Hairy snails

[Rick's Reviews]

I have been battling hair algae the last few months but with regular hands in cleaning and scrubbing I'm really close to getting on top of it
My snails however seem to stick out like some 'punks from a rock band"
I removed 1 snail and tried to tug hair algae off but it was really tough, I tried to brush with toothbrush but again it would not move ( I had fear of squishing/ hurting little guy by pinch/holding it)
I have hydrogen peroxide that I could target blast but think this may kill snails and also I would not do this in my aquriam.

As funny as they look ... I Would appreciate any suggestions to remove hair algae from snails

(Video is a bumblebee snail lol)

 

[Derrick0580]

Tooth brush!

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Tooth brush!

Yes tried that (this is what I used on rocks also) but snails are tiny, hard to handle and scrub
I have this (photo) would it be to harsh

 

[Mikedawg]

Hold it upside down and be very careful not to squirt h2o2 on the snail itself, only on the shell.

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

Here's mine lol This pic was last week. Its bigger now. I think I will give it a hair cut. lol

 

[bnord]

I dip the toothbrush with straight H2O2, hold the snail upside down and have a little clean salt water to keep the snail safe
I have had trocus covered in valonia - smile

 

[ScubaFish802]

I had an idea the other day related to this kind of..
I noticed a snail on my return nozzle which had it’s shell exposed to air for quite some time (a few hours minimum..) - when I saw it again next it’s shell was white like everything growing on it had died off..

wonder if you put a snail in 1/4-1/2” of water for a few hours (just enough to keep the snail covered but the shell out) if that would fix it for good.. lol

(During airing out)