How do you get rid of ramshorn snails?

Hi, I have a Ramshorn snail problem, the problem being theres loads of them. I've tried enticing them using a piece of cucumber as suggested in my aquarium book but it didn't work, any other ideas folks?

 

lettuce or you can try just pulling them out but hand

 

If you can fine one and have space for it a clown loach does wonders also.

 

well i was
reading some
old post and
one post said
to use a old
salt and pepper
shake and put
lettuce in it
and lure the snails in there
i think it shall work

 

I tried the lettuce!

There were no takers for the lettuce and I think I'm a little over stocked already to try the loach. I suppose its back to picking them out with my fingers.

Has anyone used Anti Snail by Interpet? Its supposed to just knock the snails out for a while so that a gravel cleaner can suck them up but I'm worried it might affect the fish!

 

What are the ingredients?

Also, any time I've ever vacuumed up a snail, it clogged the vac so I'm not sure how well that would work.

-Chelle

 

I don't think anyone ever said anything about a vacuum chelle...

 

-Chelle

 

It says that it contains copper sulphate and there are no other ingredients listed. The only instructions are about the amount to added and to do a 50% water change within 4 hours after administration.

The ramshorns are only small and the tubing on my gravel vac is quite large so it not a problem and I normally get a few out when I do a water change anyway.

 

Copper is pretty harsh on fish. And I used a copper based snail killer quite a while ago and it really didn't do much for the snail problem (it killed some, but not many).

Unfortunately, I don't know of any products/methods that are 100% effective for getting rid of snails (short of completely nuking the tank and soaking the filter/decorations/plants/etc in a bleach solution - which is pretty hard on plants. And it means the tank will have to cycle again - which will not be good for the fish). Some loaches are woderful snail eaters, but if you don't have room, that's not a very good option. I think when it comes down to it, you're just going to be stuck manually removing them.

-Chelle

 

Say I had got the room for a loach what sort should I buy? and how big would it grow?