Snail identification

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Balticbob

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Hi people,anyone tell me what this bid guy is please?
 

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Looks like either a bladder snail or a pond snail.
 
It's a bladder snails and it will take over your tank soon :thumbs:
 
The way to control the snails is to not overfeed the fish and keep the bottom of the tank clean (ie gravel clean or hoover the debris off sand). Snails only get out of control when they have too much food. I have so-called pest snails in my tanks (physid snails and tiny ramshorns) and I only ever see a few of them.

There are two snails which look like the one in the photo - physids and lymnaeids. The difference is the direction the shell curves. There's more info and how to tell which is which here https://www.fishforums.net/threads/freshwater-snail-species-in-the-hobby.424364/
 
I have 13 assasin snails now in my 70 gallon so they all be eaten soon
 

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