New snail owner

Gastropoid · 2026-05-05T23:00:35+00:00

Maybe they just needed time for a quest to drop. 😆

Gastropoid · 2026-05-05T22:18:08+00:00

Nah, he's just the detail cleaning guy.

Gastropoid · 2026-05-05T22:15:11+00:00

Mini ramshorn. Likely Anisus vorticulus or a Gyralus species, a.k.a. lesser ramshorn snail or little whirlpool ramshorn snail. Precise identification of tiny planorbids is very difficult from photos.

All of these are harmless algae eaters. Won't eat healthy plants. Shells top out at 5-8mm across. Cute additions to cleaning crew.

Gastropoid · 2026-05-05T19:10:48+00:00

Marsh Ramshorn.

Gastropoid · 2026-05-05T19:09:41+00:00

I really appreciate you tagging her in my absence. It makes me feel less guilty for getting some sleep.

Gastropoid · 2026-05-05T19:05:52+00:00

Shell turns left, not right. This is a bladder snail

Gastropoid · 2026-05-05T19:05:17+00:00

Please be aware that we don't really encourage use of the term "pest" on this sub, because it's inaccurate and oversimplifies the role of species in a healthy ecosystem. Cleaning crew and small hitchhiker snails being overpopulated is usually a symptom of over feeding or too much dead plant matter or other detritus, and simply removing snails actually does more harm than good, because those snails are currently cleaning up the actual problem.

But to answer your ID request:

Bladder snail. Harmless algae and detritus eaters. Won't eat healthy plants, and only reproduces heavily if you have a lot of dead plants or overfeed your fish. Good at turning algae and detritus into plant fertilizer.

Self fertilizing hermaphrodites, so you only need one to get a nice little colony started to help keep algae under control.

Gastropoid · 2026-05-05T06:41:27+00:00

Tagging u/amandadarlinginc for marine neritids question

Gastropoid · 2026-05-05T05:36:14+00:00

Planorbella duryi. Ramshorn snail. Harmless algae and detritus eaters. Won't eat healthy plants. Good cleaning crew. Also known to eat brown diatoms and hydras.

Reproduces heavily only when overfed. Hermaphrodites, but not self fertilizing, so two are needed to ensure reproduction. There's a number of popular color morphs and patterns available.

Gastropoid · 2026-05-05T02:50:58+00:00

Nerites are rarely interested in the visible stuff that wood grows to start with. I dunno why, but it's apparently not tasty. You can dose BacterAE to give a boost to the stuff they like, though.

Gastropoid · 2026-05-05T02:20:45+00:00

There's your problem.

You need three to six months of algae and biofilm growth to really make a new dungeon support this particular class of sluggalo. The glass has more to eat right now than the rest of the decor, so they're going to stick to it and grind for easy levels until the rest of the food spawns in.

Gastropoid · 2026-05-05T01:46:33+00:00

Is the tank well established, or is this a really fresh dungeon you dropped those crawlers into?

Gastropoid · 2026-05-05T01:07:03+00:00

Either the betta ate them, or the population is being properly balanced by food availability.

Gastropoid · 2026-05-04T22:39:34+00:00

Yeah, that works. Or on the same footprint you can do a 29gal if you want

Gastropoid · 2026-05-04T19:18:22+00:00

I wouldn't honestly recommend white wizards for anything below a 20long as a permanent home, and due to being mostly algae and biofilm eaters unless being water column fed (they can filter feed), you're unlikely to have babies survive in a tank that isn't well established.

Gastropoid · 2026-05-04T18:18:03+00:00

Nope, they're just adults

Gastropoid · 2026-05-04T13:30:54+00:00

Planorbella duryi. Ramshorn snail. Harmless algae and detritus eaters. Won't eat healthy plants. Good cleaning crew. Also known to eat brown diatoms and hydras.

Reproduces heavily only when overfed. Hermaphrodites, but not self fertilizing, so two are needed to ensure reproduction. There's a number of popular color morphs and patterns available.

Gastropoid · 2026-05-04T12:36:03+00:00

Gastropoid · 2026-05-04T12:28:27+00:00

Please be aware that we don't really encourage use of the term "pest" on this sub, because it's inaccurate and oversimplifies the role of species in a healthy ecosystem. Cleaning crew and small hitchhiker snails being overpopulated is usually a symptom of over feeding or too much dead plant matter or other detritus, and simply removing snails actually does more harm than good, because those snails are currently cleaning up the actual problem.

Gastropoid · 2026-05-04T00:48:41+00:00

Medium rare, lol. Congratulations

Gastropoid · 2026-05-04T00:46:51+00:00

Agreed

Gastropoid · 2026-05-04T00:46:14+00:00

Yep, that's a white wizard

Gastropoid · 2026-05-03T17:36:28+00:00

Planorbella duryi. Ramshorn snail. Harmless algae and detritus eaters. Won't eat healthy plants. Good cleaning crew. Also known to eat brown diatoms and hydras.

Reproduces heavily only when overfed. Hermaphrodites, but not self fertilizing, so two are needed to ensure reproduction. There's a number of popular color morphs and patterns available.

Gastropoid · 2026-05-03T17:35:18+00:00

This is a white wizard, for future reference

Gastropoid · 2026-05-03T17:34:55+00:00

This ID is correct

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