Snails??

[aidanchick]

Recently, in my boyfriends tank snails have appeared! How did they get there? We have counted approx. 6 at the moment varying from really small, to the size of a baby toe nail size.. Do we need to be worried about them? What exactly do they do? Do they eat pants? .. and how the heck did they get into the tank?

 

[aznpanther98]

in a way they're good they help eat algae and leftover foods but also bad b/c with time they will be all over ur tank
several ways to get rid of them is by the simple yet constant  *crazysmiley* of these lil buggers u can get a clown loach if it can be in the tank with the other fish u got and they will eat them all up, i think other fishes could eat them too my betta loves eating them, u can also try putting a piece o lettuce,food, whatever snail likes in a lil bottle or something and  let it sit overnight and see if any snails get in the bottle, i have a ten gal with a bunch of them and it's no big deal sinnce i feed them to my betta and once to my clown loaches but they have all died recently :'( but anyways it's a nusiance when they are all over ur tank, don't use those snail killin chemicals it might hurt other things in the tank i'm starting to hate those bigger snails i just got one a bit bigger than a golf ball lfs called it bluesnail and it ate all my vals to the roots overnight in the 10gal tank  > i put it in the goldfish tank now since there's no plants in there

 

[Backdraft Bagel]

The snails (specifically, their eggs) were stowaways on a plant you bought, most likely. Or maybe one came in a bag of fish and you didn't notice it. Snails, the uber-pest. I just pick them out.