[Aholton]

Hi,

I bought a couple ruffle swords from a LFS last week. Last night I noticed a small new snail in my tank. I know that the plant tank at the LFS had assassin snails in it but I don't think this is an assassin snail. Im not really sure what it is yet, I would appreciate it if someone could help me identify it. If I don't have to worry about a population explosion i'll probably just keep the snail.

The pictures are unfortunately blurry, the best I could do with my phone.:icon_sad:

The snail has a dark brown shell with yellow/gold spots. The snail itself is a light pink color. The shell doesn't look long like a rabbit snail, more similar in shape to a mystery snail but I don't SEE a trapdoor.

Any clue what this might be?

Thanks,
Andrew

 

[bizzle]

Looks like a blurry pond snail IMO. If it is a pond snail in 72 hours you'll have 600 more blurry pond snails.

 

[nyxkitten]

I love them. As long as you don't over feed you won't have hundreds.

 

[LuckyCharm]

Looks like a bladder snail to me
If you dont like them, remove it before its too late

 

[cjstl]

Looks like a bladder snail to me
If you dont like them, remove it before its too late

+1

That is a bladder snail.

 

[cjstl]

The good news is, snails are pretty easy to control and even eliminate. Unlike all the disgusting nematodes and planaria and seed shrimp that are invading all of my tanks...

 

[Aholton]

Thanks for the help guys. I've since removed the snail from that tank and put it into a smaller one that was empty anyways. I guess i'll just use them as loach food if they breed .