What is the best way to get ride of snail in a fresh water fish tank?

i already did a water change and tried had a snail?|||First you could buy a harsh chemical. I think there is a product called Snail-Rid that contains Copper Sulfate, a chemical that is notorious for being risky to use around fish. Aquari-Sol is sold in many stores that sell pet fish. It will kill snails, but it is harsh, risky for other fish, and may contain copper sulfate. I can't quite remember. But I would not use it, and I would not recommend it, and it is not natural.





Another idea might be to use Aquarium Salt, NaCl, because salt will kill garden snails, and Aquarium Salt is very useful in aquariums and ponds.





One of the best way to get rid of snails is to get some Loaches. I like Clown Loaches very much. They are one of my favorite fish. But they do better in a school with six or more Clown Loaches, and so they usually need a large aquarium with at least 40 or 50 gallons of water.





Finally we come to our favorite way of reducing the snail population. Get a small glass jar like a salt shaker. Remove the top. Be sure the jar is clean. Then put a small piece of lettuce or perhaps some fish food in the jar, and fill it with aquarium water. Carefully sink it on the bottom of the aquarium. The next day it will have lots of small snails inside! remove them and repeat the process.|||You did not say if it was a large snail or if it was the tiny small ones that try to take over you tank..





If you buy a fresh water Puffer, most are green and white ,





It will eat the small snails and keep them under control.|||Try picking them out - it may take a while if you have had snails reproducing in there, but they grow fairly quickly, and if you're diligent about it, you can get them all eventually. Try to avoid chemical solutions, they can affect your fish as well.





Clown loaches eat snails, if this is a fish you want to add to your tank, get 3 or 4 of them (they're community fish, but don't do well unless they have some of their own kind).|||Rather than using chemicals, which may cause harm to other inhabitants of your tank (snail killing chemicals are mostly based on copper to which some fish, plants, and other inverts are sensitive), why not use a more natural means of control? There are a number of fish that eat these as a part of their natural diet, including loaches/botias, puffers, rams, and gouramis. Just keep in mind with these the adult size of the fish (as well as your tank size), the loaches/botias are best kept in groups, and the puffers should have a tank of their own.





Another way of getting the number at least reduced is to use a baiting method. If you put a lettuce leaf in the tank and weight it down with some gravel, The snails will climb on to it overnight to feed. Just take it out (with the snails still attached) first thing in the morning. If your fish eat too much of the lettuce, you can put it into a plastic container with a lid, weight the container with gravel, and poke a hole in the lid or side big enough for the snails to fit through, but not your fish.|||Try a snail trap instead of the snail killing medication. Just use a small plastic snap top container. Poke holes in the sides larger enough for the snail to get in but too small for your fish. Add a piece of lettuce and a little gravel from the tank to hold it down. Put that in the tank at lights out and in the morning you will be amazed how many snails are in there. Do it several days in a row and you'll get most all of them. If you have room in the tank, a clown loach is also a great snail remover.





MM