Should It Stay Or Should It Go?

[denis coghlan]

This snails was a stowaway on a plant that I picked up today, I didn't notice it until I was doing a water change and there is was. I have never had snails before so I have a couple of questions.

From rains very well put together pinned article I am assuming that it is a Bladder/Tadpole/Pouch Snails - Family Physidae.

My questions are,
Does this species of snail benefit a tank?
and
From peoples experience should I bin this fella before it starts doing the nasty and making more of its self?


Tanks

Also please let me know if I have got the identification correct!

 

[MasterP]

If you have no algea problems then i would say dump it or you could keep it in the tank and let it eat some algea and debree. I fould one and then suddenly four more the same size in my tank so they must have hidden in the plants really well. I let them clean some alges before i dumped or crushed them.

 

[sammy86]

d'aww hee
i was watching my tank (lovengly as i do lol) and i saw a small snail just like this wondering along the glass XD i thought...hmm i didnt buy you?

im amazed that it has survived a total overhaul/new gravel and the hoover and is now the grand size of 1.5cm he dosnt seem to cause trouble so hes perfectly welcome in my tank with my apples, ramshorns and nerite