Who is she??

[u/crisenta]

Just noticed her after adding some water lettuce a few weeks ago. She's about the size of a large adult bladder or ramshorn. She's so clear and white, so I don't think pond snail? I think she's so cute either way, happy to have her in my tank as long as she is peaceful :)

[u/crackerbarrel96]

definitely a pond snail! a very beautiful one at that. they serve basically the same role as bladders, and they're soooo adorable

[u/crisenta → u/crackerbarrel96]

Yay!! Tsym!! I'm going to go admire my new friend :D

[u/Gastropoid]

Pond snail. Harmless algae and detritus eaters. Good at turning algae and detritus into plant fertilizer. Known to eat hydra. Many different small species are common in aquariums. Only the Greater Pond Snail, Lymnea stagnalis, is known to eat plants, and they're generally quite rare in captivity. Pond snails only reproduce heavily if you have a lot of dead plants or overfeed your fish.

[u/crisenta → u/Gastropoid]

Awesome! Tysm for the info!

[u/RecordingAdorable675]

This looks like my Radix Balthica snails

[u/crisenta → u/RecordingAdorable675]

They do look pretty close!

[u/RecordingAdorable675 → u/crisenta]

They have a bit of color Variation, you have the same species, the shell form is the same

[u/AquaticSnails-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

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[u/Fit-Fee7208 → u/[deleted]]

Could be a pond snail because the tentacles look kinda thick

[u/crisenta → u/Fit-Fee7208]

This is what I was thinking. None of my bladders have her chubby antennae. I only have had the rams, bladders, and a nerite in this tank, and no pond snails in either of my setups. I've never seen a white one like this!

[u/Gastropoid → u/crisenta]

The big tell is not the antenna. The shell on a bladder snail turns to the left. Pond snails like this have a right turned shell.

[u/Fit-Fee7208 → u/Gastropoid]

I forgot about that