Tiny Little Snails In My Tank After A Week Of Cycling?

[Ethan040]

Ive got about 15 tiny little snails in my tank! they have shells sort of like the ones you find on the beach (see pic below) but there really tiny im about a week into my first ever cycle ive got rid of the chlorine with the proper stuff from my local fish shop and ive used a old filter media 3 days ago from a healthy tank that's been running for 2+ years and they have no little snails in there tank.

Can anyone help me sort this out? is it normal? i just don't want to have to re start my cycle.

Cheers, Ethan

 

[Ethan040]

Anyone? im worried there going to get out and be all over my house

 

[mr130gallon]

they probably wont end up all over your house, i have lots in my tank and they just help clean up algae, though i dont know why they just appeared there

 

[Knox213]

through live plants.

Or through the gravel.

If you have sand bottom no oniments / plants.

well god knows.

 

[finalfantay85]

Do you have any live plants in the tank? If you do that's more than likely where the snails came from. My tank is currently over run with what i assume to be ramshorns cos i bought a load of new live plants

Edit - Knox you stole my thunder there beating me to the live plants answer

 

[Knox213]

Well. What can i say. Im a mind reader

its bound to be plants though.

they're hitch hikers XD

 

[finalfantay85]

That they most certainly are. They confused me greatly cos the 1st lot turned up AFTER i removed the last of my old plants but evidently the eggs hatching coincided with the plants being removed

Had me scratching my head for a while with that tho hah

 

[Ethan040]

I don't have any plants in yet i have a sand substrate that i got from my local fish shop i washed it well though.. can i just pick them out? or do you guys just leave them? will the fish eat them whem im done cycling my tank?

Thanks

 

[loraxchick]

tbh the lack of food and the high ammonia during cycling will probably kill them off (so i wouldnt worry about picking them out). if they do survive, leave them be. snails are freat in a tank and you will not be over run my them unless you overfeed your tank. trumpet snails are particularly good for sandy tanks as the burrow and help keep the organics turned over.
i would guess they came from the media. ive seen some filters with HUNDREDS of tiny snails in them, and none on the tank. thye live off the leftovers sucked into the filter.
they will not hurt your cycle. even if they die and produce ammonia as they deteriorate, will only add ammonia in a very tiny amount (you say they are very small) and even this is sort of a good thing during a cycle (they are adding ammonia for you albeit a small amount).
good luck with the cycle.
cheers

 

[didz04]

To be honest i am looking for snails to be in my tank because i need to grind down my puffers teeth and they love snails aswell. Never fed him or her with them.
I won't mind setting up a 5 gallon plant and snail tank that could just keep breeding and i keep feeding them to my puffer & other fish if they eat them. Yeah i always get the feeling that if the snails can slither and survive out of the tank, would they be able to breeth out of the water like the outside garden snails? Will they even come out of the water?
Now to think of it i won't mind setting up that snail tank, would i just need to put in 5+ snails and a plant, then to wait for them to lay eggs? Will i have to put in food? Also what temperature do they need to be at because do i have to have a heater and a filter?

Do Red Clawed Crabs eat snails?
Also could i feed the puffer outside snails with there being nothing toxic and safe for the fish, do these outside snails survive in water or only damp areas?

(I did have a 30lt setup with fish and snails appeared from the plants which i realized when they were small snails everywhere and was pretty exciting for me lol to have something other than fish in there, also these other type of pests start appearing which i researched, it looked like a shrimp but white and camaflauged a bit because they were stick type looking. I did a 100 percent water change and obviously taking out the snails (which for some reason that lettuce plan didn't work they wasn't on the lettuce not even one next morning). I didn't know at the time that there were fish like loaches; yoyo, clown ect. that could eat them. At the time i saw snails in the tank but on top of the water level, does that mean they can walk or more like slither out? Got me a bit worried even though it wasn't my bedroom the tank was in lol.)

I made another post so it would be easier for me to respomd to - http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/316224-a-few-questions-about-snails-advice-and-help/

Thanks

 

[llamalord305]

Depends on the snail. I believe apple snails lay their eggs a couple inches above water level. Most pond and trumpet snails only leave the water if there is ammonia in the tank. They usually get into the hood.

Could you identify your snail in the link? If it is a tadpole snail, which I suspect, you will need to decide whether to keep them or not, as they eat plants on occasion. They are great for puffers as they have thinner shells than MTS(Malaysian Trumpet Snails). A five gallon tank with an AIR POWERED sponge filter, sand, and a plant or two will keep them quite happy. Sinking food of any kind will feed them, or courgette/cucumber.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/75554-snail-species/

 

[didz04]

Depends on the snail. I believe apple snails lay their eggs a couple inches above water level. Most pond and trumpet snails only leave the water if there is ammonia in the tank. They usually get into the hood.

Could you identify your snail in the link? If it is a tadpole snail, which I suspect, you will need to decide whether to keep them or not, as they eat plants on occasion. They are great for puffers as they have thinner shells than MTS(Malaysian Trumpet Snails). A five gallon tank with an AIR POWERED sponge filter, sand, and a plant or two will keep them quite happy. Sinking food of any kind will feed them, or courgette/cucumber.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/75554-snail-species/

To the looks of it i have 'Small Planorbids, Ramshorn Snails - Family Planorbidae' and the biggest i saw them grow was just under 1cm.
So i won't need a heater?
Thanks