can anyone ID this mystery snail? - Aquarium Advice

sudz · 12-31-2005, 12:39 PM

Hey! I was saying how i've been killing off little snails in my 10 gallon, i finally caught one on film.

This will be the 5th snail i'll have disposed of in the last... week or so. I do have some hard to reach algae in my tank, but i want to know the plant eating characteristics of this snail.

Anyone have any idea's on it? how big do they get? Are ALL snails asexual? if i just keep ONE in my 44 gallon (when he gets big enough to fend off my clown) I'm a snail noob.

(as with almost everything, lol)

Here's the pic! Thanks in advance!

sudz · 12-31-2005, 12:42 PM

Oh, [acronym:f115b32f39="By the way"]btw[/acronym:f115b32f39], this snail is only 4 mm wide. I think i see another one crawling about the rocks.

(i love my camera, it has an amazing macro... That was only at 3mp instead of 5 as well!) (cropped photo)

**Devilishturtles** · 12-31-2005, 12:45 PM

Looks like a Ramshorn.

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/snail2.htm#rams'

They be hermaphrodites, and thus will overtake you quickly.

**Fishyfanatic** · 12-31-2005, 12:45 PM

Ramshorn Snail?

sudz · 12-31-2005, 07:08 PM

I don't know if i like them. They sound ok... and i have a fair bit of plants in there... but the sole fact that i didn't see them 2 weeks ago, and now have removed 5 (there's a 6th in there, but has since dissipeared) frightens me. If my clown loach was still in there, i'd be a little less worries... (contemplates putting him back in for a few days)

Opinions?

Toirtis · 12-31-2005, 07:11 PM

Its one of the 'pest' ramshorns....they stay small eat plants, clog filters, and reproduce like roaches.

**Fishyfanatic** · 12-31-2005, 07:30 PM

They hitchiked in with a plant. It happens all the time. Ever plant I have ever purchased has had hitchikers except for a few Anacharis.

Jchillin · 12-31-2005, 07:36 PM

Ummm...sudz, if these hitchhiked on the plants I sent you, they won't/don't eat any of my plants...as a matter of fact, they have helped my tank in many ways.

**Fishyfanatic** · 12-31-2005, 07:38 PM

Are you spreading snails Bill? [acronym:35fbf783ab="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:35fbf783ab]

Jchillin · 12-31-2005, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fishyfanatic

Are you spreading snails Bill? [acronym:a339f44ac8="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:a339f44ac8]

I am generous to a fault...[acronym:a339f44ac8="Rolling on the floor laughing"]ROFL[/acronym:a339f44ac8]!!!

12-31-2005, 12:42 PM	#2
sudz Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 765 Images: 27	Oh, [acronym:f115b32f39="By the way"]btw[/acronym:f115b32f39], this snail is only 4 mm wide. I think i see another one crawling about the rocks. (i love my camera, it has an amazing macro... That was only at 3mp instead of 5 as well!) (cropped photo) __________________ Sudz "Mommy... That fish looks funny swimming upside down!" [size=2] 44 Gal, 2.2WPG10 Cardinal Tetra's 2 Clown Loach, 4 Black Phantom Tetra's, 1 Millenium Rainbow, 4 Congo Tetra's, 1 Simease Algae Eater, 2 Mollies

12-31-2005, 12:45 PM	#4
Fishyfanatic Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 10,303 Images: 15	Ramshorn Snail? __________________ Vote for Aquarium Advice 10 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 29 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 150 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid

12-31-2005, 07:08 PM	#5
sudz Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 765 Images: 27	I don't know if i like them. They sound ok... and i have a fair bit of plants in there... but the sole fact that i didn't see them 2 weeks ago, and now have removed 5 (there's a 6th in there, but has since dissipeared) frightens me. If my clown loach was still in there, i'd be a little less worries... (contemplates putting him back in for a few days) Opinions? __________________ Sudz "Mommy... That fish looks funny swimming upside down!" [size=2] 44 Gal, 2.2WPG10 Cardinal Tetra's 2 Clown Loach, 4 Black Phantom Tetra's, 1 Millenium Rainbow, 4 Congo Tetra's, 1 Simease Algae Eater, 2 Mollies

12-31-2005, 07:11 PM	#6
Toirtis Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,768	Its one of the 'pest' ramshorns....they stay small eat plants, clog filters, and reproduce like roaches. __________________ G. A. Christian Bilou, Zoologist/Writer Founder/Director, Reptile Rescue Alberta Vice-President, Calgary Aquarium Society www.calgaryaquariumsociety.com Polypterid/Primitive Fish/Ctenopoma/Catfish Fanatic 62 Aquariums, 2200+ total gallons, Aquarist since 1971.

12-31-2005, 07:30 PM	#7
Fishyfanatic Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 10,303 Images: 15	They hitchiked in with a plant. It happens all the time. Ever plant I have ever purchased has had hitchikers except for a few Anacharis. __________________ Vote for Aquarium Advice 10 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 29 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 150 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid

12-31-2005, 07:36 PM	#8
Jchillin Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York, NY (The Big Apple) Posts: 12,976 Images: 47	Ummm...sudz, if these hitchhiked on the plants I sent you, they won't/don't eat any of my plants...as a matter of fact, they have helped my tank in many ways. __________________ _________________________________

12-31-2005, 07:38 PM	#9
Fishyfanatic Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 10,303 Images: 15	Are you spreading snails Bill? [acronym:35fbf783ab="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:35fbf783ab] __________________ Vote for Aquarium Advice 10 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 29 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 150 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid

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