identifiy snail

[jaymasta]

hey guys, i forgot what kinda snails i bought today, there very small (1/2cm long), and are supposed to be excellent for eating alge, there long cone shaped shells, the picture really sucks but it was the best one i could get, I tried taking 15+ and they all turned out like crap so sorry about the bad picture

 

[tai95]

Yeah the picture does really suck, but if there cone shaped i'm 99% sure you have Malaysian Trumpet Snails.
Do they look like this?

 

[Red Tailed Wonder]

that ur gouramie?

 

[tai95]

No just a picture from the net.

 

[jaymasta]

yea they look very much like that, is there anything you can tell me about them, what they eat, how big they will get, etc.?

 

[Toirtis]

yea they look very much like that, is there anything you can tell me about them, what they eat, how big they will get, etc.?

They get about 3/4"-1", eat any leftover food and decomposing animal/plant matter, give live birth, and spend most of the day in the gravel/sand, and come out at night (if you see them out in any quantity during the day, epsecially near the aquarium top, it generally signals a water quality problem). They will not eat your plants, and will do an excellent job as detrivores and will keep your gravel stirred and oxygenated.

 

[jaymasta]

oh ok sweet, just what I want, will the eat my alge?

 

[Toirtis]

oh ok sweet, just what I want, will the eat my alge?

Not much, no.

 

[SnailMomma]

One of the better myths in fish keeping is that snails will eat alge.

 

[Toirtis]

One of the better myths in fish keeping is that snails will eat alge.

Some will, just often not much, especially in the face of better, easier fare.