Snail ID

[Wells]

Evening all

I think I have an infestation of snails, I do have a single nerite snail who has recently been laying a lot of eggs, or so I thought it was the nerite anyway.

While trying to find some shrimp I stumbled across 7+ small snails which I don't think are nerites.

Is it time for an assassin snail?

 

[Ch4rlie]

Does look like pond/bladder snails to be honest.

Nerites will lay eggs in freshwater but the eggs never hatch, nerite eggs needs brackish waters.

You can get an assassin snail to help control their numbers or leave them as there are some benefits to be had from having snails in the aquarium.

 

[Essjay]

An assassin may also go after the nerite.

Those small snails can be kept under control by resticting their food supply - in other words, don't over feed the fish, and keep the bottom of the tank free of uneaten food etc.