MJo

[MJo]

Hi every! New here. I will introduce myself and my tanks when I can move again. (Imminent back surgery). But, for now,,, I can’t find an ID on this snail. Not many get past pinhead size or so cuz we pluck them out. Not too many right now. DO NOT want an explosion! Lol. Thanks for any info about these ‘guests’. They look different than your usual suspects 

[Patrick_G]

Those look like Ramshorn snails. In my tanks they’re beneficial for cleaning up and algae control. They’re also nice looking when they get bigger. 

[MJo]

Patrick, do you find them to be a pest ever? How do you keep your population controlled? (My first snails, intentionally or not)

[Patrick_G]

I have bladder, ramshorn and malaysian trumpet snails.  I enjoy them all and they don’t get out of control in my tanks. I’ve been told that over feeding leads to an overpopulation of snail. 
 

here’s a funny video with Dean and Zenzo from aquarium co-op. 

 

Edited February 15, 2022 by Patrick_G

[Guppysnail]

If the shell lays flat to the glass and they stay small probably planorbis planorbis (double typed word is intentional). A forum member recently helped me with the real name of these little guys I always called micro ramshorns. 🙂 

[Patrick_G]

On 2/15/2022 at 3:24 PM, Guppysnail said:

If the shell lays flat to the glass and they stay small probably planorbis planorbis (double typed word is intentional). A forum member recently helped me with the real name of these little guys I always called micro ramshorns. 🙂 

So a different species than “regular” ramshorn snails and not just babies? 

[Guppysnail]

On 2/15/2022 at 6:43 PM, Patrick_G said:

So a different species than “regular” ramshorn snails and not just babies? 

These I have no idea. The ones in my tanks get only slightly larger than the flat head of a pin as full grown. @Biotope Biologist Helped me with the possible I’d on mine. Mine are not regular ramshorns. Always flat on glass never upright. 

[Torrey]

Ooh, I just learned something new.

I thought they were baby ramshorns, and just got better at carrying their shell as they grew up.

Learn something new every day!

😁

[Biotope Biologist]

Yes there are multiple ramshorn species and many have different color morphs so it can be hard to identify our lovely mollusc friends. I am not entirely confident on the ID of planorbis planorbis, but they are commonly found alongside other species in the home aquaria so I made an educated guess. 
 

☺️

[BETTA999]

On 2/15/2022 at 4:15 PM, Patrick_G said:

I have bladder, ramshorn and malaysian trumpet snails.  I enjoy them all and they don’t get out of control in my tanks. I’ve been told that over feeding leads to an overpopulation of snail. 
 

here’s a funny video with Dean and Zenzo from aquarium co-op. 

 

i am on the dean side i dont like at all rams horn mine are just ugly and get out of control but i have kept the population by feeding less and removing one each day

[MJo]

Thanks everyone ☺️ Been in research mode. It’s looking like I have ramshorn! I may be leaning toward the planorbis planorbis. It is very small and does stay flat on glass or leaves (mostly glass). Maybe they are so small cuz we pluck ‘em, tho.

Open mind. But not on the subject of plucking. I am team Dean.