leo23 Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 >> dear brothers out there.... >> i need ure help/infos on how to stop e nos of snails frm growing inside ure tank. >> recently i did not ON my lites for few days n found out that these snails keep on growing inside my tank. >> any solution for this?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yapster Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 i also have this problem, with snails boom. world cup period woke up to catch them before match started, was i did. daryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member iskay Posted July 27, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted July 27, 2010 If they are Stomatella, cerite, nerith, trochus, or turbo snails, they are harmless and beneficial as algae control. Quote "Be formless... shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend..." - Lei Siu Lung (Bruce Lee) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenkoh08 Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 u can start to get the Pufferfish Pufferfish has developed a completely different tactic and will use its strong jaws to crush the shell of the snail before devouring the soft part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingwe Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I have turbo snails that bred in my tank, they might be the offspring of your algae clean up snails. notice that they usually come out only at night so thats why you've only just noticed them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yapster Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 thanks guys. actually i don't know what snails are they, but definitely not turbo. my quantity is quite alot, to the point of "cannot tahan" liao. another reason to remove was, didn't want extra nitrate in my tank. my tank is non-sump & simple setup. pls see attached. daryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member BFG Posted July 28, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted July 28, 2010 If you remove or devastate the stomatella population, good luck to you. These are the good hitch hiker and should be protected rather than destroy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member iskay Posted July 28, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted July 28, 2010 Can't see any snails from your photos. We can help ID if you can post a photo of the snails. Quote "Be formless... shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend..." - Lei Siu Lung (Bruce Lee) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnsfpl Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 if you are referring to those 5mm rounded snail i have hundreds of them, could even hit a thousand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yapster Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 yup... looks like those in pic... though i caught 100+ of them during world cup period, still have many inside tank... daryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yapster Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 oso have those cone shaped ones, which are harder to remove... but lesser in quantity... daryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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