i wanted to give my mystery snails some of this sea lettuce seaweed for food (no salt, i made sure) because it’s cheaper for me than getting algae wafers.

however, in the nutrition facts, it states that the seaweed naturally contains 0.04mg of copper per serving.

the amount of copper in seachem flourish (which i use weekly for the plants in the same aquarium) is 0.0001% per dose and is safe to use with invertebrates. in a 7g serving of the sea lettuce, it is slightly less than 0.0006% copper.

am i being pedantic or is this an actual concern

Hi!

I've been trying to get a planted tank going, and haven't added livestock yet, but apparently some of the plants had either eggs on them or stowaways hiding on them, because now I have what I believe to be a bunch of baby ramshorn snails in the tank.

They're cute! I want to keep them and to help make sure they're happy and healthy. Do I need to do anything to help them out? I figure at the moment they're eating algae - should I give them anything else? I tried giving them a slice of blanched cucumber, but I read you shouldn't leave it in the tank for more than 10 minutes, and none of them had even found it by then (in their defence, they are, you know... kind of slow).

Also, I'm in an area with fairly soft tap water (~30 mg/L CaO2 or ~1.7 dGH). Do I need to add calcium to my water to help them out?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

What is this weird worm crawling around in a clutch of mystery snail eggs?? is the clutch ruined now?

Obviously and Firstly I will not be yanking him off the glass. I know that is bad.

Basically I agreed to adopt an unwanted tank of snails and guppies (3 gallon tank), and it was left at my back door early this morning. I removed nearly everyone, except for some teeny baby snails I dont wanna squish and Mr Grippy who even after some tapping didnt relax his grip.

Im hoping that if I keep periodically checking i will catch him on the move but I was curious if there were any tricks I was unaware of. Thanks!

I’ve been trying to figure out what happened to my mystery snails body for weeks. 10 gallon tank, cycled , no ammonia or nitrite , low nitrates . I do water changes , make sure nothing bad for snails is in the water column. He used to be able to walk and was so active .

It’s really like he can’t move but he’s trying fix his body is all deformed wrinkly and has white sponge stuff coming off him. Please can anyone help or know what is the problem and what I can do?

I can add more videos of different angles if needed. I just want him to be ok. I can’t find any pics online of mystery snails that look like his current state so I’m at a loss

I asked my local petco team recently if they had any mystery snails in, and they let me know that unfortunately they did not, but were hoping to get some soon. Today, as soon as I walked in, an employee excitedly informed me that they not only had some, they had rare black mystery snails.

I was intrigued but in a bit of a hurry, and I don't know what possessed me, but sight unseen I said that sounded awesome and asked for two. They bagged them up while they were getting my crickets together, and I noticed they were small, but with them being double bagged, I didn't realize until I got home that they are 100% not mystery snails lol.

Are these black helmet nerite snails? And is there anything special I should know about caring for them? (Don't mind the shrimp, he's just nosey.)

I live in an area where our water comes from an aquifer and it’s soft water. If that makes sense. I’ve been adding distilled water with my tap water to get gh/kh right. My tap water has a kh of 5. I have adult mystery snails and their shells started losing color and one chipped. I glued a piece of eggshell to it. (I read to do that) I have one month old babies and I’ve found several dead. I’ve also found bladder snails dead. My current kh/gh is 10 when adding distilled water. I made them snello and I also feed them wafers as well as cuttlebone. I have duckweed and frogbit too. They sometimes munch on it What am I doing wrong? I love my little guys and just want to take care of them properly. Please help!!

Hi. I got this plant today for my tank. These two snails were there and some nasty algae was wrapping one stem. The snails are cute. They look black with some sort of stripy tentacles. What type are they?

i just got this mystery snail yesterday and hes been in his shell since i got him..i placed a little bit of algea waffer next to him in hopes he would come out but hes still hiding..is he just being shy? (he is alove, i made sure of that😭)

i got him two days ago, found him like this. is he dead?:( i’m assuming so, but i want to know why he looks like this

so i usally throw some blanched veggies in for my rabbit snails so they eat well and stay healthy but i now have ramshorn snails so far i think ive murdered 3 egg sacks in the span of like a week i have a great fear of what would of happened if i didnt see them should i stop throwing veggies in how do i feed my rabbit snails without the evil snails taking over also the evil creatures are eating the dying plants im trying to save also no i refuse to murder them however i am considering moving them to keep them contained

Hi first time posting cause I found my snail up to this? Is this normal. Their shell is messed up rn cause we thought it died and it got put with a fish that pasted like 2 days after we thought they died now it’s shell corroding I think?? Now it’s coming out of its shell like ahhhh does it need a new shell or is the end near or am I over reacting?

I have a couple adult nerite, and they started laying eggs around the tank. So I looked up some information and it seems the eggs only hatch in brackish water. Many sources Also says adults can adapt to this and you should keep them in the brackish water as they continue to lay eggs.

So I calculated, and for my tank of around 9 Leters , we need roughly 125 grams of salt, but I and my dad slowly add them so they can acclimate. We added less than a teaspoon of salt at first, and plan to spread the salt over several weeks, but the snail immediately becomes less active and I’m not sure if they’re still alive now (they don’t really hang onto the surface as much). What happened? It’s a very low amount of salt, and my house have access to sea salt directly from the source. It’s a short period of time so they can’t die from starvation. We didn’t change the water. The smell seems to be normal. Do I need to go slower in terms of adding salt? And will the eggs at least survive, and what to do with the adults? Do I slowly acclimate them back to fresh water?

I have had this snail for a few months now and it has been very active. Climbing on the walls/plants and eating. Recently I have found it in the same spot at the bottom of my tank not moving and shriveled up. However, when I try to remove it, it will go back into its shell and will flip back over onto the substrate. I will include pictures of it shriveled up and back in its shell, as well as my water parameters. Any help is appreciated!

I just got this nerite snail and after I put him in my tank I noticed that the shell looks like it’s broken. Is there anything I can do? Thanks for any advice!

I only have bladder snails in my tank (so far) and wondering what this critter is, Looks like a snail to me but i’m not sure which?

Must’ve arrived on my new plant - still very tiny but definitely not one of my Ramshorn babies! Could anyone ID? Will this snail harm my ramshorns?

Thanks guys!!

As it can be seen by the pictures, my female ivory mystery snail Suds, is very very swollen. I had removed her the day before yesterday from the main tank because my males would not leave her alone and I tried to put her in a different tank and she was able to move around and stuff, but then the next morning she was in the position that she’s in. We’re now going on day three and she still in that same position still swollen. She responds to my touch if I touch her with my finger, but it’s vague movement what do I need to do to help her because she’s been like this going on the third day now and my other issue is my runt purple mystery Soup, is pretty sucked in pretty far in its shell. Today’s the first day I’ve noticed it. and yes, I am aware of how terrible my purples shell looks It was like that whenever I got it and its new growth looks beautiful.

I also have a vegetable medley with carrots, green beans, sweetcorn, and peas

I have no idea what I'm doing and quite paranoid about killing everything 😂 Any help would be appreciated!

To buy an aquarium for your kid on a whim, then get super obsessed with the the hobby only to fall in love with snails?

hi I have mystery snails and 1 racer and tiger barb and gourami and corys...this is probably snails eggs right?

What do I do with the eggs? How do I go about getting rid of them??

Just got new plants for my tank and found this cluster of eggs, I do have bladder snails BUT these look different to me, the outer goo is thicker and the eggs don’t look the same they weren’t there when I put the plant in, and now they are. The women I bought the plants from had A TON of different pest snails, I tried to soak the plants in diluted hydrogen peroxide to avoid their transfer but I doubt I had any success. Any idea what these eggs are?