What Is This?

fish are friends.... · Jun 13, 2008

Just found this snail in my tank and don't have clue about how it got there or what type it is.
I havn't brought plants in weeks so i'm not sure how it got ther

I have reomoved it for the time being.
Shall i keep out out or is it not like the common snails you find?

cheers!

Tsi_User · Jun 13, 2008

My guess:
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/www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Melanoi...tuberculata.php

sorry that link doesnt seem to be working, search for malaysian trumpet snails, many people see them as beneficial.

orange shark · Jun 13, 2008

looks like a malasion (sp) trumpet to me

Edit: Oh and they breed like crazy so unless you want some more dont re-add that to your tank and search for more!

fish are friends.... · Jun 13, 2008

Ok cheers, i might keep it in a seperate little container thing and see what happens.. a little project for myself! lol

Corleone · Jun 13, 2008

fish are friends.... said:
Ok cheers, i might keep it in a seperate little container thing and see what happens.. a little project for myself! lol

If you have one, there's probably more. If you're not overfeeding, you may never see them, because they live down in the gravel. I never knew I had them in my 30 gallon until I pulled the gravel out and they started climbing up the bucket. Dropped them in my 55 and haven't seen them since.

fish are friends.... · Jun 13, 2008

I think i'm gunna leave him in there, from what i'v read they are beneficial because they will eat any left over food and might keep the algea down to a minimum!

Seems helpful!

HMPK love · Jun 13, 2008

Thier really good for sand or any soil like substrate too because they burrow and keep it airrated(sp?) I love them personally

TylerFerretLord · Jun 14, 2008

That would be a malaysian trumpet snail(Melanoides tuberculata).

They certainly are beneficial! They'll keep sand stirred up and eat leftovers and possibly algae if they get hungry enough.

The 'snail explosion' is caused by overfeeding, so don't do that and you shouldn't have too many. Not like it's a bad thing to have a bunch, anyway. They look nice, in my opinion.

fish are friends.... · Jun 14, 2008

After posting this I found a couple more adutls and a lot of babies. I think i might remove as many as posible and then leave what ever i can't find, because i don't want to be over run with the thing!

Cheers for the help!