Ahahaha! I got my wife interested in the hobby, so I'm fortunate enough to not get the looks at home. However, I do work at an IT Helpdesk and I get them cause I do nothing but look at fish all day long on the net. They just don't know...
Woot! "Donkey ears"!!!
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Well, it's Lymnaea stagnalis if it grows to around 2", which is larger than most other Pond Snails. It's probably hard to tell otherwise, given how Pond Snails all look so similiar. Some people in Europe keep them, though I haven't heard of many people here who do.
I know what that feels like..
My mom at least understands the fish, she spends a lot of time watching them, but I know she doesn't get the invert craze at all. 
Guess I'll just have to wait and see. I can't find any other species that looks the same doing an image search, but US native snails tend to be hard to find info on anyways.
Lymnaea stagnalis isn't US-native, like most other Pond Snails, they originated in Europe. Sorta like the Old World counterpart to our Bladder Snails. ...or maybe they're invasive here and I didn't know yet..
Either way, if it does hit the 2" mark and turns out to be stagnalis, I'd love some if you get them to breed.
Either way, if it does hit the 2" mark and turns out to be stagnalis, I'd love some if you get them to breed.
Eh, confusing wording on my part, I didn't mean the l. stagnalis were native, I meant that what I have could be a native that looks similar.. probably not likely though.
They're definitely breeding, I imagine there's a ton of 'em at the bottom of the pond where I can't see. I'll have to start going out snail-watching to see if any big ones come up.
