Snail Expert Needed

[Celtic Wanderer]

Hi All,

If you go to my website and go to the gallery tab, the first picture is of a
couple of free loading snails. Can anyone ID them and let me know if I
should remove them or not. Also will they eat the algae growing on my drift
wood?

Thanks,

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[NetMax]

"Celtic Wanderer" > wrote in message
...
> Hi All,
>
> If you go to my website and go to the gallery tab, the first picture is
> of a couple of free loading snails. Can anyone ID them and let me know
> if I should remove them or not. Also will they eat the algae growing
> on my drift wood?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Celtic Wanderer
> http://home.comcast.net/~Celtic_wanderer


I'm no expert, but I think those snails fall into the 'pond' snail
category. They will eat most soft vegetation includes some types of
algae to various degrees, but they have a tendency to proliferate, to the
limits of the food supply (and maybe even a bit more). Generally
speaking, you don't want to discover what pond snails consider the limits
of their food supply ;~).
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[js1]

On 2005-04-29, Celtic Wanderer > wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> If you go to my website and go to the gallery tab, the first picture is of a
> couple of free loading snails. Can anyone ID them and let me know if I
> should remove them or not. Also will they eat the algae growing on my drift
> wood?
>

http://www.applesnail.net/


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[Gill Passman]

"NetMax" > wrote in message
...
> "Celtic Wanderer" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi All,
> >
> > If you go to my website and go to the gallery tab, the first picture is
> > of a couple of free loading snails. Can anyone ID them and let me know
> > if I should remove them or not. Also will they eat the algae growing
> > on my drift wood?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Celtic Wanderer
> > http://home.comcast.net/~Celtic_wanderer
>
>
> I'm no expert, but I think those snails fall into the 'pond' snail
> category. They will eat most soft vegetation includes some types of
> algae to various degrees, but they have a tendency to proliferate, to the
> limits of the food supply (and maybe even a bit more). Generally
> speaking, you don't want to discover what pond snails consider the limits
> of their food supply ;~).
> --
> www.NetMax.tk
>
>
I have no uninvited snails in my main Community Tank - the reason is very
simple - I keep Clown Loaches.....

[Elaine T]

js1 wrote:
> On 2005-04-29, Celtic Wanderer > wrote:
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>If you go to my website and go to the gallery tab, the first picture is of a
>>couple of free loading snails. Can anyone ID them and let me know if I
>>should remove them or not. Also will they eat the algae growing on my drift
>>wood?
>>
>
>
> http://www.applesnail.net/
>
>
Yeah. Those look like baby mystery snails more than pond snails.
Applesnail.net will tell you how to ID them from the shell shape.

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