Snails Lots of snails

[jobymoby]

I awoke today to see a least 50 to 100 baby snails in my fresh water planted tank,should i or can i kill them or are they beneficial to my planted tank,than joby moby.

 

[bs6749]

It depends on what kind of snails they are as some will eat plants while others won't. If you want to take care of them quickly I would recommend buying at least 2 yo-yo loaches that will eat them. What size tank do you have and what sort of fish are in there?

 

[Jchillin]

malaysian trumpets, ramshorns (sp planorbid) are great for planted tanks while ramshorns (sp marisa), pond and most apple snails are not.

 

[Jarred Darque]

since when are pond snails not good for a planted tank? I have never had them eat any plants or anything, and only 1 of the 2 species of apple snails I have eat plants, unfotunately, that type is also my only male, so all my baby apple snails are plant eaters as well

 

[bs6749]

I have always heard that pond snails will eat plants.

 

[BillD]

Pond snails is a generic term, but the one that it generally refers to will eat plants.

 

[Jchillin]

since when are pond snails not good for a planted tank?

As BillD pointed out, there are several species of pond snails, 5 by my last count. For the most part, folks tend to get those that are herbivores and don't mind snacking on plants. IMO it's better to avoid them.

 

[hc8719]

malaysian trumpets, ramshorns (sp planorbid) are great for planted tanks while ramshorns (sp marisa), pond and most apple snails are not.

actually i only know of the one mystery/apple snail that eats plants, and they're pretty rare. almost all mystery/apple snails are plant safe

 

[neilanh]

If you want to scoop them out and send them to me, my YoYos would love to take care of them for you!

 

[scalesojustice]

Do mystery snails eat plants? i have 10 gal i'm turning into a planted tank and it houses two large mystery snails.

 

[fish 'n' fries]

Pomacea bridgesii are the ones you usually find in the stores. They don't eat plants until they're dying/rotting. Pomacea canaliculata is the one that eats plants. It's bigger and rounder. Applesnail.net has good pictures to tell them apart.

 

[arrow1234]

sorry for hijakcing ur thread, but i have the same issue,
except all my snails went into the filter, i see none in the tank but tones of them in the filter, whats going on? they dont like the tank or my water?

 

[tkos]

The filter media traps all sorts of debris that the snails like to eat and makes a good breeding place.

I have lots of ramshorn, "pond snails" and others in my heavily planted tanks. The only plants I ever see them eat are dead ones. They are often on the leaves, but generally eating algae. The only damage I see on plants in my tanks is from out of balance fertilizers.