Coffey5030

This can't be possible... can it?! I bought an Ivory mystery snail yesterday and this evening i noticed a tiny brown snail. It was only about a sixteenth of an inch long. Did I just unleash a self replicating monster? please tell me what is going on.

Amanda

Nope, when you bought the adult snail, they gave you a baby along with it. They did the SAME thing to me. They're so small that you usually don't realize that it's in the bag with the adult.

Coffey5030

Could it have been in the bigger snails shell? I pulled the ivory out of the bag and I didn't see anything on it.

Amanda

It's possible. The little snails hitch a ride with the big ones - that's why they should have been in different tanks at the store. Not a big deal, you got a snail for free . As long as nothing else in your tank decides to make a snack out of it. Where did you buy the snails from?

Coffey5030

A local non-chain store.

Butterfly

Mystery snails lay eggs and it takes from 2-4 weeks for them to hatch. you just got an extra snail
Carol

Amanda

Ah, I bought mine from Petsmart - there are no lfs around me. Good luck with your snails!

fishchick

I purchased a bucket of rocks and come to find out , that i think that there are like 9 snails at the top of my tank right now ! not sure if they are snails , they kinda look like a sea shell! any ideas ? they go all the away around

Butterfly

Can you post some pictures? If they look like long pointy sea shells they are Malaysian Trumpet snails. They are good for your tank but will over populate if you feed the tank too much or don't do water changes often enough.
Carol

fishchick

I checked for a pic and that is what i think it is ! Do i need to get rid of some ?

Butterfly

No I don't think so. they do an excellent job of eating left over food and keeping your substrate loose. They are live bearers so you won't see little jelly egg clusters.
carol

fishchick

Ok, I took out a total of maybe 10 snails from my tank , and that left me with two after checking again ! I have a apple snail i wanted to put in the tank , can i still put it in the tank !

Butterfly

sure you can put the Apple snail in. The MTS have barely any impact on bioLoad.
Carol