Assassin snails

[Jeff1192]

So I've had a 17 gallon shrimp tank with chili rasboras in it for some time but my shrimp colony has never thrived and I've rarely seen babies. It's really heavily planted so I know it wasn't that all the babies were getting eaten. Finally took some time a while back to look into it and it was my kh was really low (0.5-1). Since boosting it with crushed coral in my canister things are looking up. However my snail population has also blow up. There were always a few snails but I think the low kh ended up causing them to never really develop due to minerals lacking for their shells.

So now I'm looking to cull the snails and I'm thinking an assassin snail would help keep them in check.

Anyone seen any assassin snails locally lately

Thanks

Jeff

[lucius]

You can place a slice of zucchini in your tank and leave it there for a few hours.  Eventually you will find the snails on the zucchini and you can just remove them this way.  Repeat every couple of days.  If they are Malaysian Trumpet Snails, then do this when the lights are off.  Your shrimp will eat the zucchini also.