Pond snails in particular will chew on plants and are particularly destructive to Amazon Sword Plants. If you have enough they will destroy all your plants unless you get rid of them. Another method to clean up pesky snails if your not squeamish is to crush the snails with your fingers. Many fish will eat "snail meat" including catfish. It took about 1 week for me to completely rid the tank of a large group of plant destructive snails in a 10 gallon tank with this method. Not all snails eat plants, so if you have too many and want to cut back your snail live stock instead of getting rid of them, Marty's method sounds good. A word about chemical methods of getting rid of snails like Snail-Rid. This compound contains Copper Sulfate which can be detrimental to certain fish. Using Aquarium Salt is another way to get rid of them, but certain catfish respond badly to high amounts of salt in the water.
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