Snail Identification

[Amy Haas]

Found a surprise snail. Bladder snail??????

 

[aussieJJDude]

Yep. Looks like it

 

[Amy Haas]

Shall I remove him.... he's cute and cleaning algae from corners. Hmm?

 

[86 ssinit]

I would get rid of it. 1 will be 100 in a month. If you like it remove it and put it in a jar with water. See how many you get in a month in the jar.

 

[Authmal]

Shall I remove him.... he's cute and cleaning algae from corners. Hmm?

Your prerogative. Contrary to some peoples' belief, even "pest" snails don't reproduce like mad unless they have plenty of food. If you're not overfeeding, and there isn't an abundance of algae, dead plant matter, or excess food to dine on, he's not going to reproduce to huge numbers. If you like him, keep him, just be aware of all the things he may find tasty that are in your tank.

I have a lot of "pest" snails in my tank, including pond, bladder, and Malaysian trumpets, as well as a couple dozen nerites (unless some have left the tank and gone unnoticed) and a few (I bought 4, have at least 7 now) assassin snails which are reproducing because they're feasting on the cornucopia of other small snails. I don't scrape algae, or really do anything about it at all. I know I overfeed, so the snails and shrimp help clean that up. It's a cycle I know how to break, I just have found no need to yet.

 

[Amy Haas]

Thanks for your honesty. I don't want 100. What shall I do with it? I can't smash it like some say.

 

[86 ssinit]

Put it in a jar. Leave the jar in a window with sun see how fast they reproduce. Or put the jar on a shelf out of the sun see how fast it reproduces.
Authmal you do know the Assassin snails Will kill your nerites. They eat all snails.

 

[Amy Haas]

thank you!

 

[Rowan]

Yep, it's a bladder snail. I find them adorable and helpful. In my experience, they don't overrun the tank unless there's extra food / algae for them to eat, in which case (imho) they're doing you a favor. They're also a good backup alarm for water quality. They generally don't venture out of the water, so if your bladder snails are above the water line, there's most likely a problem!

 

[Amy Haas]

Yep, it's a bladder snail. I find them adorable and helpful. In my experience, they don't overrun the tank unless there's extra food / algae for them to eat, in which case (imho) they're doing you a favor. They're also a good backup alarm for water quality. They generally don't venture out of the water, so if your bladder snails are above the water line, there's most likely a problem!

Thanks so much!

 

[Authmal]

Put it in a jar. Leave the jar in a window with sun see how fast they reproduce. Or put the jar on a shelf out of the sun see how fast it reproduces.
Authmal you do know the Assassin snails Will kill your nerites. They eat all snails.

I know the small nerites are at risk. Generally speaking, assassins leave the larger ones alone, and I mostly have large ones. There have been stories of assassins ganging up on a larger snail, but I haven't seen it yet. And if it happens, well, I'll deal with that eventuality. Just looking at the odds, hundreds of various pest snails, compared to a couple dozen nerites, the odds are good that the nerites aren't going to get targeted often.

 

[86 ssinit]

Just saying all nerites are on the menu and they have no size order. Whatever they get they eat. Nerites mystery maybe ever apple though I’m not sure of that. All snails are on the menu. You’ll be left with just Assassins.