![]() Nerite snails can be a beginner’s best friends – they are very good for people who are new to aquarium business because they are easy to care for. In this article, we will take a look at 10 best freshwater aquarium snails. When you are choosing freshwater snails, there are more factors upon which you can choose the right type of snail for you. There are more types of freshwater snails that you can put into your aquarium. Either way, there is almost a certainty that at one point, you are going to deal with snails. Snails can enter your tank purposely or not sometimes they can sneak into the tank with other fish that are put into the water (as they are caught in the net with the fish) or with the plants that are put into the aquarium. Though, if you don’t like them, you can always get rid of snails in a human way. The fact is that if they are kept at a moderate number, they can be your best friend. Some aquarium enthusiasts are at odds whether freshwater snails are good in your tank or not. ![]() Some of them are good looking and they also exhibit very interesting behavior. Not only that they keep the water and the tank clean, but they are also very pleasing on the eye. I’d rather have the slime algae.Freshwater snails can be an important part of your aquarium. For my part, though, I don’t add them to my ponds. They’re still very pretty and interesting, so I won’t try to talk people out of putting them in their ponds if that’s what they want. So, snails aren’t the natural, effortless pond janitors that you might be looking for. If you’re looking for an easy fix for string algae, there are better ways than snails. However, they’ll prefer to feed on the slime algae that actually helps to use up the nutrients that string algae feeds on. Snails might help if you’ve got a bad string algae problem. Further, pond snails tend to breed quickly, and too many snails means dead snails that become part of the sludge instead of eating it up. ![]() Thus, too many snails can make the pond sludge problem grow, rather than get better. Now, snails will eat some of the organic debris that makes up your pond sludge layer, but I’ve found that they far prefer the healthy slime algae that actually helps keep your pond clean. Snails also won’t help significantly with one of the most common problems I see in ponds, an overabundance of pond sludge. In fact, snails may make this problem worse, as they will feed mostly on the healthy slime algae that prevents planktonic algae blooms. The planktonic algae whose blooms cause green water are too small and free-floating for snails to eat them. However, they will not have a significant effect on the problems that most pond owners face with water health. Certainly, pond snails will get rid of some algae in the pond, and some of the debris. In a well-kept pond, though, I disagree with this view. They’re the little scavenging janitors of your pond. The wisdom is generally that pond snails eat algae and some organic debris. However, I do think that how much snails improve the health and clarity of the average pond has been blown out of proportion. In very large ponds, snails can even be necessary to create a balanced, natural ecosystem. Pond snails can be a fun & interesting addition to your pond’s ecosystem. ![]() Pond snails can be a beautiful addition to your pond’s ecosystem.
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