Nerite snail pooping nonstop?

[EdieBadedie]

Hello all. I have a 5 gallon planted tank with a single betta in it. One week ago, I added one nerite snail to clean up some of the biofilm and plants. Within 24 hours, the entire bottom of the tank was just snail poop. Probably 40-50 pieces. I figured he probably ate so much the first day, it would not keep happening. It has happened every day for 5 days now. I am having to vacuum it up once a day. I have four other nerites in other tanks, they do not do this as much. I can easily move him to a larger tank, but I guess I am just worried about it happening in the other tanks (much harder to clean), or if there might be something wrong with him? Thanks in advance

 

[TheAnglerAquarist]

Could be stress could be the amount it has eaten

 

[BigManAquatics]

Depending on how long the tank been running, the snail may have a lot more to eat than you realized.

 

[EdieBadedie]

Depending on how long the tank been running, the snail may have a lot more to eat than you realized.

I'm hoping it is just this. It's been up for a little over a month now. There was very little algae but some biofilm on a larger piece of driftwood.

 

[NotSoAggressiveAquatics]

It’s probably got a lot to eat. Once it’s cleaned everything up nicely it should slow down