Nerite snail babies in freshwater tank?

Hi, ive recently placed 6 nerite snails. 2 onion nerites,2 horned nerites , and 2 zebra nerites. Just 3 days after placing them inside, i started to see baby snails that im sure are nerites. The main reason i bought nerites were because they wouldnt lay eggs in freshwater and had the potential to be pests. How in the world could this happen??? Could it be that they are not nerites? Im sure they are by just looking at pictures in google.

Any ideas?

 

Nerites cannot reproduce in freshwater. They need some sort of salinity in order to hatch, and they hatch into larvae, not snails. They turn into snails later in life.

What you are looking at looks like either a ramshorn or bladder snail IMO.

 

Did you buy any plants recently? Snails do hitch hike on those.

 

Agree with above, those arent nerites those are some sort of "pest" snail like bladder or ramshorn. I actually love my pest snails but i can almost guarantee they came in on the plants u have in ur tank or even hitched a ride on ur nerites. I know u said ur tank isn't cycled so make sure u keep ammonia and nitrites down and safe for ur snails. If the water params are off they could try to escape, some say they like to escape anyway but mine never have...yet anyway lol.

 

Well that seems even worse. Are assasin snails an option? Though i think they would also eat the other nerite snails too. Any suggestions?

 

Assassin would probably get your nerites at some point. You could catch them out manually or with a trap. It was suggested to me by a member on here before to use a piece of airline tubing and suck them out with that. Or you could just squish them. If it ends up being a bladder/pond snail I've found it's very hard to get them out of the tank after they start reproducing.

 

TBH as long as you don't overfeed the population will keep itself balanced down.

I had 2 ramshorns ~8 months ago, the population is at a steady 12 or so. ONly reproducing when I take out snails for other tanks

 

Nerites will lay eggs in a freshwater tank. But no they will not hatch. They can be visually annoying. String of 10 or so small white dots on leaves, gravel, hardscape.

 

Snails are a beneficial part of a healthy ecosystem.

 

Im just very worried about it reproducing endlessly because its really hard to access things inside my tank without having to uproot plants or potentially breaking a few branches. Im currently adding a male betta inside in hopes of it eating the tiny snails. Am also probably going to add assasins and transfer all the nerite to another tank.

P.S. im seeing lots of white dots so hopefully nerites are doing well

 

Im just very worried about it reproducing endlessly because its really hard to access things inside my tank without having to uproot plants or potentially breaking a few branches. Im currently adding a male betta inside in hopes of it eating the tiny snails. Am also probably going to add assasins and transfer all the nerite to another tank.

P.S. im seeing lots of white dots so hopefully nerites are doing well

Overpopulation is a result of an overabundance of food. Don't overfeed and the population will stabilize quickly. I have snails in all 4 of my tanks.

 

Umm yeah. Well my whole woodwork is covered in algae so does that count as food for snails? And how long does it take for an aquarium to cycle? I really want to start adding shrimp inside to eat at all the dead plant matter stuck in places where i cant reach with my hands.

 

Bladder Snails are actually pretty useful, they eat dying plant material, algae, and other waste, and can get to places that larger snails can't. The worst part about them is that they can look unsightly crawling all over the glass. I used to hate them, but I've learned to appreciate them.

 

Umm guys, im pretty sure the white dot on the pic are nerite larvaes. They have no shells. Could it be??

Tank update: Everything in the tank is doing fine except for the algae problem and the monte carlos sometimes floating up because of the large particle substrate. I recently bought 10 bloody mary shrimps, 6 ember tetras and 2 assasin snails to keep the pest snails population down (i constantly see empty baby snail shells so it seems that the assasins are doing work). So far only 1 shrimp died due to shipping and the animals are all doing ok. The snails and shrimps really love munching on the white slime on the wood as well as the brown string algae but the algae seems to be outcompeting them so im considering on buying some amanos.

 

Umm guys, im pretty sure the white dot on the pic are nerite larvaes. They have no shells. Could it be??

Tank update: Everything in the tank is doing fine except for the algae problem and the monte carlos sometimes floating up because of the large particle substrate. I recently bought 10 bloody mary shrimps, 6 ember tetras and 2 assasin snails to keep the pest snails population down (i constantly see empty baby snail shells so it seems that the assasins are doing work). So far only 1 shrimp died due to shipping and the animals are all doing ok. The snails and shrimps really love munching on the white slime on the wood as well as the brown string algae but the algae seems to be outcompeting them so im considering on buying some amanos.
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I don't think they are nerite larvae, as they don't hatch in freshwater and from what I hear they float at the top of the surface? But don't quote me one that

I don't know what that is though.

 

Looks like a freshwater limpet to me. For someone who didn't want any "pests", your seem to have acquired a diverse set of hitchhikers!

 

Oh wow, never going to buy from that seller again lol. I can only that one same one on the glass though. There used to be a few but it seems like they are decreasing. Im going to buy more assassin snails as they seem to work out for most ppl. Im also see 1-2 new empty snail shells everyday but am still seeing the snail pests going around so thats another reason for buying more assassins.