What is this snail in my tank?

[newcomer12]

Hey guys,

Found a little snail in my 10g tank. I don't have snail in my tank so prob it comes with the plants I bought.

Just wonder what is this snail. I'm putting him in a bowl right now just to have a look.

Will it reproduce quickly because I don't want them to take over my tank. I can put it in my 1.5 gal tank which has only few shrimps as I don't want to kill it

 

[Fishfur]

It isn’t as clear an image as it could be - be useful to see the snail crawling on a surface.
Looks to be a ramshorn, they are hermaphroditic & very prolific breeders if there’s enough food to allow it.

 

[newcomer12]

It isn’t as clear an image as it could be - be useful to see the snail crawling on a surface.
Looks to be a ramshorn, they are hermaphroditic & very prolific breeders if there’s enough food to allow it.

thank you, i think it might be a ramshorn as well, just not too sure about it.
here's a video of how it roam over the water: Video Upload & Annotation - Gemoo
i noticed it goes to the surface sometimes as well, upside down, maybe grasp for air or finding the food off the water surface?

 

[Fishfur]

thank you, i think it might be a ramshorn as well, just not too sure about it.

here's a video of how it roam over the water: Video Upload & Annotation - Gemoo

i noticed it goes to the surface sometimes as well, upside down, maybe grasp for air or finding the food off the water surface?

They have no gills, they are pulmonate snails - air breathers. You can usually see a bubble of air inside the shell - they use that to get oxygen to breathe underwater until it is exhausted and then go to the surface to get a fresh bubble of air or just stay there for awhile.

They can indeed crawl on the underside of the water tension which looks as if it ought not to be possible. They’re eating something when they do this as nearly as I can tell.
Bladder snails can do this as well.
Btw, there is no video to see at the link.

 

[newcomer12]

They have no gills, they are pulmonate snails - air breathers. You can usually see a bubble of air inside the shell - they use that to get oxygen to breathe underwater until it is exhausted and then go to the surface to get a fresh bubble of air or just stay there for awhile.

thank you for your information! super helpful, i have no prior knowledge about snail at all. great to learn something new today.

i prob sent a wrong link, here is the new link for it: Video Upload & Annotation - Gemoo

 

[Fishfur]

Now I can see it. Definitely a ramshorn.

 

[newcomer12]

thank you! great to know that!

i have a few questions about it tho:
1. how big will this kind of snail grow? i prob will put it in my 1.5 gal so i hope they won't get too big.
2. what kind of food should i give them? do i need to feed the snail algea waffle or is it good with any food (i have shrimp pallet and hikari micro shinking pallet right now)
3. how often should i feed the 1.5 gal tank? i have 3 small shrimps in my small tank now, feed them once every 2 days but im not sure if that's too much or not.

 

[kallililly1973]

It’ll get to about the size of a pea.
It will do fine just eating biofilm and other things that naturally grow in the tank.
Your feeding regime seems like plenty for 3 shrimp and a snail. You will most likely see more snails pop up. As long as you don’t overfeed you won’t be overrun by them.

 

[Fishfur]

How big it will get depends on just what species it is but the most common ones get to 3/8 or at most 1/2” diameter.
But there is at least one species that is twice that size - an inch diameter and quite a bit thicker as well. I don’t see them very often.

 

[Kwikfab]

They can definitely come in different sizes
Here's one of my ramshorn snails, a chonker really as you see here next to my gourami


A different species than yours of course, but one that is also considered to be a "pest" snail I keep them in my tank cause I like what they do

You seem concerned over yours, just discard it if you don't want it Otherwise, keep it in any tank you want
Their population can be controlled by the amount of food you place in your tank; overfeeding your livestock means overfeeding your snails thus causing them to increase in number

If you want to prevent them from taking over a tank, limit the food you feed as it can be very easy to overfeed livestock

 

[newcomer12]

It’ll get to about the size of a pea.
It will do fine just eating biofilm and other things that naturally grow in the tank.
Your feeding regime seems like plenty for 3 shrimp and a snail. You will most likely see more snails pop up. As long as you don’t overfeed you won’t be overrun by them.

They can definitely come in different sizes
Here's one of my ramshorn snails, a chonker really as you see here next to my gourami
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A different species than yours of course, but one that is also considered to be a "pest" snail I keep them in my tank cause I like what they do

You seem concerned over yours, just discard it if you don't want it Otherwise, keep it in any tank you want
Their population can be controlled by the amount of food you place in your tank; overfeeding your livestock means overfeeding your snails thus causing them to increase in number

If you want to prevent them from taking over a tank, limit the food you feed as it can be very easy to overfeed livestock

thank you, was thinking the same about overfeeding as well. i will reduce it and see how it goes!

How big it will get depends on just what species it is but the most common ones get to 3/8 or at most 1/2” diameter.
But there is at least one species that is twice that size - an inch diameter and quite a bit thicker as well. I don’t see them very often.

good to know that! i will monitor it and see how its growth rate and reproduction after feeding them less!