(09-18-2012, 05:10 AM)Sandra Piddock Wrote: The chance would be a fine thing with our fish! Every time my husband goes near the tank, they all come over to him, expecting to be fed. Of course, they don't get fed, but it doesn't stop them hoping. When we go away, my neighbour comes in to feed the fish, and I tell her to skip feeding them once if we're away for two weeks, and twice if we're away for a month. It gives her a break, and it keeps down the snail population when my husband's not there to hook them out on a daily basis.
Sorry I have to point it out. You are definitely overfeeding. Pest snail population explodes when there is a surplus of food in the tank.
I have had this problem several years ago, and it was gone with the combination of cut back on feeding, and the use of assassin snails to eliminate them.
For the cut back on feeding part, I had to make sure there is no leftover food in the tank as soon as the feeding is finished. The usual amount of food I feed will only last less than 30 seconds in the tank with nothing left by the end of that 30 seconds.
