The only snails I will allow in my tanks are Nerite snails. They keep the tanks so clean it’s amazing, plus, their eggs don’t hatch in fresh water, so if you buy 10, you’ll only have 10.
@@LittleIowaHomestead ..I have a small tank for my Nerites, i put cuttle fish in because they need the calcium for their shells, then I just take them out and put them in my other tanks when the algae is building up. I had a 60litre tank which was just green with algae. 10 snails took just two and a half days to clean it almost completely. 🤗🇬🇧
To get them out boil a spinach leaf for maybe 7 minutes, choose a sturdy one so you can tie a string on it for easy removal. Drop it in and within an hour it'll be covered with snails. Take them out and put the leaf back. If you have a lot of snails you can do several leaves at a time to speed things up. Repeat until there are no more snails, might have to take a day or 2 with it. Then you'll have eggs hatch out, stay calm, they don't usually start throwing eggs until about pea sized, so you have a little time, maybe 2 months to play with. Repeat the first process and get the babies out before they mature and you're done. I did this with bladder snails and it worked, every last one, you just need to be a little diligent. With my ramshorns I just sell them on craigslist, sometimes it takes a couple weeks but I always get buyers. If you keep feeding down you can keep numbers down, but if they get even a sliver of a leaf they'll throw eggs. I'm always turning my colony over and I love them. Another thing is that the bigger a ramshorn is, the more likely it is to throw eggs, so often, I let go of snails I'd like to keep in order to keep breeding down. I find that feeding your fish live foods, like daphnia or mosquito larvae is really helpful, cause there is no leftovers. Honestly I couldn't keep the colony if I couldn't turn it over. As a backup, my lfs keeps puffers and will take my snails to feed his fish, that's a last resort, but a helpful cushion if things get too crazy, I definitely overfeed my tank tho.
You probably had a huge imbalance because I've never had rams horns go out of control like that whether it's from alge or over feeding It was causing the young to live. I've also never had them eat my live plants unless they where new plants adapting to my water or I haven't added fretz in awhile causing them to die off, the snails will know before you do when a plant is dying and eat it which actually helps the plant.. clip out all the parts they eat it will help the plant redirect energy into growing a new leaf instead of repairing the bad one I keep them in all my tanks I think they're great for the ecosystem
You can periodically put a slice of cucumber, squash, or zucchini and next morning or that evening will be covered with them. They are excellent food for turtles dodos and cichlids as well as chickens. It keeps the population down and gives the ones that do stay alive in there plenty of food
I've had ramshorns in mine for a while and all my plats, anubias and javas are intact even thought of leaving the leaves with some brownish spots for the to clean up but they are no interested... but my glass isnt growing algae eater i feed algae wafers to my corydoras but they never seem to finish it leaving just a mess on the floor which the snails love
At the time of this video I literally threw them away in the garbage. But I suggest getting some assassin snails. They got rid of every single ramshorn snail in my tank.
Mrs. WiseRat Cory from aquarium co-op here on TH-cam also gives some good tips on maintaining these “pest” snails because he thinks they are great for the aquarium. For example leaving a lettuce leaf at the top of the water somewhere before you go to sleep and when you wake up you remove the leaf and the snails that are there and you can maintain the population like that :)
Mrs. WiseRat th-cam.com/video/GFhr1ujIeB0/w-d-xo.html :D it is a good video, maybe it can help you a bit if you haven’t watched it before! Ahah 🤣 love your tank! I have to see if there is any more recent videos
Dose with Panacur (dog dewormer). It will kill a lot of snails (over 2-3 days) but does not harm fish nor shrimp. It killed all the young snails but left some adults. Having a few adult snails is ok but too many will turn into an infestation. Panacur did not harm adult mystery snails or the Assasins(they buried themselves). It killed ALL the nerites :-(. After the die-off vacuum the gravel. The Panacur does not last in the water. I used 2 dosing sessions in each of my six tanks. Water goes milky when you add it. Dissolve crushed Panacur in treated water. 1packet in 50ml water. I used 1ml per 10g dosage via a syringe. Panacur also killed my primary targets Hydra and Planaria.
If you feed them fresh veggies everyday, that should leave the plants alone. By the looks of it, it seems that they have bred so much that food is harder to get as there is too many after the food so they resorted to eating your plants :(
Thank You for posting this most people say that Ramshorns do not eat plans they will eat dying ones. You have just proved that that old wife's tale is complacently wrong. I found you just in time as I to mysteriously found three large ones and thought the same as you.
Nice video..I have transform snails.I might b wrong but I read that these snails do eat algae off plants which I love..I love my plants too,however the article went on to say when they look like they are eating plants they are eating the plants that are dying...
They do eat algae off of plants, it's true. Algae is their favorite. In my situation, though, there were more snails than there was algae (because they had already eaten it all). Only thing left for them to eat was my plants. Even my perfectly healthy plants. I totally wouldn't have minded them in my tank if they refused to eat healthy plant matter. When times get tough, I suppose. Thank you for watching, Mr. Keith B.
Your story is my story to the tee. Got an aquarium to water my plants with tank water! Snails slowly took over...my tank crashed and ALL my tetras died. Now the snails are eating alll my plants. I am about to do what you’re doing and take everything out, including my beta, and start from scratch
It helped for sure, but I still suggest getting some assassin snails to eliminate any snails that you don't catch. My assassin snails took care of every last snail.
I had a 50 gallon tank for years and I loved having that tank. It was peaceful and beautiful and my fish reproduced because I took such good care of it but I never had snails. Probably because the fish I had were hearty cichlids and they had teeth!! They ate everything that wasn't another cichlid. Try getting a plecostomus, those are for your algae. They get pretty big though so start off with as small as you can find. My son had a tank as well and he had the most beautiful rainbow shark like yours. It got pretty big.
I wish we did have one. Hey, the shark is a very familiar body. Do you have any idea what cichlids are? Look into them if you ever decide to get any, let me know, I even delivered the fry because the mom wouldn't release them from her mouth. That was an experience. We had so many babies I was giving them away by the dozen. Love it though.
@@soapsforlove4168 I do know what cichlids. They are some of the prettiest fresh water fish. I would like to get some one day. My tank is just 30 gallons and I have read they are happier in a larger tank.
i thought it would be cool to get some snails at the lake... then i found out they are ramshorn snails.. now i have millions in my 20 gallon tank, going to get some assassin snails
All omnivorous snails eat healthy plants, those with soft leaves, if they have nothing else to eat. They don't want to starve. I feed them sanitary food once every 24 hours. Not much so that their numbers don't explode.
do they actually eat healthy plants? Or, when the population of snails get high enough, does the increased acid in the tank burn the plants, then the snails eat the damaged plants?
From my observation, yes, they were eating healthy plants. But it seems like a lot of people think it's just impossible a snail would eat anything other than dying plant matter.
@@LittleIowaHomestead in my tank, i see them eating less vibrant looking leaves. But i do not see them actively eating leaves that are fresh/healthy ones
I've had ramshorns for years, never had them eat plants.... I think possibly being no food for them... ie not enough algae, decaying matter, shrimp pellets etc... they may need to start eating plants to live. I keep mine with shrimp. They also eat the shrimp pellets..... im no expert tho 🙂
@@crazysithslave i hate rams horn snails SO much. and every video is about how to 'control' them, but ZERO videos tell you how to completely clear 100% of ALL ram shorn snails from the aquarium forever.
The only snails I will allow in my tanks are Nerite snails. They keep the tanks so clean it’s amazing, plus, their eggs don’t hatch in fresh water, so if you buy 10, you’ll only have 10.
That is fantastic to know!
@@LittleIowaHomestead ..I have a small tank for my Nerites, i put cuttle fish in because they need the calcium for their shells, then I just take them out and put them in my other tanks when the algae is building up. I had a 60litre tank which was just green with algae. 10 snails took just two and a half days to clean it almost completely. 🤗🇬🇧
@@MoonSpinners thank you for sharing your experience. I will totally be on the lookout for a couple Netrite snails 🐌
@@LittleIowaHomestead ..😄👍 no probs. I got mine on e-bay. (Common name, Red onion snails)
To get them out boil a spinach leaf for maybe 7 minutes, choose a sturdy one so you can tie a string on it for easy removal. Drop it in and within an hour it'll be covered with snails. Take them out and put the leaf back. If you have a lot of snails you can do several leaves at a time to speed things up. Repeat until there are no more snails, might have to take a day or 2 with it. Then you'll have eggs hatch out, stay calm, they don't usually start throwing eggs until about pea sized, so you have a little time, maybe 2 months to play with. Repeat the first process and get the babies out before they mature and you're done. I did this with bladder snails and it worked, every last one, you just need to be a little diligent. With my ramshorns I just sell them on craigslist, sometimes it takes a couple weeks but I always get buyers. If you keep feeding down you can keep numbers down, but if they get even a sliver of a leaf they'll throw eggs. I'm always turning my colony over and I love them. Another thing is that the bigger a ramshorn is, the more likely it is to throw eggs, so often, I let go of snails I'd like to keep in order to keep breeding down. I find that feeding your fish live foods, like daphnia or mosquito larvae is really helpful, cause there is no leftovers. Honestly I couldn't keep the colony if I couldn't turn it over. As a backup, my lfs keeps puffers and will take my snails to feed his fish, that's a last resort, but a helpful cushion if things get too crazy, I definitely overfeed my tank tho.
Great advice! Thank you so much for taking the time to share all this helpful information! :)
You probably had a huge imbalance because I've never had rams horns go out of control like that whether it's from alge or over feeding It was causing the young to live. I've also never had them eat my live plants unless they where new plants adapting to my water or I haven't added fretz in awhile causing them to die off, the snails will know before you do when a plant is dying and eat it which actually helps the plant.. clip out all the parts they eat it will help the plant redirect energy into growing a new leaf instead of repairing the bad one
I keep them in all my tanks I think they're great for the ecosystem
Thank you for sharing! It's all under control since then.
Thanks for sharing this story. I guess that’s one problem goldfish keepers don’t have to worry about.
You can periodically put a slice of cucumber, squash, or zucchini and next morning or that evening will be covered with them. They are excellent food for turtles dodos and cichlids as well as chickens. It keeps the population down and gives the ones that do stay alive in there plenty of food
I've had ramshorns in mine for a while and all my plats, anubias and javas are intact even thought of leaving the leaves with some brownish spots for the to clean up but they are no interested... but my glass isnt growing algae eater i feed algae wafers to my corydoras but they never seem to finish it leaving just a mess on the floor which the snails love
Oh no! Snails are so cute, but I understand. Something that can breed so easily in a short time need to eat.
I know, they are cute. I didn't want to kill them but it got too out of hand. I can give you unlimited snails when you come back to Iowa.
What do u do with all the snails that you removed? Im having the exact same snail problem right now 😭😭
At the time of this video I literally threw them away in the garbage. But I suggest getting some assassin snails. They got rid of every single ramshorn snail in my tank.
Damn.... you could have just got yoyo loaches to eradicatevthe snails
My assassin snails actually did the job. But, I hardly knew any better at the time of recording this.
Mrs. WiseRat Cory from aquarium co-op here on TH-cam also gives some good tips on maintaining these “pest” snails because he thinks they are great for the aquarium.
For example leaving a lettuce leaf at the top of the water somewhere before you go to sleep and when you wake up you remove the leaf and the snails that are there and you can maintain the population like that :)
Mrs. WiseRat th-cam.com/video/GFhr1ujIeB0/w-d-xo.html :D it is a good video, maybe it can help you a bit if you haven’t watched it before! Ahah 🤣 love your tank! I have to see if there is any more recent videos
@@AdriCr4ft thank you, I appreciate all your tips and advice. Thank you for watching 💕
Yup
Dose with Panacur (dog dewormer). It will kill a lot of snails (over 2-3 days) but does not harm fish nor shrimp. It killed all the young snails but left some adults. Having a few adult snails is ok but too many will turn into an infestation. Panacur did not harm adult mystery snails or the Assasins(they buried themselves). It killed ALL the nerites :-(. After the die-off vacuum the gravel. The Panacur does not last in the water. I used 2 dosing sessions in each of my six tanks. Water goes milky when you add it. Dissolve crushed Panacur in treated water. 1packet in 50ml water. I used 1ml per 10g dosage via a syringe. Panacur also killed my primary targets Hydra and Planaria.
You have great taste in aquarium fish, I love the pearl gourmie and red fin freshwater shark
That is very kind of you, thank you
yoyo loaches love snails. Just a hint...
Thank you 💕
So very interesting, ty for sharing
Thank you for being here 🐌🐌🐌
If you feed them fresh veggies everyday, that should leave the plants alone. By the looks of it, it seems that they have bred so much that food is harder to get as there is too many after the food so they resorted to eating your plants :(
Yes, you are correct. Too many snails, not enough food.
Thank You for posting this most people say that Ramshorns do not eat plans they will eat dying ones. You have just proved that that old wife's tale is complacently wrong. I found you just in time as I to mysteriously found three large ones and thought the same as you.
Thanks, glad you found this video helpful, my friend
Nice video..I have transform snails.I might b wrong but I read that these snails do eat algae off plants which I love..I love my plants too,however the article went on to say when they look like they are eating plants they are eating the plants that are dying...
They do eat algae off of plants, it's true. Algae is their favorite. In my situation, though, there were more snails than there was algae (because they had already eaten it all). Only thing left for them to eat was my plants. Even my perfectly healthy plants. I totally wouldn't have minded them in my tank if they refused to eat healthy plant matter. When times get tough, I suppose.
Thank you for watching, Mr. Keith B.
Your story is my story to the tee. Got an aquarium to water my plants with tank water! Snails slowly took over...my tank crashed and ALL my tetras died. Now the snails are eating alll my plants. I am about to do what you’re doing and take everything out, including my beta, and start from scratch
It helped for sure, but I still suggest getting some assassin snails to eliminate any snails that you don't catch. My assassin snails took care of every last snail.
I had a 50 gallon tank for years and I loved having that tank. It was peaceful and beautiful and my fish reproduced because I took such good care of it but I never had snails. Probably because the fish I had were hearty cichlids and they had teeth!! They ate everything that wasn't another cichlid. Try getting a plecostomus, those are for your algae. They get pretty big though so start off with as small as you can find. My son had a tank as well and he had the most beautiful rainbow shark like yours. It got pretty big.
Aww, thank you for sharing! Do you have any aquarium anymore? You are very observant to notice my rainbow shark :)
I wish we did have one. Hey, the shark is a very familiar body. Do you have any idea what cichlids are? Look into them if you ever decide to get any, let me know, I even delivered the fry because the mom wouldn't release them from her mouth. That was an experience. We had so many babies I was giving them away by the dozen. Love it though.
@@soapsforlove4168 I do know what cichlids. They are some of the prettiest fresh water fish. I would like to get some one day. My tank is just 30 gallons and I have read they are happier in a larger tank.
@@soapsforlove4168 also, that is really neat that you had so many cichlid fry. I used to have a ton of mollies because they bred really easily.
I read that when the PH is just right, then the fry just keep coming. MAN...I miss them.
They don't eat healthy leaves.
But they do.
I’ve never seen so many snails all in one place
Aww, thanks for watching, Jake! 🥫
I ordered these Ramshore Snails before I Research them… When I got them in the Mail” I took them to my Local Fish Store & Gave them, to them..👻
i thought it would be cool to get some snails at the lake... then i found out they are ramshorn snails.. now i have millions in my 20 gallon tank, going to get some assassin snails
Assassin snails really work. They were the answer to my problem.
@@LittleIowaHomestead truth mine assasin snail eat them like tomorrow is the end of the world,,😂😂
I remember when you gave us some snails and I see the one fish from the end of 2018 are they doing good?
Yep they are doing good! Thanks for watching, Elizabeth ❤️
Yes sadly but true when snails don’t have enough resources they will being to eat live plants as a vigge sac
All omnivorous snails eat healthy plants, those with soft leaves, if they have nothing else to eat. They don't want to starve. I feed them sanitary food once every 24 hours. Not much so that their numbers don't explode.
I would love a love a explosion of snails my tank need them for my puffer fish
I guess you could have a little snail tank to get them breeding. I'm sure your puffer fish would eat them way faster than they can multiply.
Flourish excel will also kill snails
Thank you for the advice!
Assassin snails x
They do the job for you
You're right about that
do they actually eat healthy plants? Or, when the population of snails get high enough, does the
increased acid in the tank burn the plants, then the snails eat the damaged plants?
From my observation, yes, they were eating healthy plants. But it seems like a lot of people think it's just impossible a snail would eat anything other than dying plant matter.
@@LittleIowaHomestead in my tank, i see them eating less vibrant looking leaves. But i do not see them actively eating leaves that are fresh/healthy ones
I've had ramshorns for years, never had them eat plants.... I think possibly being no food for them... ie not enough algae, decaying matter, shrimp pellets etc... they may need to start eating plants to live. I keep mine with shrimp. They also eat the shrimp pellets..... im no expert tho 🙂
@@crazysithslave i hate rams horn snails SO much. and every video is about how to 'control' them, but ZERO videos tell you how to completely clear 100% of ALL ram shorn snails from the aquarium forever.
Use no planeria or fenbendazole, it kills all snails and harmless to fishes
Good to know, thank you. Though my assassin snails took care of the problem
I just paid ten bucks for nineteen snails..
Breeding for my puffers.
A thin slice of zucchini quickly attracts them, too.
Trying to grow them fast! 😂😂
Goldfish, eat snails
Pea puffers will eat them
Those are cute little fish
You can remove your fish for a while, then put some turtles in there, they would love to eat those snails.
They don't eat live matter your plants where dying 🤣 also use plant dip next time or zebra loaches the love to eat snails
No, the plants weren't dying. If they were only eating dead plant matter then I wouldn't have cared.
@@shockadellick They think they know, but they don't.
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