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[austin_tycho]

My fish tank is full of snails. I have no idea how this happened; the only thing I've introduced into the tank in the last several months is tap water, water conditioner, shrink-wrapped filter cartridges, and fish food. No new fish or plants. So do snails just spontaneously generate? I noticed a single one a few weeks ago, and thought "huh, that's weird" and promptly forgot about it. Then when I looked again a couple of days ago, saw that there were tons and tons of them.

I'll have to double-check, but I don't recall that snails in your aquarium are bad unless you have live plants (since they'll eat them) which I don't. So, go snails, I guess.

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[jenmarie.livejournal.com]

One of our tanks has TONS of the little boogers. They've actually left my live plant in there alone, only eating leaves that are dead/decaying, and leaving the rest alone.

I don't mind them being in there, though some folks don't like them aesthetically. They certainly have made a difference in how long I can go between cleanings... they eat any leftover food, a lot of the fish waste, and most of the algae. Go snails, indeed! :D

I took one of the bigger ones out a week or so ago, and put it in my betta bowl. At first the fish tried to eat it, but I guess it wasn't really interested, because now the snail is munching happily on a dying bamboo leaf.

[starcrossedlady.livejournal.com]

we used to have snails in ours-- they were supposed to help with the algae, but, well... I guess our tank pwnd them ;) It could have been there was an egg hitchiking in the last load, or maybe a baby that was SOOOOOOOOOO WEENSY!!!!!!!!!!111!!!! that it was easy to miss.

Better that then a darn mantid shrimp. Those things can break the aquarium glass =:0

[scorpionis.livejournal.com]

Snail larvae can hibernate for *years* on objects that haven't seen tank water in some time. I had them reinhabit a tank once after I put in a piece of driftwood that had been in the garage for about 3 years. Crazy. Clown loaches will take care of them: they think they're tasty. Plus they're so much fun to watch. Get at least 3-4: they like company. And a little cave for them to sleep in.