Aquarium snails may be troublesome pests, which can spoil the environment of a community tank. Usually, they are introduced by means of live aquarium plants, they may hide in the middle of the leaves in the form of eggs or juveniles. They can reproduce abundantly and they will infest your aquarium with great numbers. Even though, they do not harm your aquarium fish directly, the presence of the snails will become direct competition for important resources such as oxygen and feed, and they will unnecessarily build up the waste materials such as ammonia and nitrate, which leads to contamination of your fish tank.

Some snails such as apple snails and ramshorn snails are grown as pets in aquariums. Apple snails are one of the more common freshwater aquarium snails, which are available in yellow and black colour. They may grow up to two inches in diameter. They feed on plant food such as algae and they will help keep algal growth down in your aquarium. Although some of the snails are grown as pets, they are not recommended for any planted tanks since they may feed on your live aquarium plants.

Getting rid of the snails can be very difficult since they can lay eggs well hidden in the gravel and aquarium plants. There are many ways to get rid of the pest snails. You can manually remove them if they are clearly visible to you. You may wash the aquarium plants thoroughly in a tub of water before you introduce them into the fish tank. You may rub the leave surfaces gently and shake the plants well in the water. The best way to avoid the introduction of the pest snails into your aquarium is to treat the aquarium plants with bleaching chemicals (snail-removing solution) however, you must wash the treated plants thoroughly in pure water since they may introduce harmful chemicals into your aquarium, which will poison your aquarium fish.

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