snails

[ryan]

i found a snail in my tank that must have been attached to the plants i bought will it eat all my plants?

 

[lmw80]

Is it round or long and cone and screwy looking?
The round ones are not good for plants, the long cone ones won't bother the plants.

 

[ryan]

its round but the end of it is spiral and its goldish brown.

 

[Zagz]

That is definately a pond snail, a pest IMO. I would remove it. I don't know if it will eat your plants or not but it will multiply like crazy!

 

[Jchillin]

No doubt at all, pond snails eat plants. Time to let him go.

 

[ryan]

what should i do with him when i remove him

 

[mr funktastic]

throw him outside is the easiest way. there is no nice way to get rid of him but if u dont u will have more than u can count very soon and your plants wil be gone so dipose of him quick or put him in an unplanted tank that u dont mind having lots os snails in.

 

[travis simonson]

throw him outside is the easiest way. there is no nice way to get rid of him but if u dont u will have more than u can count very soon and your plants wil be gone so dipose of him quick or put him in an unplanted tank that u dont mind having lots os snails in.

They are also quite tasty sauteed in garlic butter and served on toast points

In all seriousness, some loaches or a few African cichlids will clean up a pond snail problem quickly if you find that you've got more than just that one in your tank.

 

[ryan]

i moved the snail into another tank and then found another and put it in thats all that was in there so main tank is all good.

 

[Zagz]

Keep an eye out though, if you found more than one already there very well might be eggs in the tank that will hatch soon.

 

[ryan]

the other one came with my new fish i bought yesterday.