I have an established 40 gallon and am looking for some algae eaters, but I have plants hanging on the rim and prefer the rimless aesthetic. I know that lids are recommended, but are they a requirement? Will nerites truly stray that far from the waterline? I’d love to keep maybe 2 or 3 of them in that tank, but I don’t want to risk them getting hurt if they’re extremely likely to crawl out!

shelley is living her best life in her new home:) her antennas are now safe from the guppies! also she brought her hydra friend with her and it made a home in the rocks lol.

At night, when my CO2 turns off an extra bubbler filter turns on that is full of coral and crushed coral instead of traditional filter media. The goal is to raise the pH high enough overnight that the CO2 drop during the daytime doesn't erode my snail shells. Tonight when I looked at the back to make sure my new timer worked I found 6 species of snails all hanging in that corner!

1. Pagoda

2. Japanese Trapdoor

3. Faunus Ater, Cappuccino

4. Was sold to me with my orange poso Tylomelania (not pictured) and was told it was a "purple" Tylomelania but I'm pretty sure it's just another Faunus Ater, Black Devil

5. Blueberry

6. Too small to see in photo - mini flat ramshorns x2

I have two mystery snails and I feed them pleco waffers and boils carrots. It’s the first time I have them and I want to learn how to take better care of them.

Looking for dietary tips, please!!!🙏

Most of my bladder snails have oblong, smoothly spiraling shells. Then some, like on the right, have much more compact spirals. (I know its not age, because I have over a dozen new babies that look like the left)

suddenly began to see these fellas all around my tank! i dont recall getting any other snails besides mysteries, and this guy looks entirely different from them!

These rabbit snails were going to be thrown away at the grocery store, so I gladly took them. What happened to these poor babies shells? Also one is a mama and just gave birth yesterday!!!!!

Found this little guy crawling around uninvited. Not sure if I should be concerned

Duas semanas e quatro dias de vida. :)

This is my rescue girl, Rory. I rescued her from terrible conditions and have been nursing her back to health. She’s gotten quite active and enjoys her time with her much smaller snail sister.

But today I was watching her forage for crumbs on the ground and noticed she looked like she was hanging very low. I am very worried. Is this mantle collapse?

This looks like a warm "embrace".

absolutely not something i was expecting to see at 8:15am when i went to turn on the light hahahah

At this point I'm pretty confident I ID'ed them correctly myself, but I just want to confirm. Got a bunch of tiny babies by accident with some plants, not a snail the store actually sells.

Found this snail, about an inch or so long, during the breakdown of an old aquarium (moving snails and plants over to a bigger tank).

Who is this? Is this a Malaysian trumpet snail?

I have a yellow/gold mystery snail that I got from Petco. I've had him for a couple months and he has grown quite a bit (so he must be getting nutrients). I have a wide variety of foods that I've bought for him and his fishy tank mates, but I'm not sure what he likes to eat besides my plants. According to what I've read online, mystery snails supposedly only eat dying plants but that was not the case with these. I'm pretty confident that he is a mystery snail and not the apple snail that IS known to eat plants.

He has "mowed" over the Java Moss, which I'm not concerned about. The moss seems okay, just was given a haircut. But it was upsetting that he had eaten all the leaves from my Anubias plants. (I even saw him pooping undigested bright green bits of leaves later on.) I did see him on the Java Fern before, but he left that plant alone after that.

Now I did just make a batch of Snello for the first time the other day. That did seem to be a hit. So hopefully that will help. I'm probably going to give up on Anubias plants and use more Java Fern in their place since he didn't seem to care for that. I was wondering if anyone has had this issue with their mystery snail and if there are certain other plants that they seemed to like eating or not eating as well. I would like to get some Corkscrew Vallisneria for the back of the tank, but would hate for them to become snail food.

Thanks in advance for any input!

Oh my beautiful and sweet pond snail I wish you knew how much I love you and your little 🐌lings . In tears as I write,

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Just upgraded to a 20 gallon long and my babies absolutely set off exploring. I literally didnt even have a cardboard barrier up yet before Snom decided to hop out. She only fell the height if the tank onto the stand. No cracks or chips. She's hiding in her shell now.

Does anyone have better options for keeping your snails in besides a physical lid or a barrier? Does velcro around the tank rim work?