Flies in tank!

[spook]

Does anyone else have a problem with tiny annoying black flies inside their snails tank!?...obviously i can understand why there attracted there...it being such a warm, humid,damp environment with possible food scraps to munch on,but are they something i should worry about or not??

Advice please!

[Arno]

Sometimes I have these flies in my tanks,although since I've put the Hypso mites in,I don't see them much.They are annoying but won't harm your snails,obviously removing old food is what is usually recommended,but my snails have a tendency to spread it through the tank...

[Val]

I haven't got them yet this year but last year they were a flaming nuisance they didn't harm the snails but they are so ANNOYING!!!!!!!! I hung some fly papers over the tanks and that actually helped quite a bit, looks disgusting but helps the fly problem.

Val

[spook]

Cheers guys!
Yes they are very annoying but as long as they're not a problem to my snails i won't panic about it!!

[kab]

i have hundreds of the little pests ,they were the reason i stopped having snails in the house some years ago , i have a bug zapper , and fly papers and i use hypoasis , but they are driving me crazy ,over the last couple of weeks they seem larger and there are more of them , im clean with the snails to the point of overly so, and still they are here
karen

[Carolyne]

¿ The flies are small ?, it appear for: Bad clean of terrarium, rotting food on subtrate or walls, snail's dung. These flies normally eats and breed on fruits or rotting fruits (Or another veggie).

[spook]

kab said:

i have hundreds of the little pests ,they were the reason i stopped having snails in the house some years ago , i have a bug zapper , and fly papers and i use hypoasis , but they are driving me crazy ,over the last couple of weeks they seem larger and there are more of them , im clean with the snails to the point of overly so, and still they are here
karen

Glad to know it's not just me having the problem!...and i am clean with my snails too,always remove uneaten food and have a weekly wipe round the tank and remove poo,and a proper big clean every month.
Think it's just one of the things with it being such a humid environment!

[donovanbyrd]

i would get the flies out they will eat your snails.

[Cutenut]

donovanbyrd said:

i would get the flies out they will eat your snails.

Lol?

[Snoofly]

Hi,

I don't know how big your tank is, but mine's quite small - it's only got two babies in, and I covered it with an old pair of tights - let's the air in - keeps the flies out. if it's a bigger tank maybe you could use some fine netting, like the stuff they make tutus out of?!

[sjsarre]

I get those pesky flies aswell... How do they get in there?? I don't get them anywhere else in the house and they just seem to appear, usually a week or so after i've cleaned the tank completely and added in the Coir substrate. I thought that maybe eggs were in the substrate and hatched over time??

[Paul]

Since I've been using chiffon over the tanks, my fly problems have disappeared. I used to be plagued with fruit flies because once they're in, it's hard to get them all.

If you're having fly problems check this out:

www.petsnails.co.uk/problems/flies.html#start

[donut]

thanks guys im new to the life of snails & rather than putting lots of mirror posts up i am reading thru stuff

FLIES are ONE of my MAIN problems atm & this has helped so thanks