I have snail looking things growing on inside glass of fish tank.?
I have a 10 gallon fish tank with mollies and platos and a zebra fish. A few days ago I noticed what looks like snails growing on the glass. I did a partial water change, and vacuumed the gravel and removed everything from the glass. This was less than a week ago. This morning I noticed them on the glass again. Some are black and some are white. I have live and plastic plants and a cave. I’m pretty new to this, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
RainbowPop
on November 30th, -0001
You probably had some snail eggs come in on your live plants. This is pretty common actually. They are a pest and very difficult to get rid of. You have two choices-
1 – Chemical – Buy a snail remover. This will kill your snail but bear in mind that you may never be able to keep any kind of invertebrates in you tank if you do this. This includes apples snails or ghost shrimp if you choose to keep them in the future. You might not have a problem but there are occasional instances when residue lingers in the sealant.
2 – Natural – Put a piece of lettuce or thin slice of zucchini in a weighted net and drop it into your tank overnight. In the morning, most of the snail will have gone to this and you can simply throw it out. It might take several nights in a row to get them out. Also, there are probably eggs in your tank so you will have to do it again when they hatch.
YvY
on November 30th, -0001
1. They are snails.
2. They came to your tank on the live plants your purchased.
3. Consider them freebies!
NeverAlone
on November 30th, -0001
your snails are probaly reproducing It happens to me all the time. your fish could of had eggs too
ChocolateDrop
on November 30th, -0001
This might be fish eggs, but I recommend you let someone take a look at it for it might be something else that would cause your fish to die.
Good luck 🙂
ConverseShoesRule
on November 30th, -0001
there is something that you keep putting in the fish tank that is infected with snails may be a rock or building, they can also hide in the plastic plants, as far as the rocks you might have to change them completely they will take over your tank .
Fairground
on November 30th, -0001
I don’t realy know but ther are such things as water snails and the are sometimes deliberatly (not in your case) put in th help keep things clean etc.
FallingMoon
on November 30th, -0001
If they are what I think they are, you may want to use a snail killing product. These suckers can be obtained via petstore water from the fishtank. Small snails or eggs are sent home with you this route and begin to grow in the tank. They will populate your tank – massively! Soon you’ll find them in the filter, outside the tank and filling the inside.
To be sure, I’d suggest taking one to the petstore and asking what it is. They can help you decide what to do better.
Chips
on November 30th, -0001
Snails come in on live plants. You can treat with chemicals, but I prefer to get rid of them the natural way. Get a small loach like a skunk, striated, Yo-yo, or angelicus. They will eat every snail in there, and will continue to eat them any time new ones emerge or hitchhike in. Another option would be to get a new tank, buy a pea puffer, and feed the snails to him!
BloodFlower
on November 30th, -0001
you might want to consider yo yo loach they are supposed to be rather good at eradicating this problem
TheProposal
on November 30th, -0001
the snails most likely were, attached to the live plants.
Cocktail
on November 30th, -0001
if they are snails, they’re pretty harmless. they’ll help keep algae under control, but if you have live plants int your tank, that’s bad news for your plants.
if they’re not snails, they might be some kind of parasite that might be dangerous for your fish. scrape some off and tank it to the pet store to have it checked out
form what you said, they don’t sound like snails.