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OzShrimp Shrimp Guru

OzShrimp

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Would be interested in knowing peoples proven methods for removing ramshorn snails in mass. Got heaps and they are annoying me but my snail traps catch more shrimp then they do snails.

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NoGi Shrimp Guru

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I've got other snails but have been removing with a fish net and sticks of cucumber. Put the cucumber in, wait till covered with snails, remove, rinse and repeat.

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OzShrimp Shrimp Guru

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I think i might try that, i tried creating my own snail trap with some SS mesh, some hose and a plug but somehow the shrimp still got inside lol

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Proto Shrimp Enthusiast

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I just remove them by hand. I had a tank a month ago that was overrun with them, on the first day I removed over 50, next day over 50, etc and at the moment it's down to removing like 1 or 2 a day (because I don't see the others if they are there) may not remove them completely but they are basically never seen any more.

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Heavyd Shrimp Master

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I recently treated a tank with No Planaria, and treated the tank for 5 days. An additional side effect of the No Planaria is that it killed all of my ramshorn snails in my tank. I have been removing them as they go belly up to reduce the risk of an ammonia spike.

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Matuva Shrimp Breeder

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I have a fish & shrimps tank that was overrun with these things.

 

One of the discus started showing sign of worms infection. I treated with some fluvermal solution, which is used for human/veterinary worm treatment. Fluvermal contains Flubendazole. The discuss passed away, but I can't tell wether I treated it too late or if infection was too advanced. The 3 other discus passed away too. This was a true nightmare as it seems the disease did come with a freshly introduced fish and spreading lightning fast...

 

Though, none of the native neocaridina in the tank was affected. And 4 days after, I remarked all Planorbis (Ramshorn?) were laying dead on the soil. I picked out the corpses, did water changes.

 

I have bought new discus and never see any more snails in that tank.

 

Recently, I saw baby snails in the 300 l tank I use as a plant nursery, dozen and dozen. Fluvermal treatment, and voila! no more. The few guppies inside are OK.

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