I just had this guy pop up, kinda weird since none of my tanks have snails and i haven’t added water from any sources other than my tap.
Spontaneous snail
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Lucky, I would love for some snails in mine. I have a pea puffer so I wouldn’t have to get any snails for him?
Any new fish or plants? Maybe snuck in there with the water or plants.
MTS. "Malaysian trumpet snail", Melanoides tuberculata.
They are viviparous. Probably came with plants, gravel, driftwood or any decorations. Soon you will have many. Generally not a problem but they do reproduce like crazy.
They are viviparous. Probably came with plants, gravel, driftwood or any decorations. Soon you will have many. Generally not a problem but they do reproduce like crazy.
You've got plants so you've got snails. They are mostly harmless and a benefit to your tank. If you feed heavy you'll get a population explosion. You can dip new plants to kill unwanted hitchhikers.
My plants are fake and were in storage for a few months, I’ added one fish last month , I’m pretty careful about not adding the water the fish was in. Can the snails or eggs lay dormant? I had a Fahaka in this tank a couple years ago and used to feed him snails, but I did a complete tear down on the tank after I sold him
In my personal experience with these guys, btw not trumpet snails they are baby bladder snails, they do lay dormant for a few months if need be. It's also quite possible that they have been in there for a few years already too as they stay so small if they don't have much to eat. They can get to the size of a finger nail but most I see stay around the size of a grain of sand. They reproduce like crazy but are beneficial to a tank even tho they don't look nice imo. I've been battling my own for years now and still have yet to find a good way of getting rid of em. So far the only way I have found to combat them is by adding ramshorn snails to the tank for them to compete with. So far it seems like if ya have a snail that gets bigger then them it'll help to keep the smaller snails population down. As for how to get rid of em completely I still have yet to find a way.
That makes sense, I keep my tank pretty clean so maybe they didn’t have an abundance of food and stayed small. I’m fine with them being in the tank, I was just surprised to see one
the snail in the OPs picture is a MTS not a bladder snail. great at detritus cleanup and a awesome help in keeping slow growing plants free of algae on their leaves. populations are a great indicator of the feeding level of a tank. they also are great for keeping substrate stirred.
