Snails!

I have had a snail infestation for a while in my smaller tank, literally found over a hundred on the front of my tank alone the other day .Whilst I know a few snails are not an issue, and this hasn't really been bothering me, I am getting worried because I have upgraded to a much larger tank but have noticed a few snails in the new tank. I want to keep the snail population at bay, but not get rid of them completely. Does anyone have any advice on how to restrict them? Maybe some snail predator I can have in my new larger tank? Assassin snails did nothing at all btw!

The usual cause of snail over population is overfeeding the fish. If the fish eat all the food you give them, there shouldn't be any left to feed the snails.

The tank is a Fluval Roma 125 (according to Coles' other thread) which is too small for clown loaches. Dwarf chain loaches are about the only loaches suitable for the tank, they will eat small snails but nothing sizable. I have some, and they do eat those ramshorn snails that grow to 2 or 3 mm.

You could try a snail trap. You need a jar with a lid and a piece of lettuce or a slice of courgette. Punch snail sized holes in the lid from the outside so the spikes of lid go inside the jar (and the fish can't cut themselves on it). Put the lettuce/courgette inside and leave the jar on its side overnight in the tank. The theory is that the snails will go into the jar to get the food but can't get out because of the spikes. The holes should be big enough to let the snails in, and small enough so the fish can't fit.

i have hundreds of assassin snails but if you have a problem with M.T.S
assassin snails find them a bit harder to kill

You could try a snail killing solution such as this

FC76

The number of snails you have in a tank will reflect the amount of food there is for them e.g. algae and detritus. You can get rid of as many as you like but the small species will breed again very quickly. To reduce numbers, you need to look at your tank management. I have lots of snails in most of my tanks, but I don't mind them, they deal with all of the fish poo etc and there is never anything for me to vacuum up. The only tank that doesn't have many is the one with the bristlenose catfish which keep the algae down to nearly nothing. Less food for snails = less snails. It's always the way in nature, animal numbers are controlled by food supply, not by predators.

Who would believe snail genocide could be so rewarding!!!!! 

I am planning my next additions now. Need to up my numbers of female phantoms as my one remaining female is being pursued by two males and I am intending to get some MTS, some more nerites and some shrimps. Need to get my tank planting sorted first though as I have got some new plants but have yet to situate them in their final positions. Also got to plant my moss (if that's what you do with moss?!). gonna get some panda corys to go in Stans tank too!!! It's all go here!!! 

FC76