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October 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| The unknown snail.
Hey everyone I know that I got a snail invasion when I first got my plants and thanks to everyone's help here I know that they where Ramshorn snails. However I moved some plants over later and a snail was transfered over to the betta tank, it's not a ramshorn and it's been bothering me. Any ideas?
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October 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| From the shape of the shell I'd say it's a common pond snail. (Which makes wonderful food for puffers. HINT HINT)
I love how in the last pic you can see your betta peekin outta the plants! | |
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October 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| lol I should show you the puffer buffet I've got growing in my RTS tank. He might not like the shimp pellets but those guys love them lol. | |
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October 26th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Lol! Ramshorns as the main course and pond snail as dessert!!!  | |
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October 27th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| wait, wait wait... I thought pond snails were those tiny- weeny-iti-bity snails that I got in both tanks, the brown ones that look like a coil and are less than a centimeter long....  ? | |
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October 27th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| They didn't look very big to me in the pic... maybe I was mistaken?
EDIT:
There's some pics of my pond snails in this thread. Snail questions
Maybe Red can see if they look like hers. 
Last edited by pinkfloydpuffer; October 27th, 2008 at 12:58 AM.
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October 27th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| Looks like a common pond snail to me also..... a big one at that LOL | |
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October 27th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Hmmm... He's got the same kinda shell shape tho his has white stripes/streaks in it (I can't tell if yours do) However in comparison to the largest ramshorn that I have he's bigger the shells at min a cm long. I could try for some better pics to try and give you a better sense of scale tommorrow. He's fast though (for a snail anyway) lol  . | |
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October 27th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Hm... I don't know of any snails that have that shell shape that aren't just plain old pond snails. | |
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October 27th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| This is what I use for classifying the two most common species of nuisance snails. With common names this might help you: True pond snails look like this . What people call Pouch snail look like this When they mature, their shell will get the growth rings that your snail has, also their eggs are in small round clutches. Both lay eggs under water. | |
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October 28th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Quote:
Originally Posted by rainman  This is what I use for classifying the two most common species of nuisance snails. With common names this might help you: True pond snails look like this . What people call Pouch snail look like this When they mature, their shell will get the growth rings that your snail has, also their eggs are in small round clutches. Both lay eggs under water. | And what about the little tiny ones that look like a coil and are less than a CM long? they have the "6" shape... | |
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October 28th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| It could be a pouch snail... the spiral part of the shell isn't very long. | |
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October 28th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Just figured it out... baby ramshorns.  | |
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October 28th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| lol | |
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October 29th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Yes they are Ramshorns, but it's hard to tell which species, they're either Planorbidae or of a species that is unknown, I have them they stay small and only grow to about 1.5 cm in Dia.
Last edited by rainman; October 29th, 2008 at 11:01 AM.
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October 29th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| huh? wait which are ramshorn? I'm lost? | |
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October 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| So sorry, Alessa sent me a picture of these snails in a PM And I was replying back to her. | |
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October 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Ok that makes sense then. 
I was thinkin that something like that must have happened. | |
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