hard to tell from shell but either a pond or bladder snail, looks kinda like a bladder snail but not possitive. Probably came from some plants you put in there. Eggs being stuck to plant leaves or stems if not treated or quarantined develop and you get snails.
They wont hurt anything unless you just dont want snails.
I have not put plants in my tank for a while and all I put in was some neon tetras yesterday. No i don't like snails nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
No it will not, unless they are dead, but will mostly go after algae and diatoms. You can use a turkey baster to suck him out if you want, or just smush him on the glass and your fish will do the rest. buy any driftwood or rocks that were in the tanks at the LFS?
Could still be from your plants and just been dormant for a while. The eggs just don't hatch immediately. That's the only place I think it could come from, but where there's one hitch hiker there will be more and they are quite prolific at producing babies.
They're not a biggie. They actually do help with eating up uneaten fish/shrimp food, algae, etc. You can keep their populations down by not overfeeding.
Second snail sounds like it could be a ramshorn. First is bladder/pond snail like others said.
Get rid of them ASAP unless you want a snail population explosion. Either manual removal, assassin snails or fish that will hunt them (loaches puffers etc) or make a trap. There are some good examples of snail traps kicking around here somewhere.
Or leave them in if you dont mind seeing them all over, which will happen unless they get dealt with when there's only a few.
I know puffers are probably the most common snail eaters and also certain types of loaches. In my tank, no snail has ever lasted more than a day or two with my school of zebra loaches.
They're just snails. No need for people to freak out. If the population gets too high, one assassin snail will take care of it without wiping out the whole bunch. Snails are good for the tank.
ask at your LFS most people have them
I bought mine at PETCO they are not listed on the tanks but if you ask them they will probably have them scattered throughout the tanks
This is what your looking for they are aprox $2-$3
or you can find them on Aquabid.com or Ebay but with shipping it will cost a little more
Dwarf cichlids can eat snails and my snails were all over the tank before the corydoras went in and now are hiding. I caught a corydoras red handed with a snail in his mouth.
Plants grow, leaves die, snails and other herbivores eat the dead leaves, detritivores consume snail poop and make mulm, mulm feeds the plants. Circle of life.
Herbivore poop is large, carnivore poop small because of the amount of food the animal needs to eat to survive. Meats are much more nutrient dense than plants. Think how much material those snails are taking in to have that much waste, they must be doing a great job finding and eating debris in the tank.
dont worry about it other than not looking nice they are actually useful.
I have assassin snails like someone else suggested or if you have room you could get a Dojo Loach, or a small Clown Loach but with the Clown loach it will out grow your tank so you'll have to either get a bigger tank eventually or trade it in at your LFS but the Dojo would be fine just a little less common
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Related Threads
?
?
?
?
?
The Planted Tank Forum
3.5M posts
130.6K members
Since 2002
A forum community dedicated to Aquatic tank owners and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about flora, fauna, health, housing, filters, care, classifieds, and more!