snail im a planted discus tank

[franvell]

some one can help me please
I have a 55 gallon planted discus tank and it is full of small snail. The ph is 6.4 change water 30% every other day I also have 2 small clown loaches Should I use a quimical to kill the snail without hurting my Discus
thank you

[Don_Lee]

How small are the 2 clown loaches? Clown loaches are usually great snail killers....maybe they are too small? Are you feeding them too much so that they are not looking for food?
Do not use chemicals unless you need to. Remove the snails and eggs that you can by hand, but do not crush them in the tank as that can lead to a real water chemistry problem.

Don

[Howie_W]

Don is right...using chemicals will cause more harm than good.

Loaches are one of the best ways to eliminate snails. Give them some time to go to work. If the snail population is that large, you can remove the most visible ones by hand during water changes, and leave the rest for the loaches.


Howie

[-gb-]

buy more loaches!