Snail id

[Darylb]

Can someone tell me if this is a good or bad snail? Came on my plants the third one may be the same but in not to sure

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Chances are they are li'l old pond snails, they reproduce asexually so it only takes one to reproduce and they are a pest once you have 200 of them, so I would give them a kick

 

[Darylb]

It doesn't look like a pond snail all the pics I seen on google they all had a long sorta pointy shell these ones just have round shells and like a leopard print style thing on there shells

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Yea that's what I was doubting too, they could be nerites

 

[Mebbid]

It's a ramshorn snail. They dont reproduce as quickly as pond snails and tend to be a bit more popular. But from what I've heard they can eat plants so I remove them from my tank with extreme prejudice.

 

[Darylb]

Okay I lost them for now but ill have a look now I might put them in a breeder net and let them grow a bit they look cool

 

[Wiggles24]

Ramshorns Do not eat plants unless its decaying plant matter. No need to kill thrm

 

[shellyx]

I keep red ramshorns in my planted tanks with no problems, like wiggles said they only eat decaying matter.

 

[Darylb]

Yea I wasn't gonna kill em so really they are beneficial to have in my tank cos they will eat dead leaves and stuff if I got any

 

[Wiggles24]

They are beneficial! Just make sure not to overfeed your tank, that will keep the population under control

 

[Darylb]

I try not to over feed I have only found 2 snails so far