Revisiting the tropical fish world

[PJ357]

Hi,
After several years I have bought a new small tank and started my tropical fish adventure. Unfortunately after about 6 months I felt confident to add live plants which did very well until I saw a bladder snail (yes I now know about inspecting and treating). This of course has led to many more. I have recently added an assassin snail which I'm not totally convinced is. I have added a picture. Would someone mind confirming. I'm enjoying the adventure even though it can be a steep learning curve. The plan is to get a larger tank but just want to master the basics first...

 

[Essjay]

That doesn't look quite right for an assassin snail at that angle. Could you manage to find it and take another photo from the side, please.

Assassins usually have yellow and black stripes and they are usually shown having a 'trunk' protuding from the shell. The photo looks more like my black Malaysian trumpet snails.

 

[PJ357]

This is the best I can do at the moment. If I can get a better one later will post. Thanks for coming back to me.

 

[PJ357]

This might be better?

 

[Essjay]

It's not an assassin or a malaysian trumpet snail. From this new photo I would say it's more like a rabbit/elephant/sulawesi snail. There are quite a few of these conical snails with quite a few common names, mostly in the genus Tylomelania.

Can I suggest doing a search for images of Tylomelania snails and see if any of them look like your snail.

 

[PJ357]

Great, thanks for this. I have had a quick look and I think you're right. I will continue to fish out the bladder snails!

 

[Essjay]

Also, make sure you don't over feed the fish - they need less food than you'd think. Any left over food will feed the pest snails, and they'll breed more. I have bladder snails and those tiny ramshorn pest snails in my tanks, and I make sure I don't over feed the fish.