How to differentiate good/bad snails?

**43a57** · 27th Sep 2009, 18:14

I'm just wondering if there is any thing such as beneficial or bad snails? Why are people desperately trying to remove snails with snail medication or various fishes that eats snails?

**bossteck** · 27th Sep 2009, 19:05

Planetinverts has pretty good write up on the profiles of commonly seen aquatic snails, take a look at them and decide for yourself.

**43a57** · 30th Sep 2009, 16:10

from the shape of the snail shells, they are probably pond snails. loads of them all over the tank full of hornworts.
But not sure if they are too devastating. they are all quite small snails. only a few about 1cm.

**laban** · 30th Sep 2009, 16:28

if u think it's pond snail better quickly get rid of them... do not need to wait until they grow big, they're asexual... u wait a while and it will be too late coz it'll be a headache to rid of them once they multiply.

**blackBRUSHalgae** · 1st Oct 2009, 16:54

throw in just one dwarf puffer, then sit back and relax...

**43a57** · 23rd Oct 2009, 08:35

i managed to catch all the pond snails leaving the ramshorn snails in the tank.
placed the pond snails in a separate small container, and occasionally fed fish food.
don't know what to do with them.