d6veteran Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Attached is a pic of two tiny (baby?) snails. I currently have around 20 Nerites who are of course laying little white sesame seed looking eggs. Are these Nerites? I assume not since they only hatch in brackish water. If not, any ideas which type? Perhaps introduced on a plant? For scale, the substrate is sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenman Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Those are rams horn snails. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6veteran Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 Got 2 minutes ago, gardenman said: Those are rams horn snails. Got, so need to remove asap! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishyJames Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Yuck, snails!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 18 minutes ago, FishyJames said: Yuck, snails!!! Ramshorn snail are great part of the clean up crew they will eat dead plant matter and algae 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenman Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 10 hours ago, Colu said: Ramshorn snail are great part of the clean up crew they will eat dead plant matter and algae I agree. I bought some ramshorn snails then got some free on plants and I'm very happy with them. They're the best algae eaters I've had. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamScott Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 On 4/28/2021 at 6:56 AM, gardenman said: I agree. I bought some ramshorn snails then got some free on plants and I'm very happy with them. They're the best algae eaters I've had. You don’t ever notice them eating healthy plants, do you? Was thinking of getting some myself and I know they eat decaying plant matter but wasn’t sure about healthy plant leaves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 10 hours ago, AdamScott said: You don’t ever notice them eating healthy plants, do you? Was thinking of getting some myself and I know they eat decaying plant matter but wasn’t sure about healthy plant leaves In my experience they only eat decaying plant matter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenman Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 10 hours ago, AdamScott said: You don’t ever notice them eating healthy plants, do you? Was thinking of getting some myself and I know they eat decaying plant matter but wasn’t sure about healthy plant leaves Mine don't other plants at all. They'll clean the algae off of them which I like, but the plants don't suffer at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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