Jacqueline13
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I've counted about 5 little brownish snails in my 10 gal tank. Are they ok to have around?
Homedog98 said:Umm... Uh oh... Could you get a pic? What are they're shells shaped like?
Jacqueline13 said:I've counted about 5 little brownish snails in my 10 gal tank. Are they ok to have around?
Jacqueline13 said:I tried to put a pic but it gave me an error.
They're cone shaped.
Jacqueline13 said:I tried to put a pic but it gave me an error.
They're cone shaped.
Fishkeeper26 said:Most likely you will want to remove them because they will breed like crazy. Did you get any new plants lately?
Homedog98 said:Sounds like either ramshorns or Malaysian trumpet snails... As betta said, you can keep the population in check by not overfeeding. The MTS (Malaysian trumpet snails) and the ramshorns are MUCH better then pond snails... So be thankful for that. Did you add any new plants recently?
Fishkeeper26 said:I had the same problem in one of my aquariums, it got to the point where I had to scrub everything, remove everything (plants and rocks) to get them all out and all their eggs out
Jacqueline13 said:Are they bad or something?
Homedog98 said:Sounds like either ramshorns or Malaysian trumpet snails... As betta said, you can keep the population in check by not overfeeding. The MTS (Malaysian trumpet snails) and the ramshorns are MUCH better then pond snails... So be thankful for that. Did you add any new plants recently?
Jacqueline13 said:I found them. They're tadpole snails