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Permalink Reply by 2apes2gp667wr on August 20, 2011 at 5:10pm

What kind?  You can make a snail trap.  I know someone has a video of one on here.  Unless you are really overrun just take them out by hand.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel89 on August 20, 2011 at 6:35pm

Yes snail trap use a a plastic bottle. Works great

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Permalink Reply by Jim on August 21, 2011 at 3:41pm

could always get a Chromobotia macracanthus if the other fish allows it, really good at keeping it clean

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Permalink Reply by R S on August 29, 2011 at 7:39pm

the guy at my pet shop said u can get these OTHER snails called assassin snails and they'll basically go in and just, I think, kill and eat all the other snails in ur tank. He said his friend got three assassin snails and the worked great and not he's got like 12 assassin snails that he is planning on selling back to some other pet shop.

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Permalink Reply by PaducahFishFan on August 29, 2011 at 9:42pm

When you see one get it out of your tank and toss it in the trash.  That will eventually get rid of them.  The problem is anytime you buy a new plant there is a high chance it has snail eggs on it.

 

That works on a small tank but not very well on a deep tank where it's hard to reach places.

 

Any chemical you use to kill snails will do harm to any shrimp in the tank.  You need to keep that in mind.

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