Snails From Live Plants :(

[crazycallum]

I'v just bought some live plants from pets at home, then just looking at my tank now it has a tiny snail on the front!!! i dont want any snails can i expect more? what should i doo?

 

[Honeythorn]

Take it out and crush it. Or throw it away. Thing is, if you have one you more than likely have more. Snail eggs tend to be clear and are usually well hidden in plants. To be honest they won't do any real damage to your aquarium, and I have found that they often eat any spots of algae on the back wall of mine.

 

[crazycallum]

i dont want to end up with propa loads though lol, its absolutly tiny and my betta keeps staring at it lol

 

[Hawkins]

aww bettas are so inquisitive

i want a snail! guess i will get one and kill any others i see lol

 

[crazycallum]

lol its so tiny, tbf im just waiting for nyron (my betta) to just eat it or something, seems to like the new plants which is good not sure what they are though

 

[Night61]

can they control brown agle, and how can you control there population?

 

[azulfire24]

they r tiny pest snails that sometimes come in plants are pests they can get sucked in to the filter and break it. wash the live plants real well and remove any snails u see, the eggs look like snot on the glass or ornaments, with little dots in it as the babies get bigger, dont let them get out of hand, i thought they were qute till i woke up one day and had thousands......they arent the pet snails you might buy mostly they are just a pain, pluss the shelll is hard and i doubt it would be good for a betta to eat it, could get them sick, when my epidemick bloomed i mystersly had several females die off and i think it was the reason,, they bellys looked funny.....

 

[tangokitty]

usually those snails will stay undercontrol if you don't over feed the tank. They can't breed if theres nothing for them to eat!

 

[Amunet]

You probably have more and just haven't noticed them yet.
I got some plants from Petsmart a while ago, and currently have 4-5 snails in the tank.
They're not doing any harm though, except for pooping on everything... and when my porr Rex dies, the tank will more than likely be converted to a Dwarf puffer tank so yeah... they'll help keep the snail population down.

Just make sure to keep the tank clean, no excess food and pick out all the ones you see.