Help to identify Snail-like creature

[gsparsan2]

Hi All, In a 20L planted Betta tank I have an issue with pond snails. I see 4 or 5 every day which I crush to feed to the bottom crawlers. I have also seen a few Malaysian trumpet snails but they are very few and they don't bother me. More recently I have noticed a tiny snail-like thing that is almost transparent. They attach themselves to the tiger lotus leaves and punch unsightly holes through them. It is quite hard to remove them. I have to literally scratch them off the leaves.

What are they? Are they just baby pond snails or is it something totally different?

 

[dougall]

Looks like a FW limpet to me.

 

[gsparsan2]

I looked up some pictures of limpet. It indeed looks like that. It seems they are not really harmful to the ecosystem and the best way to get rid of them is manually. I don't find them on the glass. The only place I find them is on the lotus leaves. So I guess as long as I manually remove what I see from the leaves I should be ok.

 

[dougall]

I've never found them to be harmful at all . And I think most all end up eaten by fish (depending on size)

I don't recall ever seeing them on leaves though hopefully they don't do too much damage there