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I have a 72 gallon tank with 2 large angels, a pleco, a 4" cat, and a couple black tetras (inherited from my kid). My problem is that somehow I have gotten these teeny tiny snails in my tank.....hundreds of em. Their shells look like an ice cream cone and the biggest I've seen is maybe a 16th of an inch long. How do I get rid of the nasty little buggers?

Yea, you have corkskreew snails. I would get some kind of loach (i.e. Clown, skunk, or tiger), or even a raphael cat. They all eat snails!:D Some LFS sell a snail killer, but I don't like it.

Later, Billy

yeah definatly clown loach
one of my mates had the same problem then clown loach and a coupple of days later no snales
birchy:D

thanks guys....went to the LFS and they also didn't think that the medicine was a good idea.....they didn't have any kind of loaches....figures!.....they had a second idea till I could get a couple loaches.....they said to put a leaf of romaine lettuce in the tank......said the snails would all gather on the lettuce.....then just gently take out the lettuce and snails gone!......worth a try till I can find some loaches

Yea, you can also use zucchini, it is a little bit cleaner than lettuce.

Later, Billy

woohoo.....finally found a raphael cat!....it looks like he is doing his job already......he's gonna be happy for weeks cleanin up all those nasty little buggers......thanks for the help guys!