Possibly baby horned nerite snails?

[vinz]

Just a few weeks ago, I thought I found 4 small snails which I thought were baby Horned Nerite snails in my tank. Today, I found out from another thread and subsequent Googling that Horned Nerite snails rarely breed successfully in freshwater tanks, if at all.

I found two of them tonight and took some pictures. Below is the clearest photo. The coin at the bottom of the photo is a Singapore 10 cent coin.

What do you think? Their shells are slightly more conical then the adults, but less so then the other snail I have in the tank which is the more common pond snail that sometimes come with our plants. Dark bands are starting to show.

[beetroot]

Please keep us updated if you're going to make history in AQ . Hope the colour changes as they look more like pond snails' colours now.

[Kiatster]

Horned nerites this size would have spikes already visible. Why? because i bought 3 of them at lfs. =)

[blue33]

i had them in my tank also. they are not Horned Nerites snails. They're pond snails.

[vinz]

Kiaster, the ones you bought are only 3 - 4 mm in diameter? Which LFS?

[vinz]

Still crossing my fingers.

[jeffteo]

Interesting thread on breeding of the Nerite Snail from another forum.

http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?...nerite-snails/

[vinz]

Interesting article. I have a hunch we're going to get a bunch of people selling Baby Nerites in a few weeks time.

[jeffteo]

Oops, got exposed already. I separated mine into different container last night to identify their sexes and the only one in the tank is still laying eggs on the glass!!!

If i understand correctly, once the female is matured sexually, they will start laying eggs for a period of time even without a male around to mate. These eggs will be unfertilized one and the more they eat the more they lay.
This explains why mine is laying so much because the algae on the leafs are getting lesser and lesser.

[jeffteo]

Something even more interesting. Nerite snail can be found in the wild in Singapore!
http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfac.../neritidae.htm

No need to buy already, catch can already.

[jeffteo]

Sorry to hog your thread Vincent. Just 1 more interesting article to share. :P

http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Bug,%20Snails,%20Nerite.htm

[vinz]

i had them in my tank also. they are not Horned Nerites snails. They're pond snails.

You mean the ones similar to the one in the photo at this site: http://www.pondexpert.co.uk/pond-snails-inYourPond.html

I have those, big and small. The two in my photo look nothing like them, even when similar in size. Hence, my suspicions.

[vinz]

No worries, Jeff. As long as they are related posts.

[Kiatster]

Mine was about 5mm in size and everything else except its size is as that of an adult with distinct pattern and spikes.

Kiaster, the ones you bought are only 3 - 4 mm in diameter? Which LFS?

[jeffteo]

Vincent's looks like the Nerite juvenile in the previous link I posted. At least 1 of it.

[hyun007]

100% sure that is pond snail.
If you have shrimps inside your tank with them, you can crushed them with your finger and the shrimps will feed on them.

[jeffteo]

Crush with something else will be better if not it will go "kracwww" or "squish" on your finger...

[blue33]

The funny part is they sometime comes with various pattern which leads to believing them as Nerites snails.

You mean the ones similar to the one in the photo at this site: http://www.pondexpert.co.uk/pond-snails-inYourPond.html

I have those, big and small. The two in my photo look nothing like them, even when similar in size. Hence, my suspicions.

[doofie22]

looks like a pond snail though

[jeffteo]

Crushed my unknown snail with the planting tweezer and fed it to my new shrimps today. Whahaha.
Everything was gone within 30 minutes.