including shrimp, so be careful.
@@Brizz-rc2wf Ooooh I didn't get it lmao
I have the opposite problem! Snails die in my tanks 😂
This is what I did. I got 3 cambarellus dwarf crayfish, it didn't eradicate the pest snail population, BUT it drastically dwindled the population. Now the shrimps are the ones that are many
Assassin have like 1 baby once a month
Snails, are good for healthy aquariums.
They are not pests they are beautiful little pets! 😢
Breh my bladder snails are from my live plants…..
So I am curious, is it just my pea puffers that are special/sadistic? They don't eat any snail as I can't find a single dead one, but they do shave off all their antenaes. I did introduce them to a 20 gallon, 4 of them, and there were already 100s of ramshorn snails in there which I was accumulating from plant growout tanks. I also noticed they they love chasing the fat moina that I began breeding in their tank as well. I have 1 tank though I accidentely got snails in and want to remove them, there is zero space to maneuvre around and I don't want to introduce assassin snail, because same problem for me after. Is there a small fish that will do the job 100% ? It's another 20 gallon with a hell of a lot of "hardscape" with PVC pipes everywhere, my hand cant go in unless I drain the water completely, move the tank out of there and then take everything apart for like many hours. 🥲
I had to google "courgette"...