Snails In Fish Tank

[charliesteve]

Hi everyone
How do I get rid of small snails in my tropical fish tank?
Thanks
Steve

[sandyRoe]

Do they not eat the algae from the inside of the tank? Why get rid of them?

[Retrochic]

Don't, they do a marvelous job of keeping the tank clean -since we've had snails in the tank the water has been sparkly clear and I've never had to clean down the inside of Algae

[Chipchopper]

Snails are a good clean up squad, especially the rams horn variety and do a good job of keeping the algae down.
Introducing some clown loach/s may help keep the numbers under control.

[Tilly2]

As an aside......how do they get in there?

[Retrochic]

tilly -sometimes when you buy fresh plants for the tank there are tiny baby snails hidden in them.

[Tilly2]

Ah, I see. Thank you, Retrochic.