Aquariums: gang i found a baby snail in my current uncycled tank
i found this baby snail in my newly made tank heavily planted and currently being cycled for about a week? and im really hoping theres not many more baby snail in my tank cause i really hope it dosent overpopulate in there 😭😭
Posted by mistyora
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edgardme3 on
They can hitchhike on plants. You’d need to do a bleach dip to kill them before planting. There’s some treatments that’ll kill snails but they can kill future snails and shrimp too.
itzKori on
I really don’t get the snail hate tbh
Temporary-Cash2119 on
It looks like a little dog head at first glance lol
Mimiichhh on
Happend to me I just ploped them in and they survived the whole process crazy how hardy they are, but there was some plant that was carrying a clutch of ramhorns so now theres hunderds little babies everywhere
If you want to take them out before adding fish, get copper sulfate. It’s toxic to inverts and you can cycle it out before adding fish. It’s my go-to after taking out other inverts. Even done it with fish in the tank but you have to very carefully calculate out the ppm. And have a very accurate scale.
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They can hitchhike on plants. You’d need to do a bleach dip to kill them before planting. There’s some treatments that’ll kill snails but they can kill future snails and shrimp too.
I really don’t get the snail hate tbh
It looks like a little dog head at first glance lol
Happend to me I just ploped them in and they survived the whole process crazy how hardy they are, but there was some plant that was carrying a clutch of ramhorns so now theres hunderds little babies everywhere
Appears to be an adult pond snail.
https://preview.redd.it/q03c90j98xag1.jpeg?width=1512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f1d90e9e3da3e46b2fe874ab9034995d80e204fa
Same!
If you want to take them out before adding fish, get copper sulfate. It’s toxic to inverts and you can cycle it out before adding fish. It’s my go-to after taking out other inverts. Even done it with fish in the tank but you have to very carefully calculate out the ppm. And have a very accurate scale.