Who is this guy?

[Joeymozzer]

I haven't seen this guy until today, it was floating upside down so I thought it was one of my missing assasins. But realized the shell was not stripped. I pulled it out since it was floating then noticed him peak out. Now he's on my plants. Keep or?

[Joeymozzer]

Is it's nerite?

[naturalwonders]

I believe it's a regular pond snail. Should be ok. Let him be.

[Joeymozzer]

Weird how I never saw him. My son pointed it out weeks ago but I though he found the others I have p

[naturalwonders]

They hitchhike in your plants. Very common.

[toniotran]

Yup, looks like a pond snail.

[Joeymozzer]

I haven't bought anything in a month, just never saw him

[toniotran]

Could've started as a hitchhiker egg and since then has maybe hid in the substrate.

[Joeymozzer]

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Found these guys, all of a sudden there are a lot. I don’t want them lol

[jem_xxiii]

Its a PITA to get rid of them all without nuking the tank. If you cut back on feeding and take care of any algae in the tank you'll see the numbers reduce.

[Joeymozzer]

I have about 6 fish and 3 shrimp. I feed every other day. How often should I?

[dealend]

snail is natural living. most of the time came from plant or Soil (substrate). if you dont like it, either use assassin snail, pea puffter or manually remove by using blanched leaf as a bait.

[jem_xxiii]

A hungry assassin snail will help for sure. A pea puffer would take out the shrimp as well.

Do you have a lot of left over food left in the tank after feedings?

[dealend]

Assasin snail also kill shrimp, since shrimp is faster than snail, You wont see this happening a lot. But for sure assasin snail will eat almost sick/slow shrimp.

If this happening in your shrimp tank, i would suggest go with mulberry leaf or zucchini as a bait. Or "predator" is known for killing hydra or unwanted snail.
Ask Louis aka greenpeppershrimp, he is a member here.

[Big Mantis]

Simple cure catch them and give them the coal at the mini meat.

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[aquamaniac]

snail is natural living. most of the time came from plant or Soil (substrate). if you dont like it, either use assassin snail, pea puffter or manually remove by using blanched leaf as a bait.

I agree with dealend, snails are natural and part of this hobby. I don't mind these guys so much. I think they look pretty cool when fully grown but they do reproduce rapidly. Getting to the eggs is one easy way to slow the population. I also have to manually remove on a weekly bases but I really don't mind it all that much. They help keeping algae at bay.

[Kole85]

I used to hate snails, then I transitioned my 29g to a brackish tank with 2 Figure 8 Puffers. Now whenever I see these guys in a tank I think "well theres tonights snack) lol.

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