Snails... Anyone else a fan ....???

[Elo500]

Nerite snail. (Neritina natalensis)
-zebra
-horned
-tracked (ruby)

Apple snail (Ampullariidae) with gills and an operculum
-spike-topped apple snail or mystery snail ( Pomacea diffusa) (formally bridgesii)
-Channeled apple snail, Gold variant (Pomacea canaliculata)
-Florida Applesnail (Pomacea paludosa)
-Native Applesnail of Singapore (Pila conica) (pila scutata)


Pond snail

Ramshorn snail (Planorbis rubrum)

Malaysian Trumpet Snail (Melanoides tuberculata)

Sulawesi snails (Tylomelania)
Orange Paso
Yellow Paso
White Spotted - Tylomelania patriarchalis
Golden Spotted - Tylomelania towutensis
Yellow Spotted - Tylomelania towutica
Chocolate Poso - Tylomelania zeimis(?)
Yellow antenna - Tylomelania gemmifera
Black Sulawesi - ?

Assassin Snail

Horned Armour Snail (Brotia pagodula)

Working on this project offline with Mike and anyone else who is interested. Feel free to add any freshwater species in the hobby that I didn't list.

[Bongox3]

Hey Erich, just sent u a pm -mike

[swoof]

Hmm...as I don't have any real experience to write on, and copy and paste from other sites is probably frowned upon, I guess it will take some research. Shall we start with just a list of common freshwater snails with varieties and scientific names? Hmm.... Wonder how many there are.

You can post links or whatever from other sites, not an issue here.

[Mbuna Bill]

If anyone needs snails, come my way and I'll give you all you want absolutely free!!!! I hate them!!! Although I'll admit, they don't really belong in an African Cichlid tank lol.

[Big Fate]

I use to like snails because they ate algae till one day I woke up and saw a 1000 on my glass lol

Oh that was hell to rid them

[MrAlmostWrong]

I have a ton of pond snails in all of my tanks and I don't mind them that much. The annoying part is when I trim and get snail egg sac goo on my fingers. I like that they take care of the waste. I really love Nerites, but unfortunately can't have them anymore as all my tanks are rimless and they are escape artists. Accidentally had two Apple snails that tore through my plants.

[tanukimo]

If anyone is interested here are some pictures of a snail that was caught by Aldrovanda. The traps can be up to a quarter of an inch across, in my experience.

[Janine2566]

This might sound strange but we rescue turtles and they love snails -- so I was going to start a couple planted tanks one with snails and another with shrimp as I think they are fun to watch. Can some one tell me some nice looking plants that the snails wont destroy to fast, so i can enjoy them for awhile.

[octanejunkie]

Snails generally eat dead matter, at least mine do. They shouldn't harm healthy plants.

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[tonesftw]

I've been in love with horned nerites every since I first laid eyes on them. So unique and such great cleaners. And even though they lay around on the substrate like they own the place, I'm quite fond of my MTS too. I find them very proficient at churning sand and eating bits of detritus. They leave all my plants alone, so I leave them alone.

[SamSam563]

I had a blue and ivory mystery snail from petco. I got some barley extract frm CK and they both ended up dying soon after. I still dont know if that chemical was what killed them but they were doing fine for a while before I added that