View Full Version : I know it's been asked before but, is it ok that there is a snail in my tank?
NJ Devils Fan
03-17-2003, 8:59 AM
The light just went on in my tank and there is a snail on the front glass. Is it ok?
RBlanc
03-17-2003, 9:14 AM
It is if you like snails. If you don't like snails then, no.
odessa
03-17-2003, 9:25 AM
I Have ramshorn snails and maylasian live bearers in my tanks I find them very useful, I couldn't imagine running a planted tank without them. Also if you only seen one you probably have ten.
NJ Devils Fan
03-17-2003, 9:50 AM
I see 2 now. How are there 20?
I have to side with odessa on this one and say that it is hard to imagine having a planted tank without the help of MTS...That being said, pond snails are (in my opinion) one of the biggest nuisances in aquaria. Search the net for pictures of snails and do your best to identify what type of snail you have. Then let us know and we can give you some further advice.
RBlanc
03-17-2003, 10:05 AM
Originally posted by NJ Devils Fan
I see 2 now. How are there 20?
Because thet are in places you can't see. Like your filter, in your gravel. In your hoses. In, under and behind your plants, rocks, driftwood.
O-man21
03-17-2003, 10:13 AM
Originally posted by RBlanc
Because thet are in places you can't see. Like your filter, in your gravel. In your hoses. In, under and behind your plants, rocks, driftwood.
well when you said "In"..I think you coverd the whole lot of the spots.
NJ Devils Fan
03-17-2003, 11:07 AM
They are so small, it's hard to tell, but I'm pretty shore they are Ramshorn. I just saw them today. I think they came with the amazon sword I got a few days ago because I got it at a different store.
beviking
03-17-2003, 11:07 AM
You're not worried about the snails cleaning your hoses for you are you NJ?
http://www.aaquaria.com/aquasource/snail.shtml
HTH
NJ Devils Fan
03-17-2003, 5:31 PM
I don't like anyone cleaning my hoses except me. I saw a snail almost look at one of the hoses and I dove in the tank to make him look the other way. **** snails.
beviking
03-18-2003, 6:08 PM
:D :D :D
Stop it! I'm getting cramps from laughing...so...hard!!!
LOL!
Slappy*McFish
03-18-2003, 6:54 PM
Originally posted by NJ Devils Fan
I don't like anyone cleaning my hoses except me.
Somehow this amuses me.
PlecoKeeper
03-18-2003, 7:39 PM
same here lol
beviking
03-19-2003, 8:32 AM
Originally posted by Slappy*McFish
Somehow this amuses me.
In the voice of P.T. Flea from A Bug's Life... That's because it's FUNNY!!
ellehcim
03-19-2003, 2:25 PM
I have quite an abundance of those little ramshorn snails, at first i hated them, but now i dont mind them so much, when i see a large congregation of them I start smooshing them and my little fishys get to enjoy a delicious treat;)
Originally posted by NJ Devils Fan
**** snails.
You'll be calling them worse names than that before long.
Len
NJ Devils Fan
03-19-2003, 4:29 PM
Oh yea, another question(not about cleaning hoses). Do the snails eat the plant leaves.
ellehcim
03-19-2003, 4:54 PM
i think the pond snails are the worst on live plants, i have those ramshorn ones , the only plant i have are anacharis, they seem to pretty much leave it alone, but i dont know about other plants, i also have some trumpet snails, and they just stay in the gravel all the time:)