Minsc

I've read many times of the zucchini trick for removing snails, ie: add zucchini slice at night, remove in morning along with snails. My question is, what do you do with the snails once they've been caught?

I'm probably just too much of a city boy, but throwing living aquatic creatures in the trash seems a bit cruel

epicfish

You can send them to me. =P

Throw them in a zip lock bag with some water and some air, slice of zucchini, send them media mail or parcel post to me. =)

wiste

Snails make good food for some fish. I move snails into a tank with clown loaches. They do not eradicate the snails in the tank but they keep them under control. Softer shelled snails can be crushed and fed.

You could try giving them to a local LFS or fellow hobbyist.

In general, do not throw animals directly in the trash. If desired to terminate the snails, put them in a bag in the freezer.

epicfish

Yep, I was gonna feed my puffers if he Minsc did have some snails for me. =)

Shrimp&Snails

I feed my pest snails to hubby's loaches....they suck em right out of the shell and it's over. I think it's much quicker than freezing or flushing.

aquaboyaquatics

What type of snails are they? There are inverts that will controll them also. Some are snail egg eaters and some eat snails.

Mike

hoppycalif

Don't leave it at that! What are the invertibrates that eat snails and snail eggs? Do they bother shrimp?

lailastar

I like to watch them get eaten. Food chain at work locally.

YuccaPatrol

My snails get fed to my clown loaches. Sometimes baby snails are crushed against the glass and fed to the shrimp.

Circle of life. . . nothing goes to waste. . . .

erijnal

hoppy, I've read that the long-armed macrobrachium shrimp will fiddle around with a snail, and then pinch and pull out the meat with the claws and enjoy the delicacy. They are supposed to be avid hunters, so it'd be safe to think of them as the invertebrate form of a puffer =].