Ramshorns: My New Favorite Old Snail

[Aaron]

Let's face it, snails have a bad rap as pests and hitchhikers in our hobby. I recently "acquired" some ramshorn snails and I've been really impressed with their ability to graze on all types of algae. I swear they even ate the last bit of the BGA I was battling. I have about 200 of them in an ADA 90-P and they and 1 ottocinclus are the only algae eaters in the tank.

See the algae on the overflow? It was completely covered in that a week ago. If you've not kept them before they're worth another look.

[JLW]

And they make good food for my puffers.

[tex627]

Good to see some good work coming from these "pests"!

[Jim Miller]

I had ramshorn, pond and MTS snails in my tank. Then I got a half dozen hovering loaches from Rachel. I realized the other day that I haven't seen a snail in a long time. I didn't plan that but I don't know of any other reason than the loaches why they would have "disappeared."

jim

[DelawareJim]

When I had them, my loaches loved snails. Might have to get some again.

Cheers.
Jim