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Old 04-02-2014, 01:11 AM
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Hey guys,

I found a bunch of tiny snails in my tank today. They are all stuck on the glass wall. They are so tiny I can't really take a picture of them. They are about 1 mm in size or smaller. Circular spiral shells. I can easily see 150+ of them. Some of them are super stuck to the glass

I have 2 Tubo snails in my tank. Is it possible that they spawned?


Does anyone have any thoughts on what these could be? Should I try to manually remove them before they spread? Or are these healthy snails that I should keep ?


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Old 04-02-2014, 01:20 AM
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Picture would help, I have a tonof nasaairous (sp) snails that spawn in my tank and seeing as how you got things from me it could be that. I have hundreds of then in my tank.
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Old 04-02-2014, 01:32 AM
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I had to take one out inorder to take a photo of it. For a size reference Photo number 2 was taken on top of a Toonie.



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Old 04-02-2014, 01:45 AM
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Defiantly not what I have but looks like a turbo or Astraea snail to me.
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Bump! Any thoughts ?
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Old 04-02-2014, 03:10 AM
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Colonista snail. Completely harmless but can multiply fast if food source is available
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Old 04-02-2014, 03:18 AM
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I have lots of these for quite a long time. Never, in my estimation, too many.
They are part of a cleanup crew, but will happily munch on algae on my glass as well.
Could be unsightly to some, but I like them. lol
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If there stuck on they can also be spiral worms , harmless little filter feeders.
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Old 04-02-2014, 07:11 PM
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they are not worms for sure. It's a shell.

Thanks for all the info. I will keep them in my tank.
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