SNAILS IN YOUR AQUARIUM:
Plants are usually responsible for the introduction of snails to your aquarium. It is also possible that live foods, fish or even equipment may introduce snails. Preventing the introduction of snails is very difficult as the eggs are tiny and can be well hidden. However, an anti snail treatment can be used as a preventive bath for new plants before they are introduced into your aquarium, thus avoiding snail colonization.

Snails are not essential for maintaining a healthy aquarium although some people like to keep them as an ornamental feature. However, snails can transmit disease to your fish as they are hosts for a range of parasites. They consume and ruin aquatic plants and can look unsightly. In addition, they reproduce at an alarming rate and in a short period can take over your aquarium. Large quantities of decomposing snail waste pollutes the water which is bad for your fish and plants. In aquariums which are used for breeding, snails pose a problem as they eat fish eggs.

If snails can be seen in the aquarium, on the glass or in the gravel, then you'll need to use an anti snail treatment as soon as possible. Snails are relatively common in aquariums and in small quantities pose few problems. However, they pollute water and become a serious nuisance, so take action sooner rather than later. When you have a snail epidemic, removing them by hand again and again becomes a time-consuming chore. Total removal of all snails is nearly impossible and usually the epidemic returns. Use an anti snail treatment to eliminate all aquatic snails including those hidden in the sand, gravel, plants and decorations.

Note! In the case of a snail epidemic, it is strongly advised to remove as many snails as you can by hand before or just after treatment. If there is a very large snail die-off, the dead snails will rot and pollute the aquarium water. This in turn may harm your fish and plants. Siphoning your gravel to remove the dead snails buried in it is also advisable (for example, the Malayan live-bearing snail abounds in substrate like gravel).