Please help ID this baby snail and some tiny, white creatures...

[RelativeFishBeginner06470]

Hello, all!

So, we ordered some small blue velvet shrimp and two Japanese trapdoor snails from Aqua Huna. Unfortunately, the snails arrived dead, but the shrimp were all fine. I integrated them in a cycled shrimp-only tank and then eventually removed the snails after no motion for 48 hours.

After about a week, we started spotting these tiny snails along with some tiny swimming white specs that are moving too erratically to be just inert particles. Are the snails Malaysian trumpets or something else?

Can shrimp fry be tiny and white? Do I have a daphnia infestation? Should I do anything about it? I understand the photo of the white specs is poor, but it is hard to spot detail with either the naked eye or a jeweler's loupe.

Thanks!

- Jessica & Greg

 

[MattW]

When I got snails in my tanks I used this thread to help ID them

Freshwater Snail Species In The Hobby

Basic Terminology for Identification Anatomy: Foot: the bottom, muscular portion of the animal used for locomotion. Siphon: a proboscis-like appendage appearing on the side of the shell in some species. Mantle: the soft tissue inside the opening of the shell. Spire: the conical part of a...

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[Donya]

Oh that shell looks familiar…particularly that little ridge running along the whorls. but I don’t think it’s in the snail list that was linked. Someone else had these a while back and it’s driving me nuts I can’t remember the ID. Common name was a something mud snail I feel like…arg. I’ll have to dig around when I’m back at a computer instead of a phone to see if I can find it.

 

[Donya]

Potamopyrgus! Or some spelling like that. The genus of the New Zealand mud snail but could be a different species within that. I think that was the spelling…brain always starts working properly after hitting the post button.

 

[RelativeFishBeginner06470]

Donya,

We think you might be onto something there. We'll let you know as they grow if they are definitely that fun invasive species, and your time and knowledge are greatly appreciated!