Snails

[tmdavies]

Whats the best snail for a planted tank to help eat rotten parts of plants?

 

[CorallineAlgae]

The best option is to cut off any dead or dying leaves on your plants and take them out. Plants often expend a lot of energy trying to save dying leaves. Energy better spent growing healthier new leaves.
Nerite snails are always welcome in planted tanks. I love mine. Most snails will eat dead leaves, though. Many of the 'nuisance' snails like ramshorns eat them also. They used to be blamed for killing leaves but were later found to only be targeting the dying ones. I'm not saying to add them to your tank, only that they do the job your looking for. Nerite are popular, don't reproduce, and come in lots of varieties. If you have small leaved plants get small snails. If you have larger strong leaved plants any size snail should do.
You may want to check out the invertebrate section of the freshwater forum to see what's available and working for other people here.

 

[tmdavies]

Ok thank you that was extremely helpfull. I will look into nerite snails

 

[tmdavies]

Are these nerite snails? They were labelled zebra snails

 

[BBradbury]

Good Tank Snail

Whats the best snail for a planted tank to help eat rotten parts of plants?

Hello tm...

I've used "Ramshorn" snails for several years in my tanks.

B

 

[tmdavies]

Can anyone help id the snails?

 

[CorallineAlgae]

Can anyone help id the snails?

I can't tell a thing from the picture, sorry.

 

[Starka]

They kinda look like zebras... if I look real hard, but we need a better picture to confirm it. Maybe put them in a plastic bowl and take a pic from the top.

 

[tmdavies]

Ok i admit that was a poor pic lol i took some more. So do these look like nerites???

 

[Starka]

Ok i admit that was a poor pic lol i took some more. So do these look like nerites???

Second pic looks like a zebra nitrite, the first one I can't find him

 

[tmdavies]

Ok thanks looks like i got the right ones. Cheers

 

[CorallineAlgae]

Ok thanks looks like i got the right ones. Cheers

You sure did. There are lots of verities and you ended up with nice ones!