Unidentified snail

[Brittany Rismiller]

I discovered this snail after my BN pleco moved sand while getting into his cave. Then the snail slowly buried itself. It's a little difficult to see but it's redish brown and pointed like a trumpet snail. Do I need to be alarmed? I've not seen a snail like this in my tank and the only snails I have are the rounded pond pest snails and 2 nerite black racer snails. The only new plants I got were from petsmart snail free kind. Just curious if this is a bad snail to have in my tank. Thanks!

 

[NotSoAggressiveAquatics]

Looks kinda like a baby rabbit snail to me.

 

[Mcasella]

I discovered this snail after my BN pleco moved sand while getting into his cave. Then the snail slowly buried itself. It's a little difficult to see but it's redish brown and pointed like a trumpet snail. Do I need to be alarmed? I've not seen a snail like this in my tank and the only snails I have are the rounded pond pest snails and 2 nerite black racer snails. The only new plants I got were from petsmart snail free kind. Just curious if this is a bad snail to have in my tank. Thanks!

That looks like a malaysian trumpet snail, they are a pain to get rid of and sometimes eat plants (even anubias) but are good at moving substrate but are "livebearing" snails. I believe they can reproduce asexual but don't quote me on that.

 

[CichlidJynx]

I discovered this snail after my BN pleco moved sand while getting into his cave. Then the snail slowly buried itself. It's a little difficult to see but it's redish brown and pointed like a trumpet snail. Do I need to be alarmed? I've not seen a snail like this in my tank and the only snails I have are the rounded pond pest snails and 2 nerite black racer snails. The only new plants I got were from petsmart snail free kind. Just curious if this is a bad snail to have in my tank. Thanks!

That’s a baby rabbit snail. They need male and female to reproduce

That looks like a malaysian trumpet snail, they are a pain to get rid of and sometimes eat plants (even anubias) but are good at moving substrate but are "livebearing" snails. I believe they can reproduce asexual but don't quote me on that.

Trumpet snails are a much different color than rabbit snails. They are a more brown as where his is red. These are some baby MTS from my Callipterus tank

 

[Brittany Rismiller]

Mcasella I've had this 50gal live planted tank going for 3 1/2 years and can't recall seeing a snail like this in my tank, I wonder where it came from! It had to have been living in my tank for a couple of years at least, maybe when I got some plants a year or two ago from my local fish store's tank of plants (who knows what may have come with, I generally do not do bleach dips with my new plants). I have 2 anubias and they seem to be doing ok. The other plant has taken up the majority of my tank and it's giant hygro and been doing very well so maybe these red pointed snails are just living in the sand? My sand is pretty dense and I've been considering mixing it with a lighter weight sand so I can grow other rooted plants better...maybe this snail is eating the roots of other delicate plants that I have trouble with?! I have corydoras who also do a good job of aerating the sand like Malaysian trumpet snails do. I will keep an eye on this, and I wonder if it's the only one lol, probably not though.
AggressiveAquatics I would love if it were a rabbit snail! I have been wanting a couple of rabbit snails! Can it survive without me giving it nutritious veggies and such? I do give my BN pleco zucchini all the time.

 

[CichlidJynx]

Mcasella I've had this 50gal live planted tank going for 3 1/2 years and can't recall seeing a snail like this in my tank, I wonder where it came from! It had to have been living in my tank for a couple of years at least, maybe when I got some plants a year or two ago from my local fish store's tank of plants (who knows what may have come with, I generally do not do bleach dips with my new plants). I have 2 anubias and they seem to be doing ok. The other plant has taken up the majority of my tank and it's giant hygro and been doing very well so maybe these red pointed snails are just living in the sand? My sand is pretty dense and I've been considering mixing it with a lighter weight sand so I can grow other rooted plants better...maybe this snail is eating the roots of other delicate plants that I have trouble with?! I have corydoras who also do a good job of aerating the sand like Malaysian trumpet snails do. I will keep an eye on this, and I wonder if it's the only one lol, probably not though.
AggressiveAquatics I would love if it were a rabbit snail! I have been wanting a couple of rabbit snails! Can it survive without me giving it nutritious veggies and such? I do give my BN pleco zucchini all the time.

A good sign to tell where a snail lives is the shape of the shell. Most circular shells are found on top of rocks and wood, pointed shells are used to break through substrate

 

[Mcasella]

Mcasella I've had this 50gal live planted tank going for 3 1/2 years and can't recall seeing a snail like this in my tank, I wonder where it came from! It had to have been living in my tank for a couple of years at least, maybe when I got some plants a year or two ago from my local fish store's tank of plants (who knows what may have come with, I generally do not do bleach dips with my new plants). I have 2 anubias and they seem to be doing ok. The other plant has taken up the majority of my tank and it's giant hygro and been doing very well so maybe these red pointed snails are just living in the sand? My sand is pretty dense and I've been considering mixing it with a lighter weight sand so I can grow other rooted plants better...maybe this snail is eating the roots of other delicate plants that I have trouble with?! I have corydoras who also do a good job of aerating the sand like Malaysian trumpet snails do. I will keep an eye on this, and I wonder if it's the only one lol, probably not though.
AggressiveAquatics I would love if it were a rabbit snail! I have been wanting a couple of rabbit snails! Can it survive without me giving it nutritious veggies and such? I do give my BN pleco zucchini all the time.

Horde of mts, mine have a very similar look to my rabbits but mine also develop spikes at the shell opening my rabbits do not. If the roots are too constricted, no matter the media they are in, it can cause the surface plant to rot. My darkest mts look almost exactly like my baby chocolate rabbit/s. This group is fairly well fed so they aren't eating my plants, but in other tanks where I've had them the plants suffer if I'm not making sure to give them some food as well.

 

[CichlidJynx]

Horde of mts, mine have a very similar look to my rabbits but mine also develop spikes at the shell opening my rabbits do not. If the roots are too constricted, no matter the media they are in, it can cause the surface plant to rot. My darkest mts look almost exactly like my baby chocolate rabbit/s. This group is fairly well fed so they aren't eating my plants, but in other tanks where I've had them the plants suffer if I'm not making sure to give them some food as well.
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Oh, so yours are Melanoides macluata!

 

[heidi80]

awww he is so cute! I love the way the MTS look. I really want some but I know it would end up being tons since all I have are mystery snails in my tank. That would be so neat if you got a hitch hiker rabbit snail!

 

[Mcasella]

Oh, so yours are Melanoides macluata!

Also tuberculata, won the pest snail lottery with them.