Do snails breed by themselves

[snailaquarium]

Hi

I know it's unlikely they do but I just want to double Chek. As you can see my project of growing plants around a tree made of wire metal is going well however its starting to cloud up with algea.

I want to add a snail however I don't want to risk it multiplying and it eating the plants like they did in the other one.

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[Barry Tetra]

It depends on the type. Pond snail and apple snail breed like crazy back then I got like 150 snails per week. I would recommended nerite snails as they will only breed in salt and black water, but can live in freshwater aswell (but not breed in freshwater)

 

[snailaquarium]

Thanks for the suggestion, I might stick to the trumpet ones they dont breed quickly, as for nirite there is one on ebay for a whopping £111!

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[Barry Tetra]

You can buy the cheap nerites, mines are Neritina pulligera. https://www.google.co.th/search?q=h...XI4jgGHUylAH0Q_AUoAXoECA0QAQ&biw=1024&bih=665

 

[snailaquarium]

I'm i luck, I just went to find some trumpet snails from the Drinks dispenser aquarium and saw a particular snail in there that is all by itself, its also small and hasnt grown at all since I first came across it some point last year. This is ideal then because it will have enough food from the algae and wont breed.

 

[snailaquarium]

You can buy the cheap nerites, mines are Neritina pulligera. https://www.google.co.th/search?q=h...XI4jgGHUylAH0Q_AUoAXoECA0QAQ&biw=1024&bih=665

Interesting, I should think about acquiring fancy looking snails.

 

[Essjay]

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[CryptFan]

Mystery snails and apple snails will eat plants. trumpet snails, pond snails, bladder snails, nerites, and ramshorn won’t.

 

[Barry Tetra]

Mystery snails and apple snails will eat plants. trumpet snails, pond snails, bladder snails, nerites, and ramshorn won’t.

Though they breed like crazy...

 

[Essjay]

I might stick to the trumpet ones they dont breed quickly

Malaysian trumpet snails do breed - they give birth to live offspring. The speed with which they breed depends on how much food they have. They also spend most of the day in the substrate and are not particularly good algae eaters.

No creature (fish, snail or shrimp) will eat every type of algae, and there are some types of algae that nothing will eat.

 

[Barry Tetra]

Malaysian trumpet snails do breed - they give birth to live offspring. The speed with which they breed depends on how much food they have. They also spend most of the day in the substrate and are not particularly good algae eaters.

No creature (fish, snail or shrimp) will eat every type of algae, and there are some types of algae that nothing will eat.

Is there anyway to get rid of snails? My snails are quite smart they wont go in the trap.

 

[snailaquarium]

Is there anyway to get rid of snails? My snails are quite smart they wont go in the trap.

by assassin snails, they eat other snails

 

[Essjay]

Assassins are illegal in some countries/states but I do not know if Thailand is among those countries.

Assassins do breed but much slower than the 'pest' snails.

 

[Retired Viking]

I am happy with my nerite snails they do a good job of cleaning my tanks

 

[JuiceBox52]

Though they breed like crazy...

I had a single pond snail for months and it reproduced on it's own and now my tank is full of little ones