Pond Snails

[matchstickman47]

i wonder about alot but i would love to have pond snails in my tank none of my four loacl fish shops sell snail but there billions in my pond

i dont think i can just need conformation

but i think my snyos will eat em anywy

 

[Inchworm]

Hi matchstickman47

There are some nice snails on the market if you are sure you want to have some in your tank. Pond snails are not particularly colorful or interesting.

Why not look for something like red ramshorns?

 

[Truck]

nerite snails???

porcupine
zebra
ruby

and they wont become pests

 

[Miah002]

Hi matchstickman47

There are some nice snails on the market if you are sure you want to have some in your tank. Pond snails are not particularly colorful or interesting.

Why not look for something like red ramshorns?

Wheres the snail in the pic?

 

[Truck]

the little red things

they breed like crazy

 

[Miah002]

I had one of them.

It came with my plant. I thought it was bad so i threw it into the bin.

I had one of them.

 

[matchstickman47]

hmm pond snails look okay i suppose but i think they would become food i may put some in but i hear they also eat fish eggs

 

[Truck]

http/www.aquaessentials.co.uk/index.php?...p;cPath=257_258

 

[matchstickman47]

wow they are cool snails but im still 95 % sure they are just added food would i be able to keep um with bns an guppys without them eating eggs?

 

[Truck]

yep nerites are true algae eaters, but dont go for assasins

 

[matchstickman47]

i take it (from the name) there egg munchers

 

[Truck]

assasin snails eat other snails and i bet they would eat eggs, but nerites shouldnt

 

[matchstickman47]

thanks truck


but no one has answered my question

can i put pond snails in or would this be a bad idea caused they are diseased n stuff

 

[Truck]

there fine, but will breed rapidly

 

[matchstickman47]

so they wont be an issue if a syno multi eats one