Snail Infestation

[Fox]

Originally Posted by Malibu

Hi there, I have a 50 gal tropical tank that has a crazy snail infestation. I've got thousands of little white conical-shaped snails. I bought 2 clown loaches, but they don't seem to do a damn thing.

It is a fully-functioning tank with lots of fish, how can I get rid of these pests?

I recently had the Exact same problem with my 90 gal FW tank...I found that the loaches would eat the brown mystery snails but left the apple snails alone...I went to a LFS and asked if they had any snail bait or traps and was suggested to take a pill bottle (thoroughly cleaned of course), put some algae disks in and poke holes just big enough for them to get in and in a day or so check yer traps...My tank is almost completely clear now in a matter or weeks.

I hope that helps!

[Malibu]

Thanks! I'll try that!...

[sharuq1]

You could try a different loach species. We had a yo-yo and he destroyed every type of snail in the tank.

[Malibu]

do you know anyone in the Red Deer area that sells them? I'm willing to try just about anything.

[Ian]

My clowns have eaten most smal snails but only if they are hungry. I found that if I fedd the tank every day they get lazy but miss a day or two and look out snails...maybe you are making life to easy for them

[Malibu]

They do usually get fed every day because of the other fish I have in the tank...

[Leah]

At are L.F.S I have seen something called snail rid, never tried it when I had fresh but
might be worth looking into.