Iron Man
Fish Addict
So I set up my 10 gallon tank a few weeks ago with some live plants and 4 mystery snails. Now usually in the past I have had very good luck with not having snails come in on my live plants, but this time I got an outbreak before I knew what happened. Well sort of. I saw one and left him alone because at first I thought it was a trumpet snail which I is the variety I welcome.
But this wasn't a trumpet snail. Its really small with kindof a clear shell, and its kindof round but not like a ramshorn snail. I'm sure its the common "pest" everyone talks about that is supposed to reproduce like wildfire (which they did) and eat plant leaves.
But these snails are everywhere in my tank now and there isn't but a couple of plant leaves in my whole tank that looks like they may have been munched on.
Are these snails supposed to eat plants? I thought they did.
If not then what's the big deal besides having to pick them out say once a week?
But this wasn't a trumpet snail. Its really small with kindof a clear shell, and its kindof round but not like a ramshorn snail. I'm sure its the common "pest" everyone talks about that is supposed to reproduce like wildfire (which they did) and eat plant leaves.
But these snails are everywhere in my tank now and there isn't but a couple of plant leaves in my whole tank that looks like they may have been munched on.
Are these snails supposed to eat plants? I thought they did.
If not then what's the big deal besides having to pick them out say once a week?