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    Smile are ram horn snails bad??

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    i have a huge population of ramhorn snails...

    are they good or bad in terms of getting rid algae or they eat my plants?

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    Re: are ram horn snails bad??

    They are not harmful. Just unsightly. They'll feed on algae. I have not seen them damage healthy plants.
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    Re: are ram horn snails bad??

    They multiply like pest snails.

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    Re: are ram horn snails bad??

    They are nice, eats algae, left over food etc. If not overfed, their population remains stable. I find them to be a healthy addition to a planted tank.
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    Re: are ram horn snails bad??

    They are harmful to plants

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    Re: are ram horn snails bad??

    They multiply like crazy in my planted tanks and every 3 months i need to remove some for my friend puffer fish . But i saw they eating my hornworts and duckweed.

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    Re: are ram horn snails bad??

    The big ones eats my US Fissiden.. I get rid of the bigger ones manually

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    Re: are ram horn snails bad??

    do they really eat plants? i never noticed they touched any plants. but multiply way way too fast - just like pond snails

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    Mine are seen eating dying salvina hortwort. Not the strong stem ones.
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    Re: are ram horn snails bad??

    They multiple very fast and they eat shrimp food too.

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