Pyramid snails

[davelin315]

Anyone ever used a six line to control pyramid snails? I just discovered that I have them in my tank (surprisingly, I have not seen a single one on my clams, not tucked under the mantle, not on the sides (can't remove the clams as they are stuck to the rock) on my snails. They are sticking to the bottom of my astrea snails and a couple of them are on margarita snails as well. I would like to toss in a 6 line to eat them and bring them under control, but I want to make sure that their reputation for controlling these is correct. Can't figure out where they came from... I have been dipping everything before adding it to the tank in iodine and interceptor, just missing levamisol... also scrubbed off the clams I have before adding them to the tank and did a long inspection on them as well. Unless they could possibly be cerith snails? Have never seen juvenile ceriths, but these are exact copies of pyramid snails if they are ceriths.

[stevearlen]

I have dozens (hundreds?) of similar tiny snails. They only show up after lights out.

 

I understand they are very difficult to differentiate between (bad) pyramid snails and (good) other types of tiny snails without a microscope or powerful magnifying glass.

 

I was told that without a clam host (I do NOT have a clam), it is very unlikely I have pyramid snails but to check if they bother the large snails. (They do not, they seem to graze on rock for algae.)

 

Hope you don't have the bad guys and if you do, hope it works out.

[Rascal]

Dave:

 

I have had a few 6-lines over the years and have never known any of them to eat pyramid snails. I think the problem with using wrasses as biological control for these pests is that the snails tend to come out at night, while the wrasses are sleeping.

[Lee Stearns]

I used to have many many small snails at night- not pyramids, but since I have a radiant wrasse, he cleaned them all out.

[dandy7200]

Radiant wrasse did the trick for me when I kept clams. Still have him, cool fish, lost the clams when I became addicted to angels. Your getting angels right?