snail?????

[KC21386]

found one little tiny snail, assuming it arrived on one of my plants. Do i want it? If i get rid of it is it likely to be the only one?

[Incredulous_Ed]

Probably not. I would just toss it.

[Dave66]

Probably not. I would just toss it.

Sheesh, Ed, snails aren't Satan! They are handy little cleaners. Only if the fish are overfed do they reach plaque proportions, which is the fishkeeper's fault.
Before cories came on the scene, people used snails to keep the glass and tank clean.

Dave

[hpt84]

I never clean my tank. My snail always take cover of the algae for me. My 55g is pretty gross because my snail population is very small. If you keep they you are going to be a population bloom. Then a lot will die due to hungry. Not enough algae for the population bloom. And the population of snail will stabilize itself.

[KC21386]

any harm to my plants? i have a lot, and it is one of the main focus's of my tank

[Incredulous_Ed]

Sorry, I was just assuming it would damage the plants.

[Azear]

depends alot of the specie of the snails... I have some Physa and they seems to "like" a bit too much the plants... on the other side... Malasian trumpets don't seems to bother bout them... so, my 0.02c... it all depend on the specie....

[Lady Hobbs]

The Malaysian snails I would probably like or the Apple Snail. But I don't like these things I have. They look like boogers on the glass.