g0nk Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Greetings! A little under 3 weeks ago, I set up my tank, with some plants I got from Co-Op, and I noticed the next day, I had 2 little stow-aways! I figured let them be, they looked like Nerite snails so I wasn't worried about them reproducing. Fast forward to yesterday, and I'm starting to see a good amount of very tiny snails in the tank, about 1mm in size at the largest. Pictures attached, that's the best I could do really. Am I wrong, and they are something else, not Nerites? Now.. Last weekend, I got some crushed coral from Pestsmart to add to the tank to raise the PH some for my Cherry shrimp, and everything is about perfect! I have seen these little blobs of white dots (picture attached) which I don't believe are eggs really, as they've been here and there since I put the tank together, and nothing seems to be hatching from them, but I am curious now where all the new tiny snails may have come from. Could they have come with packaged crushed coral? It has been sitting there at Petsmart for a while, given the amount of dust that was one it when I got it. I'm baffled. Wondering if I'm now going to need a hit squad... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLFishChik Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Those appear to be Bladder Snails from the photos. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Those are bladder snails. They don't get very big and should leave healthy plants alone. They will reproduce to the amount of food available to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeGryphon Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 They have such cool markings! The first one looks like some fancy glazed ceramic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g0nk Posted April 21, 2023 Author Share Posted April 21, 2023 Oooof, oh boy. OK, thank you all for the quick replies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying fox 6523 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 On 4/21/2023 at 4:16 PM, Katherine said: Those are bladder snails. They don't get very big and should leave healthy plants alone. They will reproduce to the amount of food available to them. Are those the same 1's that over take the tank that's called pest snails ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying fox 6523 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 If you bought any plant's from Cory that's where they came from Cory has snails in his tanks, they wouldn't have been on the C C you bought from the store, so as far as getting a snail patrol maybe. I had a snail population & lord howdy did I have a population I went & got me 2 yo-yo loaches to keep them suckers from over populating my tank like B-4, & so far there pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllFishNoBrakes Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Definitely bladder snails. Nothing to fear in my opinion; I welcome them and can’t imagine running my tanks without snails. Agreed with the others that they will reproduce to the amount of food available. Lots of food = lots of snails. Again, nothing to fear in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 On 4/21/2023 at 10:40 PM, Flying fox 6523 said: Are those the same 1's that over take the tank that's called pest snails ? They are one of the many kinds commonly called pest snails. Whether or not they take over the tank depends on how much there is for them to eat. They'll eat fish food that the fish miss, dying plants, some kinds of algae, dead fish, dead snails... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying fox 6523 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 On 4/22/2023 at 8:53 AM, Katherine said: They are one of the many kinds commonly called pest snails. Whether or not they take over the tank depends on how much there is for them to eat. They'll eat fish food that the fish miss, dying plants, some kinds of algae, dead fish, dead snails... I've never seen any with spots, is why I asked, cause the 1's I seen in my tank have been all black & real small, but now that I have 2 yo-yo loaches I shouldn't be having any show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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