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Snail Problem

HookedOnFish_MI

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What began as 1 or 2 snails likely brought in through plants is now turning into way more than I’d like in my 75 gallon. Anyone have any tips on how to get rid of them? I don’t mind a few snails here and there but I fear before long they’ll be literally everywhere. You can see a pic of just one spot below on the glass, leaf and wood.
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MacZ

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Collect them whereever you can see them and whenever you see them. Start now, it might take a few weeks, but only that way you can get that done. Normally snail population explosions come from overfeeding. I totally forgot to ask if there are snails in your tank before you added the leaves. They have a lot of food now. But it can be controlled if you start to manage the population right now.
 

HookedOnFish_MI

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Collect them whereever you can see them and whenever you see them. Start now, it might take a few weeks, but only that way you can get that done. Normally snail population explosions come from overfeeding. I totally forgot to ask if there are snails in your tank before you added the leaves. They have a lot of food now. But it can be controlled if you start to manage the population right now.
Thanks, I will do that. Did the same in my 15 a while back and solved the problem. There weren’t as many though.

I did have some snails before the leaves were added, but nothing like the population today.
 

MacZ

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Yeah, in blackwater the problem would solve itself, as it's too acidic for snails, but here you have to react switfly, otherwise the leaf litter makes the snail population get out of hand.
After bringing them to a certain population you might want to add a few assassin snails to keep them under control. Though those may also reproduce.
 

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