xanify Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 I'm guessing this little guy hitched a ride in on a plant a couple of weeks ago and it's finally big enough to maybe be identifiable. Would anyone know what kind of snail this is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlindsey Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 (edited) On 6/9/2024 at 9:33 PM, xanify said: I'm guessing this little guy hitched a ride in on a plant a couple of weeks ago and it's finally big enough to maybe be identifiable. Would anyone know what kind of snail this is? Looks like a mystery snail. @xanify Edited June 10 by Tlindsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Could be mystery. Could also be a small pest snail like a pond snail. Would be best if a mystery snail. If it’s a pond, you could easily see many more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanisag Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 (edited) @bryanisag thanks for that. Was going to suggest bladder snails as well. I have those. But honestly had no idea of the difference until now. Size being similar? The chirality of the shell. Wouldn’t have thought to look there. So @xanify bladder snails it is. Expect more. Don’t worry, they never get big, they’re mostly a nuisance. They never impact my water quality, as far as I know. Could be a good excuse to get a dwarf chain loach or a couple of assassin snails another thing you could do is remove it now and cross your fingers. Or possibly do a reverse respiration treatment on the plants, if it’s not too late Edited June 10 by Tony s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rube_Goldfish Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Bladder snails can reproduce asexually, so yeah, you'll likely get more. They do eat algae and excess food, though, so I like mine as long as I keep them to a reasonable population. The good news is that the population is easy for you to regulate: if you feed "too much" their numbers go up; cut back and they're numbers will shrink. In a way, they're a good quick visual indicator of "am I feeding too much?" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 On 6/9/2024 at 8:53 PM, Tlindsey said: Looks like a mystery snail. @xanify I think mystery snail too. The swirl of the shell is in the wrong place for pond or bladder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Mystery snail or bladder. Best guess, bladder snail. The picture that @bryanisag posted is pointing me towards bladder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rube_Goldfish Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Would a mystery snail be able to hitchhike unnoticed, though? Bladder and pond snail eggs are very small; mystery snail egg clutches would be hard to miss, but I suppose a single baby snail would be able to do it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 On 6/10/2024 at 2:07 PM, Rube_Goldfish said: Would a mystery snail be able to hitchhike unnoticed, though? Bladder and pond snail eggs are very small; mystery snail egg clutches would be hard to miss, but I suppose a single baby snail would be able to do it? Idk, maybe. But seems more likely that a bladder or pond snail could hitchhike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rube_Goldfish Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 On 6/10/2024 at 2:07 PM, Whitecloud09 said: Idk, maybe. But seems more likely that a bladder or pond snail could hitchhike. That's what I'm thinking, too. My experience with mystery snails is limited to intentionally introduced adults, so maybe it's easier than I think for a baby mystery to sneak in, but pond/bladder egg(s) just seem a lot more likely to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 On 6/10/2024 at 1:07 PM, Rube_Goldfish said: Would a mystery snail be able to hitchhike unnoticed, though? Bladder and pond snail eggs are very small; mystery snail egg clutches would be hard to miss, but I suppose a single baby snail would be able to do it? Baby mysteries are teeny tiny when they first hatch. Smaller than a sesame seed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rube_Goldfish Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 On 6/10/2024 at 2:11 PM, Katherine said: Baby mysteries are teeny tiny when they first hatch. Smaller than a sesame seed. Ah, thanks, I didn't know that. That's why I hedged my answer! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 On 6/10/2024 at 2:11 PM, Katherine said: Baby mysteries are teeny tiny when they first hatch. Smaller than a sesame seed yes, they are. I hatched 1 clutch and ended with about 140 snails 😁. so, could it be mystery. yes. Is it? probably not. simplest explanation is bladder snails 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyxxl Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 On 6/9/2024 at 9:33 PM, xanify said: I'm guessing this little guy hitched a ride in on a plant a couple of weeks ago and it's finally big enough to maybe be identifiable. Would anyone know what kind of snail this is? Looks like my pond or bladder snails, but they make good snacks for the fish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSunfish Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 (edited) On 6/10/2024 at 9:51 AM, Rube_Goldfish said: Bladder snails can reproduce asexually, so yeah, you'll likely get more. They do eat algae and excess food, though, so I like mine as long as I keep them to a reasonable population. The good news is that the population is easy for you to regulate: if you feed "too much" their numbers go up; cut back and they're numbers will shrink. In a way, they're a good quick visual indicator of "am I feeding too much?" Yep, looks like a little bladder snail to me, too. I have them in all 3 of my tanks to one degree or another. I like having them around, because they’re good scavengers. If you regard them as being overpopulated, you could reduce and/or change the food you’re offering. You could also introduced snail-eating fishes. If you don’t have a pre-filter on your HOB, they also tend to get killed at the intake. So, I don’t find their numbers to be a problem. Edited June 10 by AtomicSunfish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravelle Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Bladder snail, I received one a while back hitchhiking and now I have dozens of them haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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