Found Microscopic Snail In Tank!

[GuppyGoddess]

I hadn't planned to have snails in my tank. In fact, I thought I did what was necessary to avoid them. Thoroughly washed all new plants.

How long does it take for snails to lay eggs? This thing is only about 2-3 mm long. Super tiny, yet I swear it's bigger than it was last night.

My tank has camallanus infection. My son wants to keep the snail as a pet, but because of the infection, I feel it'd be best to not to keep the snail in the house.

Thoughts?

Thanks.

 

[Sofia]

Probably just your bog standard pest snail, most tanks have them they wont grow that large and will eat any rotting food/ plants so help keep the tank clean to a certain extent. They breed asexually i believe so 1 will become tens in a week or so.

Snails are a good indicator of overfeeding in the tank and I like them so i dont get rid of them from the tank. If all of a suddend theres a massive explosion of snails in the tank I cut back on my feeding.

There are ways of getting rid of them, its a personal preference

 

[aly_starh]

I just found 2 snails in my tank also. I googled and found them 2 be nerite snails. I did thoouroughly check my plants before putting them in, but they are there.

 

[saltynay]

Lucky you if you have a hitching nerite snail it will be near full adult in size if it is one, LFS use them to keep algae off the glass as they need brackish conditions to reproduce as well as a male and female being present. They do go walkies on occasion but that is a good sign that something is wrong with their environment.

Snails are also an excellent sign for water quality issues as well as population size indicating excess food as they will do a mass migration to the top of the tank if they feel water quality to be poor. Having said that some pest snails can happily live in the most disgusting pools so not all species are good for this purpose.

 

[GuppyGoddess]

Lucky you if you have a hitching nerite snail it will be near full adult in size if it is one, LFS use them to keep algae off the glass as they need brackish conditions to reproduce as well as a male and female being present. They do go walkies on occasion but that is a good sign that something is wrong with their environment.

Snails are also an excellent sign for water quality issues as well as population size indicating excess food as they will do a mass migration to the top of the tank if they feel water quality to be poor. Having said that some pest snails can happily live in the most disgusting pools so not all species are good for this purpose.

The snail has been all over the tank, but aside from one trip to the top by the lid, he's been under the water at the bottom. That said, after spending 20 minutes looking at the tank from all angles, I finally found him and booted him out of the tank. Poor guy. If it would have been just him, I'd keep him. . .last thing I need, though, is 10, 20, or more snails in a 3-gallon aquarium! (I talked to a LFS employee and he said remove the snail, quickly!)

 

[saltynay]

Well tbh once you see the snail is there it is normally too late and they have already layed eggs, If you have no other invertebrates in the tank then do a treatment with high copper even a copper ornament placed in is known to work and continue the treatment for a week should kill any babies.

 

[three-fingers]

I just found 2 snails in my tank also. I googled and found them 2 be nerite snails. I did thoouroughly check my plants before putting them in, but they are there.

That is sooo highly unlikely, you should post a pic for ID .

 

[GuppyGoddess]

I just found 2 snails in my tank also. I googled and found them 2 be nerite snails. I did thoouroughly check my plants before putting them in, but they are there.

That is sooo highly unlikely, you should post a pic for ID .

Since posting, I have found two more! I gave the tank a good vacuuming and haven't seen any since.

 

[aly_starh]

I just found 2 snails in my tank also. I googled and found them 2 be nerite snails. I did thoouroughly check my plants before putting them in, but they are there.

That is sooo highly unlikely, you should post a pic for ID .

I did try taking a picture, but it comes out blurry, since posting that i now have 8-10 with a few babies
Got advice from Pippoodle she reckons they are the pest snails.

Google was wrong

~betta_246

 

[Truck]

they may well be pest snails...and they are hermaphrodites but you still need two of them to breed.


@sofia hermaphrodites do not reproduce A-sexually