Pest snail colony inside the hose pipe of my Canister filter

[maverick786us]

I noticed that pest snails have formed a colony inside the intake hose tube of my canister filter Eheim Classic 250. I am trying to figure out how the hell they surpassed the pre-filter sponge and got inside. Though my filter has started clogging yet. But do you think these snails can create problem as long as they are inside the hose tube?

 

[Zeus.]

Little snails have a way of getting everywhere, all my filters always had snails in them even with prefilter.

 

[maverick786us]

Do I need to worry?

 

[maverick786us]

Do I need to worry?

 

[greenfib]

It highly depends on the snail you have, and your tolerance to them. I have ramshorn snails (Planorbidae), they came with a plant and I love them. They clean the aquarium and are a good indicator of overfeeding your fishes: their population will explode if you do.

 

[simon_the_plant_nerd]

Little snails have a way of getting everywhere,

I clean my pond filter annually. It’s more snails than filter come the end of autumn. And leeches. Lots of leeches.

 

[hypnogogia]

Eggs probably get sucked up and then hatch inside filter.

I’d have thought the only thing to watch is that they don’t restrict the flow of the filter if they’re in the pipework. If they’re a bother, clean the filter and then feed less. Snail populations increase and decrease in proportion to food availability. Yes, they’re good as clean up crew, but you don’t want to have so much excess food that the population explodes.

 

[maverick786us]

Yes I have reduced the feeding from twice a day to once in 2 days