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Hello my name is DizzyBlue and I have a snail issue ..... There it's out in the open I have confessed! Ok this is probably NOT the correct folder to pop up a post regarding snails generally doing my head in. I have it would seem two species of snails in my shrimp tank and getting rid of the little blighters is proving to be a full range nightmare. Bladder and rams horn snails. They must have come in on plants. Apologies to those who like snails and keep them as pets. I have purchased a snail trap .... so far no snail wants to go into it. They have obviously heard what it's for and decided its not the des-res they wished for. I debated getting another snail to get rid of the pest snails oh yes I debated the assassin. But having been freaked out by watching somebody's YouTube video of an assassin grabbing a cherry shrimp and just about having a nervous breakdown watching the poor cherry struggling for a very long time to get away and seeing the damage she sustained ..... well that was the end of that thought process. The thought of watching my tank to relax and seeing that happening instead would probably just about finish me off. Don't want to put fish in there that may think my shrimp buddies are lunch either. Not in to fish, although I have some neon tetra in the tank and they have decided to breed which is going to be a nightmare waiting to happen in the future should their young survive. They have been good around the shrimp young and have rarely seen any baby shrimp end up as lunch thank goodness. The tetra were a very bad judgement purchase on my behalf but it's not their fault so they have stayed. At the moment I use a small net and an artists paint brush (new unused and scrubbed within an inch of its life) to sweep the little beggars up and in to the net and then pop them into a jam jar with tank water in it just to double check I don't inadvertently sweep up a baby shrimp. I have also used a meat baster to suck up the little blighters and it's great for removing snail eggs. So tips on snail gathering / removal would be appreciated. Is there a little kind of L shaped sieve or riddle that can be purchased to gather them up out of the substrate as they "march across"? Perhaps a long handled perspex collector of sorts (so I can see what's in there) sort of like the shape of a tiny household dustpan with mesh at the back to allow the water to drain? ANTHING really! I am becoming obsessed by snail removal and would like to get back to just watching me shrimp buddies. I feel cleansed now I have this off my chest :) Any tips gratefully received and mass apologies to snail fans worldwide.