How Do I Get Rid of Snails in my Fish Tank?

‎ This three minute Thursday question is: How do I get rid of snails in my fish tank? It's a common question I get. First I try to make sure everyone understands what snails do, and then give options on how they can get rid of them.

I apologize for not looking directly into the camera. This new setup threw me for a loop, I will try and remedy that going forward.

Filming equipment we use:

Studio Equipment for live streams:
Broadcast Software : Wirecast 8.0

0:00 - How do we get rid of snails?
0:16 - How snails get in to your aquarium
0:26 - Why do you want to get rid of them?
1:12 - How to get rid of snails in your fish tank

#Snail #Snails #Aquariumhobby

[lylechipperson]

had a thousand pond snails, added 5 assassin snails now I have a thousand assassin snails great success!!!

[eclipsekcb]

The saying is no longer officially "breeding like rabbits." It has been changed to "breeding like Ramshorn snails."

[maxie]

I loved my snails, when I had 3... now my 20 gallon has 50 odd mystery snails and I’m not loving them as much...

[SusanforSLCAquatics]

Thanks Cory, this was very good information and timely. For the last couple years I have dealt with a lot of rams horn snails and bladder snails and there are a few people who have received snails from me because mine are producing very well due to lax maintenance, over feeding and receiving them in on plants. I really appreciate your three minute Thursdays I think they are a awesome series!

[ohgr]

Thanks, Cory, for teaching me that snails are not the enemy and how to control their populations. I also found a great benefit of having pond snails. My angelfish will eat smashed snails off my finger. It's fun!

[oma.arre.]

These Thursday videos are awesome. Great way to touch on a subject and get a bit of detail without waiting for hours of content. Very focused. Great job guys, I see plenty of these in the future.

[Rews-fish-shed]

New format is clean sure you will get use to it. Snails are a great addition in the tank they are the perfect indicators as to what's going on in a tank.

[dylanelaen]

Thank you! I adopted a big ole tank a month ago, had three snails, woke up to over 50 two days ago, and the pop keeps growing, mini freak out...
Glad I discovered Aquarium Co-op!

[Mungojerry]

I love the snails in my tank, I named them all Gary :)

[LoveRupee]

This advice. Don't try to nuke the pop, just try and cut back the reason the pop thrives. I love this channel so much! Been watching all your videos all day. Such good content. Thank YOU!

[easyrider]

This advice right here is one of the many reasons why I would say Cory is the best expert on fish keeping today. Having dealt with snails in 4 of my aquariums successfully, I have to say Cory's advice works wonderfully.

[savannam.]

Great video! When I worked at a fish store, we had a bit of a population explosion of the small pest snails. So the owner put one larger comet goldfish in each tank. We didn't have saltwater, just freshwater, and those goldfish ate up most of the snails in each tank. Here at home, my mystery snail has reproduced, but it's very little so after a year I have one large and 3 baby mystery snails. I divided them into our other tanks. Mom had a bit of a panic when she saw the baby snail I put in her tank, so I had to explain that as long as we kept doing what we're doing, we shouldn't have a ton of them and that they're beneficial. She now is very fond of her snail and freaks out if she can't find it or thinks it's dead! She used to hate and fear them and now she's attached to hers 😂
It was from one of your other videos that I learned more about snails. Honestly your videos have been so important to me and learning about this hobby I love so much! I really enjoy these new three-minute-thursday videos!

[iceblood]

I had a recent boom of bladder snails, I had a few rams horn and mystery snails. After the bladder snails popped up they have absolutely been eating my stem plants, but only at the base, I have watched them do it. They eat the entire outside of the stem until it’s only a thin clear strand.

[Peace-eyhn]

My 10 gal fish tank received too much sunlight this past winter due to the angle of the sun's rays. 70% of it greened out with algae. Along with that, the handful of snails that were in there proliferated into hundreds. These guys then cleaned up the tank. I've crystal clear glass and crystal clear water now thanks to these little guys and gals.

I scoop a dozen of them out every other day and feed it to the 2 huge common goldfish I have in my 75 gal fish tank. This latter soon to play a role in the mini-aquaponics raft bed for growing lettuce. It's a mini-circle of life.

[charadreemurr]

love every time cory talk about the "get rid of snails" topic because it essentially boils down to: "how do you get rid of snails?" "dont"

[VanBurgen]

Great video! Felt like i just got a one on one session over skype hahaha.. Noice shots Jimmy :)

[stephenfitzgerald]

The pounding heart during the last three seconds was hilarious! Nice touch Jimmy!

[dmx]

Sell them that’s how. Turn your problem into a business opportunity 😂

[matarese]

I agree with you Cory in past videos, snails are the most beneficial organism you really can have in a tank, especially a planted or shrimp tank, I love snails, especially pink ramshorns

[KPAquariums]

Keep this going...absolutely love 3 min Thursday. Great info as always