Tiny Brown Snail???

[bnowlin02]

Hi there! I have had a 3 1/2 gallon tank and a betta for about 4 months now. Just last month I switched out his fake plants with real ones, and also brought a new inca snail as a new addition to the tank to help keep things looking nice.

Just tonight, I noticed this tiny little brown snail moving around on my substrate. I was kind of surprised and thought I would turn to you guys for help identifying him and what (if anything) I need to do.

I attached some photos aswell.

 

[Fishiemang]

Leave it be and let it do it's thing. Free snails are the best snails.

 

[FishBearer9845]

Looks like a pond or bladder snail. I had over 30 survive (I couldn’t even see them on the plant and rinsed well in water)
They’re now distributed through my tanks and do a wonderful job

 

[Retired Viking]

I also have them in my tanks, they are pretty common and usually are on plants you buy. Their eggs are also easy to miss.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Yep, cute little bladder snail. Harmless, some refer to them as pest snails, since they tend to hitchhike in on plants (sounds like that's where yours came from too), and if the tank is overfed or not cleaned much, the population can explode and then too many snails everywhere, but that's actually a useful sign that you're over feeding or not cleaning enough, so they can be a useful barometer for that. They don't do any harm, so don't stress or feel like you have to get rid of them, they'll just zoom about nomming algae and leftover fish food, they're actually a helpful part of an aquarium ecosystem.

If you don't want them, then take it out now since they can reproduce from a single individual, and look for others. They lay eggs in a clear jelly sack, so don't be alarmed when you see those, you can remove the sack to reduce the numbers from getting too high as well, but they lay lots of them often of leaves, so chances of finding them all are slim unless you remove all the adults now. But again, don't feel like you have to, I quite enjoy having some bladder snails as part of the clean up crew!