Oh no a snail!

[HeathB]

I just saw a snail in my 10 gallon, which seems a bit strange as nothing has changed to that tank in the past few months aside from changing to eco complete. Hope he isn't trying to eat my plants.

Once I get my yoyo loaches for my 29g they might have a good snack though.

 

[HeathB]

A bit small to get a picture, but its about the size of a bb and its shell is sort of a semi-transparent golden color.

 

[neilanh]

It happens, they can hide or come in as eggs, who knows.

Sounds like a pond snail per your description.

 

[mos119]

howd it just pop up????

 

[neilanh]

It's probably been there for a while. Baby snails are tiny and if you're not looking for them (or even if you are) you might never see them.

 

[SnailPowered]

I had a bunch of snails in my first tank and they did a great job of keeping it clean. It was by a window and I had about 4 tiger barbs and a pleco with some anacharis in there and they came on the anacharis apparently.

 

[HeathB]

It happens, they can hide or come in as eggs, who knows.

Sounds like a pond snail per your description.

Will they chew up my plants?

 

[HeathB]

howd it just pop up????

I think its either a magic snail, or it broke its cloaking device.

 

[SnailPowered]

My snails left my anacharis alone, although I wish they had gone hog wild on it lol.

 

[taylorodw]

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f12/snail-id-129328.html

A pond snail ID there courtesy our AA good guys. Does it look like that?

 

[mgamer20o0]

for the most part there is nothing wrong with snails more so the ones that come with plants. its a good way to measure if you are over feeding or not.

 

[SnailPowered]

Those assassin snails look really cool too! Do they eat algae as well?

 

[mgamer20o0]

no jsut other snails. they can eat other high protein foods though.

 

[dkpate]

It could be a ramshorn snail too, because mine looked the same when they showed up (golden shell). I have moved them into the snail tank where they get alot of food, and I can't believe how fast they grow!

 

[HeathB]

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f12/snail-id-129328.html

A pond snail ID there courtesy our AA good guys. Does it look like that?

Thats it alright.