outbreak of tiny snails!!

[somebody]

many tiny snails... esp at night!!

=(

any solutions?

[lightningstrike]

euplicas???

[somebody]

huh?? what's that??

sigh...dunno where these snails get their shell from... so many small ones. so many shells.... dunno from where sia...

sianz..

[lightningstrike]

do the adults look like those shown in the pic attached? if yes, they r euplicas.

[somebody]

yep, they are...

=( how??

[lightningstrike]

yep, they are...

=( how??

dun worry 2 much....... euplica scriptas r good algae grazers. if u find u hv 2 many of them, u can always harvest the adult euplicas and give them away.

that's what i used to do.

[FuEl]

Snails grow their own shells..they don't take over shells from other creatures like what hermit crabs do. As to control them, maybe you can try a small wrasse or if your tank is large maybe a mandarin. Newly hatched snails don't have very hard shells. Or you could always harvest the eggs before they hatch and sell them as soon as they hatch to mandarin keepers.

[somebody]

mandarin's would eat them with the shell??

[FuEl]

mandarin's would eat them with the shell??

If newly hatched why not? The shells would not have hardened yet.

[somebody]

kewl... didn't know that... haha.. thnk a mandarin might be quite happy in my tank then. got soooo many

[FuEl]

kewl... didn't know that... haha.. thnk a mandarin might be quite happy in my tank then. got soooo many

Hmm..consider a mandarin only if your tank is large, if not you'll have to worry about weaning it when the snails run out..

[ervine]

i once had a family of snails appear from nowhere... was quite excited but I believe only 1 made it to adulthood...