Snail How Did He Get There?

[peesa]

Hi Peeps,

Great site!! Ive visited here for loads of info but couldnt find a direct answer for this question so thought id better post.

Back groudn info.

I have a 3foot by 2 foot tank with the following fish

8 neons
2 Silver Sharks (yes I know how big they can get)
2 peppered Corydoras
3 Gouramis

I have just this second found my first little baby snail in the tank!!!! How did he get there? Where do they come from? and should I be worried about this find? I have removed the little guy already!

Any info much appreciated!! thanks

 

[WILDER]

Any live plants, if so you should sterlise them before adding them to the tank, just remove them.
Welcome to the board.

 

[peesa]

Any live plants, if so you should sterlise them before adding them to the tank, just remove them.
Welcome to the board.

awww so this little guy hitched a ride with the plants in my tank!! I was so shocked to see him and couldnt work out how he just appeared lol

Well too late to sterlise plants now but ill watch for anymore. i would have thought snails would have appeared by now if i had any as plants have been in for a while how long do they take to hatch if there is eggs?

I have a very tame community tank so i dont imagine any of my fishes will eat snails so ill need to get them out myself if i see anymore i may try the cucumber trick!!

Thanks glad to be here!!

 

[WILDER]

Also try the plants forum they will help you, further down the board, good luck.

 

[peesa]

Did i do the right thing removing him? I take it - it wouldnt have been benificial do leave him in?!?

 

[WILDER]

Yes, you can get over run with them.

 

[peesa]

Ive noticed some white slitherly lines attached to my plants I just thought these were waste food and poop from my fishes could these possibly be snail eggs? what do snail eggs look like? I cant find any pics on the net but im worried these white lines on my plants could be more snails

 

[XxTbaggerxX]

You better keep a close eye on them cause when I got my first fish tank a couple dozen snails were on the plants when I bought them. They started reproducing rapidly and I couldnt get rid of them. So I just started to put my hand in there and crush them whenever I saw one. I eventually wiped them all out within 2 weeks . Now with my 20 gal. Ive only killed 1, there is another big one but he somehow got sucked up in the underground filter. I think that hes still up there but attached to the glass, Im suprised that he lived so long.

 

[peesa]

Oh god hope I don't end up overrun with them have found one more so far so only two since i discovered them.

I know for a fact I couldnt swish them ) I'll leave that job for my partner if we find anymore.

I think LFS should advise you that plants could have snails on them when you are buying them as I didnt find this out until the plants where already in or I would have sterlised them!

 

[Seidge]

I had the same problem, i got a few come in the the live plants. I started picking them out on every water change but now i cant be bothered. My danios like plucking them of the glass anyway, which id fun to watch.

 

[Jonz]

I noticed small snails for the first time jsut a few days ago on plants that are about a month old.

Ive been keeping a eye out on them, but Ive noticed small bits of algae appearing,mostly on the fence I have seperating my 2 Bettas where the snails have been spending the most time. Is the algae becuase of the snails??

 

[angelfish123]

HI

could i ask whats the cucumber thing is does it get rid of snails?

thanks

angelfish123

 

[Darkerwhite2]

Yes, you can get over run with them.

Yes you can... i had a mystery snail appear i figure in some of the water when i added a new fish... now i have dozens mabey hundreds so im going to try the boiled cucumber trick to limit the numbers... its getting kinda of gross

 

[Makaha_Town]

Someone said that snails are asexual and can reproduce on it's own??? Is that true???