Can you ID these snails?

ccar2000 · 06-21-2012, 03:00 AM

I have these hitchhiker snails that came free with my plants. What are they?

garfieldnfish · 06-21-2012, 03:15 AM

Bladder snail.

diwu13 · 06-21-2012, 08:20 AM

Give the man a cigar, he's correct! Bladder snail!

diwu13 · 06-21-2012, 08:22 AM

Internet fail, double post within 30 seconds of each other

ccar2000 · 06-21-2012, 01:25 PM

Thanks

Kunsthure · 06-21-2012, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by diwu13

Give the man a cigar, he's correct! Bladder snail!

You've always got to be so technical on this distinction.

Anyway, squish them and feed them to your fish. Look for eggs sacs above the water line and remove them. That'll make a big impact on keeping the population low. (And you already know not to overfeed and always dip new plants, so I don't need to say that

).

-Lisa

**cprash** · 06-21-2012, 02:48 PM

ugh. I have both. You'll never be rid of them.

Kunsthure · 06-21-2012, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cprash

ugh. I have both. You'll never be rid of them.

I swear, smashing them and removing egg sacs makes a huge impact! I used to find several each night and saw little babies everywhere. I started smashing them (all fish love them) and being vigilant about removing eggs sacs and I rarely see them anymore.

You could always get an assassin snail.

-Lisa

**cprash** · 06-21-2012, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kunsthure

I swear, smashing them and removing egg sacs makes a huge impact! I used to find several each night and saw little babies everywhere. I started smashing them (all fish love them) and being vigilant about removing eggs sacs and I rarely see them anymore.

You could always get an assassin snail.

-Lisa

Yeah, I cut some out of the waterspite and used to use tweezers to crush them. Now I just use my thumb. I try not to think about how gross it is and the Rasboras peck at the remains.

Still though. PITA.

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