d3r Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Anyone know a way to rid a 10gallon of snails with out ridding it of shrimp? Haha. Google mostly says "pick them out manually" but I dont really have the time to sit there and pick snails and dont want to disturb the shrimp and plants that much. im leaning towards assassin snails..anyone use em before? Will they harm shrimp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiris Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Put lettuce in the tank and the snails will gather upon it, once they do throw the lettuce out. Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Before assassins. try placing a leaf of lettuce in there. Wait for a while, then pull the leaf out. The shrimp will hop off, the snails will stay. Repeat as often as liked. Another way is to feed a pellet and do the same thing with a net to get the "snail ball"out.. EDIT: Ninja'd. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3r Posted April 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 I will try the lettuce. How long can I leave it in before the lettuce starts to foul the water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Heck, you could leave it in all day if you wanted. You do have to weigh it down, but your goal is to get the snails that have crawled on it. revolutionhope 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3r Posted April 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Right. Ill give it a shot! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiris Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 I leave mine in at night take it out in the morning & replace... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zodiac Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 im leaning towards assassin snails..anyone use em before? Will they harm shrimp? they can eat shrimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGardenofEder Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 I use assassin snails and have some for sale as well if you want they rarely eat shrimp as long as there's other snails for them to eat. I use zucchini to gather my snails, I boil it to sink it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3r Posted April 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Cool. Ill try the vegetable route first..use assassin snails as a last resort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdragon Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 try selling it to people haha revolutionhope 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3r Posted May 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 Well. Put a leaf of lettuce in last night before bed at 1am.. Woke up at 9am.. pulled the lettuce out....only 2snails were on it -.- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiris Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 Yikes, maybe leave on in there and keep checking throughout the day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 Well. Put a leaf of lettuce in last night before bed at 1am.. Woke up at 9am.. pulled the lettuce out....only 2snails were on it -.- Lettuce never worked for me either. Try shrimp food in a shrimp feeding dish. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 The absolute bast way I have found is with a pellet. The snails will pile on, and then just scoop underneath them. But skinned cucumber, leafs have worked for me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maylee Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 I guess it depends on the type of snail but in my experience, assassin snails are more like population control rather than eradication. I hear stories like how some will see several empty shells over night with the introduction of an assassin but in my case, it was more like 1 shell every week. I also find they don't go for baby snails so they would just keep reproducing. With that said, it might have been because I had trumpet snails. Pond snails may be a lot easier for assassins to hunt and eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3r Posted May 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 Interesting...after the comments ive decided against assassin snails..I think ill try the shrimp pellets in a dish move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zodiac Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 take a small glass jar,i used a baby food jar. put the shrimp pellets in it and lay it on the side. if really infested like i was,in a few hours you'll have a bunch of snails on outside of the glass. are these pond snails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted May 2, 2015 Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 I think assassin snails are great to control snail populations. I like to have some snails around. They are good for algae, get rid of leftover food and in their poop microganisms grow that make an excellent food source for shrimps. If the snail population decreases too much, I take the assassins out of the tank. I had some tanks in which the assassins got rid of almost all snails. I never saw them eating a shrimp, even dead ones. And the shrimps are getting very close to the assassins. If an assassin snail is done with a snail, the shrimps eat the leftovers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3r Posted May 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Im no expert in snails haha but going to say yes...theyre pond snails. I will see if I can get a pic later. id say im quite infested..only a 10 gal tank but theres not a 3sq inch area that you can look and NOT see a snail. Mostly tiny babys. ^ thanks. Good info! Im looking for them to be all gone though. So idk if assassin snails would be a plausible way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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