Aubrey Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 (edited) 07/28/2020 I found this little guy hanging out in the emersed moss in my tank a few days ago. It looks like a pest snail, but I've only ever seen it above water on floating plants and wood that is above the water. It was hard to get a clear picture because it's so small and I couldnt get close enough without getting my phone wet, but the foot appears to be rougher in appearance than any of my aquatic snails. Edited September 24, 2020 by Aubrey Update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 I am no snail expert, but I think that one is aquatic. It kinda looks like a bladder snail. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 It looks like a pond/bladder snail, not a terrestrial snail. It is not uncommon to see those snails above the water surface feeding on alge or dead plants. Many snails have "dry" periods (like nerite snails) when they hang outside water for long periods. Usually there is moisture involved or they keep water trapped inside their shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 I dont have bladder snails in that tank, but I do in others. I didn't want to disturb it very much but curiosity got the better of me, so I plucked it out and put it next to a bladder snail for comparison. It's definitely not the same as the bladder snails I have. I find it interesting how life finds it's way to water. It must have came in on a plant I got a week or so ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Very interesting! Does the shell of the misterious snail coil anti-clockwise? Even more rare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shkote Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 It looks like an Amber snail from the photos. Would explain why it's creeping around your pond. They look a lot like pond and bladder snails, but the eye stalks give them away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 Two months later and the little guy is still hanging around. It stays on the moss and wood above the water line and travels across the floating plants to roam around the rim of the tank. I check for it everyday, multiple times a day. I worry that it will wander off and get lost in my apartment. I guess it eats the dried out moss. I also guess that there are minerals in the dried up moss, like calcium, because the dried moss is crusty. I felt like an update because I didn't really expect it to stay around this long. There is nothing keeping it from leaving. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 I have them in most of my tanks, Ill see them crawling up out of the water quite often, and my biggest tank is a rimless one I will even find dead snails on the floor next to the tank. I've seen them actually crawling out of the tank and they try to go down the outside of the glass but end up losing traction or whatever since it's dry and fall off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shkote Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 You could always build a terrarium for the little guy if you're too worried about it, though it seems to like it's new home too much to leave. Amber snails like to stay close to water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 Update: It appears that the snail has reproduced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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