Wondering Pond Snail

Description

Price is per snail. You will receive one unsexed snail, size may vary between 1-2 cm depending what we have available at the time of your order.

Radix balthica, common names pond snail or the wandering snail, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae

Not to be confused with the ‘Greater Pond Snail’, The Wondering Pond Snail is plant safe, the Greater Pond Snail is not. It only grows to around 3cm in size. This snail will breed rapidly if the conditions are right. This snail looks very similar to the Bladder Snail but it grows slightly bigger and the spirals point towards the right. It also has less spots.

Snails are beneficial to any aquarium. They play a vital role in the ecosystem with their ability to break down excess waste into something that is easier for your beneficial bacteria (and even shrimp) to consume. People often misunderstand snails and see them as ‘pests’ because in dirty, over-fed tanks snails will reproduce rapidly. In a well maintained tank they will not over-populate. People also think all snails eat plants, because they see a snail eating a plant leaf, when in fact the chances are your plant (or part of it) was dying off and the snails were doing you a favour by getting rid of it. Most snails only eat decaying matter – it is important you know which snails you are keeping and their role in your tank.