Snail Population Explosion

Hi, just wana check with you guys, what will you do with your over-populated ramshorn snails?

It is too cruel to just throw them away??? I don't have any fishes to feed to btw...

its kinda cruel but i crush them and let my shrimps feed on them

[Koji™]

Just collect them and pass them to your LFS which sell them. Or pass to anyone who are interested to get from you.

Thanks for your replies...

I remembered the LFS told me before to "take it out and throw away"..Lols.

Anyway, I think they sell only shrimps, not fishes, that's why she said.
Yeap good idea, I think I can pass on to my other LFS, so he can feed to his fishes....

Thanks.

[midniteguy]

i once threw 1 tub of over 400 ramhorns collected over a few days. :X

Originally Posted by midniteguy

i once threw 1 tub of over 400 ramhorns collected over a few days. :X

WOW! u mean u threw it away? can we throw into drains?? they seem like longkang snails to me though...lol

[midniteguy]

Originally Posted by jamiex09

WOW! u mean u threw it away? can we throw into drains?? they seem like longkang snails to me though...lol

ya i threw it away, really regret tossing ramhorns in. now wanna wipe them out also cant. but recently bought 5 assassin snails and toss them into a tank, seen a decrease in the amount of ramhorn thou. but still got a lot.

[FanAromatic]

Oh... I just gotten 8 small ramshorn snails from a friend, intended to keep it in the shrimp tank.. if this is the case, I will keep it one nice little ramshorn, otherwise, when it'll multiply, it will be hard to control.

Originally Posted by FanAromatic

Oh... I just gotten 8 small ramshorn snails from a friend, intended to keep it in the shrimp tank.. if this is the case, I will keep it one nice little ramshorn, otherwise, when it'll multiply, it will be hard to control.

8?? I started with 2, within a month, I got more than 10, now totally lost count, transferred the big ones to a small tank, will get the babies out from my shrimp tank tonight and give it to my LFS.

For me I breed them intentionally, I like the snails to eat up the balance food left behind from my shrimps; thus when the snails are bigger, I feed them to my Oscar. He loves these "snails snack". " One stone, 2 birds "