Do red ramshorn snails eat hair algae?

[iamgroovy]

I was just reading about red ramshorn snails and this article said that they will eat hair algae.
Has anyone found this to be the case?

 

[jm1212]

my little ramshorn eats the green algea off the sides of the tank. it is lazy with eating it though, so you are probably going to need to scrape it off the sides of the tank.

 

[iamgroovy]

Actually, I don't have much. Most of it is growing on the fake rock wall I have in there. I was just wondering if they would help control it.
I live in a log home with big windows and sky lights so both my tanks get some direct sunlight everyday

 

[jm1212]

it will help a little bit, but you may have to scrape some every now and then

 

[iamgroovy]

Ok ty. I got some red ramshorns in on some plants I bought so they were free. Any algea they eat will just be a bonus

 

[mtako]

Unfortunately recently I've got plenty of hair algae to go around, but I've seen a lot more ramshorn snails in my tank too recently. Correlation or causation? Who knows. I don't see them hanging round the hair algae that much, so I'm think they prefer eating other stuff more.

 

[Sploke]

I have loads of hair algae in my 10g, and lots of snails as well They don't seem to slow it down any.