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DarylB924 said:

hey everyone!

I’m Looking for opinions and suggestions from any one out there with experience on the subject! I have a lot of diatoms (brown algae) covering the things In my tank. I’ve mostly been spending some time cleaning it off my plants because I’m concerned with it blocking light. I started doing research on snails because the ghost shrimp in my tank don’t seem to like it. It seems like nerite snails are the most popular and effective for clean up and also the eggs will not hatch in fresh water. While cleaning up some of the plants yesterday I noticed I picked up some hitchhikers on my new plants! I found two tiny snails that seem to have doubled in size overnight. And Last night iM pretty sure i seen them mating too. Like I said they are pretty tiny so I can’t really tell what they are… any one out there able to ID them? Bladder snails maybe? Should I leave them in to help with the brown filth in my tank or will they completely overtake my tank? What do ya guys think?? Posting pictures of the snails and a picture to give ya guys an idea of how bad the diatoms are. Thanks!

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Colin_T said:

They are just pond snails and will breed happily in most aquariums. They should help clean up some algae.

The brown algae usually goes away after a few months when things settle down.

You need a picture on the back of the tank to make the fish feel more secure.

You have serpae tetras so be careful what fish you choose to put in with them. Serpae tetras are renown fin nippers.

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PheonixKingZ said:

Looks to be a bladder snail from the pictures. As most snails usually are, bladder snails are scavengers, meaning they eat leftover food and rotting plant material. They will help your tank out, but you may find them annoying after some time. They will populate the tank rather quickly, so you might have to start manually removing them as time goes on.

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Colin_T said:

They are just pond snails and will breed happily in most aquariums. They should help clean up some algae.

The brown algae usually goes away after a few months when things settle down.

You need a picture on the back of the tank to make the fish feel more secure.

You have serpae tetras so be careful what fish you choose to put in with them. Serpae tetras are renown fin nippers.

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