The snails started coming out again due to me feeding the fish. I make sure I give extra chunks specially for the snails. But... I saw my snails doing this... I thought this was a two snails job 
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Many times, snails will graze upon other snail's shells, good stuff grows on the shells, just like on any surface of a tank...and, they can't clean their OWN shells, so a win-win situation
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What a relief! I thought the snails were going a little crazyMany times, snails will graze upon other snail's shells, good stuff grows on the shells, just like on any surface of a tank...and, they can't clean their OWN shells, so a win-win situation
I'm glad you explained, because I couldn't even tell what I was looking at!Many times, snails will graze upon other snail's shells, good stuff grows on the shells, just like on any surface of a tank...and, they can't clean their OWN shells, so a win-win situation
My BRH snails do this all the time. It's a great way for them to get hard algae, because it grows readily on snails shells.
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This is really cool!
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That's interesting, never knew that!
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Errrr, looks UnuSuAl. Are those bladder snails?The snails started coming out again due to me feeding the fish. I make sure I give extra chunks specially for the snails. But... I saw my snails doing this... I thought this was a two snails job
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Yes or pond snails... I forget
There are a couple of snail genus which are commonly called pest snails, pond snails, bladder snails, and tadpole snails. Both genuses have several species. It doesn't really matter which species they are as they all arrive on plants and multiply fast. Classed as Physids and Limnaeids, the only different is the way the shell curls.
See Donya's write up here https://www.fishforums.net/threads/freshwater-snail-species-in-the-hobby.424364/
See Donya's write up here https://www.fishforums.net/threads/freshwater-snail-species-in-the-hobby.424364/
It might not "all" be cleaning each other's shells...get ready for some bebbehs....many of them
I've seen my assassins do a threesome onceWhat a relief! I thought the snails were going a little crazy
who's randy?
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