Sean Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Hey everyone, somehow this little guy showed up in our tank or I just noticed him the other day. Small snail but wanting to know what type of snail this is and should we be concerned about them becoming invasive in our fish tank? Never had a snail in our setup before so this is new to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Bladder snail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateGoldfish Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 colu is correct, it is a bladder snail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 I keep bladder snails in all my tanks. Mother nature’s most awesome gardener they will not eat live plants only the parts dying or dead giving the plant a chance at fresh growth. Want perfect plants keep him. They only reproduce to the food they have algae and detritus. Keep your tank clean and they won’t overpopulate. Bladder snails are beneficial if you line them up with the head by your head and look down on their shell the spire goes left. They have delicate hairlike antenna and yellow spots on the shell...yours is definitely an adorable bladder snail. Use a magnifying glass they are fascinating to watch and very beautiful. If the spire goes right and the antenna look like spike horns it’s pond snail that will eat live plants first. 🙂 enjoy your free gardener. If there is only one in 8 weeks it will reproduce without a mate if it has enough food. Only poorly maintained overfed tanks become overpopulated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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