eradication of snails

[oldwhitewood]

Hey guys, hope everyone is well. I'm setting up a new tank over the next few weeks and wondered if you had any advice on getting rid of snails.....i.e terminating with extreme prejudice! Well I say this but obviously there is nothing in the tank at the moment and most of the plants I will be buying from tropica so I would hope they're snail free, however I do have some existing ferns which I wouldn't mind using again but I know they'll be snail eggs on them and allsorts.

What's the best method to clean the plants before putting them into the tank? Or is it better not to risk it?

 

[spyder]

Can snails be gassed? Easy carbo overdose? That and manual removal with a piece of cucumber should be a good start.

 

[Alastair]

Just give the plants a really good rinse through to remove any possible snails/eggs. Depending on your tank, if you do begin to see alot of snail, maybe get one or two assassin snails. They dont mass produce like others and are great at wiping out pest snails

 

[a1Matt]

this is not an orthodox method... Stick a piece of copper tubing in the tank. Leave for long enough to poison the snails. Then remove and do several 100% wc before adding any livestock.

 

[Alastair]

lol

 

[SuperWen]

mini puffer 😀

 

[Ian Holdich]

assassin snail.

 

[Derek Tweedie]

I use Assassin snails or the old fashioned method of crushing them against the glass. But watch if you have other snail species my Assassins ate my Nerite snails! It was twice the size as well.

 

[oldwhitewood]

Yeah those methods are good if you already have a tank with a snails infestation, I remember being someone telling me you can get some chemical which slows them down, I said erm catching them while they're moving isn't exactly the problem?!?!? 😀

what about washing plants?

 

[a1Matt]

Washing plants works too 🙂

 

[oldwhitewood]

Washing plants works too 🙂

Inspired insight!

 

[Matt Warner]

You can get snail traps I think in which the snails get into it but can't get back out. I'm not sure how well they work though.