Hitchhiker Snail ID please?

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  1. ZubairKhan

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    Hi there, noticed two small snails on a little quarantine tank i have, must have come in with some plants, Theyre really tiny guys, quite active, sorry for the poor pic quality.

    Do i keep or get rid? Dont want to have an infestation

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    Pond snail .. AFAIK .. not ideal in planted thanks.

    Later Ferdie
     
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    Thank you Ferdie , luckily have a little pond, will toss them in there
     
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    For this exact reason i have 5 Assassins between 2 tanks... I never see other snails. Well sometimes the remains pop up..
     
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    Why not? I know they can get a bit out of control in terms of numbers, but i've always liked their algae cleaning abilities
     
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    The rate that they reproduce at ... as much as it is said they do not eat healthy plants, this is only true if they have other food sources. Without good control they get out of control way too quickly.

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    This was my reason for getting the assassins. Saw one and a week later they were bloody everywhere. Bought 5 assassins who gobbled them all up in about a week and a bit. Then moved two snails over to another tank. Now I just feed them bloodworm to keep them happy but open to free snails if anyone has pests they want rid of
     

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