found a snail in my HOB filter, should i be concerned?

[iheartbettas]

i have a 10 gallon betta tank with some feeder snails and some nice nerites. Anyway, I found a nice batiki snail in one of the HOB filters while doing some maintenance. It was near the top of the filter clearly visible

I put him back into the tank and was wondering if I should be concerned that he/she was back there. Could he/she live there for a while? Do I need to do more frequent filter checks? Thanks for your opinions.

 

[teigan666]

i find snails in my filters all the time i wouldn't worry to much about it just check frequently to see if anymore get in there

 

[TL1000RSquid]

Wouldn't worry about it, I've found snails, shrimp, and fry in my HOB's. Usually rather healthy when I pull them out last time I took a fry out it was larger then all the ones that had been in the tank.

 

[BettaFishMommy]

i get snails in my filters all the time. ramshorns in the planted tank and pond snails in the canister on the big guys' tank. nothing to worry about at all.

 

[SpruceGruve]

is long as its only small pest snails i wouldent be worried.

but if it is more expensive snails i would put a foam filter over the intake of the filter

 

[pixl8r]

Yep, snails get everywhere. The only times I remove snails from a filter is if I'm doing filter maintenance, or if a snail is causing the impeller to grind.

 

[BettaFishMommy]

or if a snail is causing the impeller to grind.

oy! i know that sound all too well. rrrrr......rrrrrr....... pook! (the pook is the snail being ejected from the impeller, lol)

 

[Jasonator]

If a snail is in your filter, let it be. You end up with a cleaner filter!