All about Ramshorn Snails - Why I love these fast breeding cleaners!

[@waxwing35]

You are quite the narrator. Captivating!

[@happy2bme132]

I thought the same thing

[@Copolia]

My addiction started when I found one in my water barrel, now I have...more than one 💕💕

[@adrianrainbow4106]

Snails are the ultimate stoner show, they're so elegant and other worldly.

[@callenclarke371]

I mean, it sounds like you've actually written these scripts. Seriously, they're top-notch. There are some KZbin Aquarists that may be fantastic fish keepers, but their videos read like this: "So yeah. Hey. It's super-dude uh Aquarium guy, and yeah. Today we're doin' apistos. Apistos are great. For those of ya that don't know. They're really small, and I like 'em for that reason. Also they're just cool. So yeah. Again, you wanna keep your tank clean, like I do. Um. It's cool...you know..." :/ Anyway, your videos are first rate. Please keep them coming!

[@tinymenagerie]

Thanks Callen Clarke! To be honest I errrr... do write scripts :D I find it easier to record that way - plan and write the script, record the audio, get the footage, edit, upload, pray - it's my little routine for vids.

[@W-H-O]

I purposely sought out some of these to put in my endler/shrimp breeding tank as another thing to add to my turtle's tanks for her to munch on when she comes across one (yeah, my one turtle has access to several tanks, I didn't punctuate "turtle's tanks" wrong). I only just got the snails about a month ago and already I've seen clutches of eggs hatch out, haven't fed any to the turtle yet, I'm sure she'll love them! She's a midland painted turtle named Shelly in case you were wondering ❤🐢❤

[@FishWithLove]

Everything I keep in my fishroom have a purpose, I keep these snails because I like their look and how good they are at controlling the algae in my 40 litre tank, I tackle the prolific breeding by feeding the largest to my yoyo loaches in my 125 litre tank it's a great way of turning something many see as a problem into a great food source homegrown for my fish!

[@bunnylove2945]

They’re so cute!! I don’t get how someone could see something so cute as a pest

[@JTCT371]

When they become "pests" it usually means that its an issue with the one doing the feeding. Their numbers are controllable. The idea is to allow their numbers to rise when the food source is there, and to decline when the cleanup is finished. It works if you have self control with making sure any other food source is scarce to nonexistent.

[@MaybeTiberius]

i got some blue ramshorn to go along as tankmates for my neo shrimps and i absolutely love them. i tried something like nerites before and hated them. alot of snails have something that i dont like, for example they are slow, or they ruin my driftwood with eggs or they burrow into the sand getting plants unrooted or they poop more than they clean because they re so slow or their population is getting out of control fast . ramshorn tho i absolutely love. they look gorgeous, they are fast moving and fun to watch, they clean and even populationwise its really not that hard to keep them under control or remove snails to sell. you can just drop some nice veggie into the tank and a couple hours come back and have a clump of snails sitting on it so you can take out a clump of them at once. at first i was scared of snails because everyone sees them as pest but to be honest. i took more of a houseplant approach to it. snails are incredibly important to get a nice ecosystem going. if you have plants in a terrarium or in the garden you have stuff like worms or isopods working around making your enviroment thrive and keep it clean and snails kind of do exactly the same thing.

[@Bogwedgle]

Whenever I have too many snails, my vampire crabs get a week of high protein high calcium snacks. It's sad to do, but such is the circle of life.

[@tinymenagerie]

I feed mine to my shrimp otherwise their numbers get so high they risk starving themselves.

[@aaronisbell17]

Great video, nailed everything I needed to know. Also, your voice is perfect for this.

[@vivienleigh4640]

Thank you! I'm trying to learn as much as I can about keeping a puffer - and I do want to breed snails for them.

[@Summerstone_Stables]

Love this!Got 2 Ramshorn snails and 6 regular pond snails for my pond today.Settling in very well

[@FoolyLiving]

Just wondering - do you have 5,000 now?

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

When these are small they have very thin shells, it's very easy to simply tap one with the back of a spoon or something slightly heavy and it will split open exposing very nutritious innards for your Betta fish.

[@zee_draws]

You' re amazing .The explanation is very simple and informative . Never heard about how we can read their history by their shells! It's the first time really for a video! Keep up miss. Good luck

[@sststr]

I picked up some ramshorns from a plant I bought at a local fish store (or more likely it had eggsacks on it rather than actual snails). I had put the plant in my shrimp tank, so the water parameters were favorable for snails as well. I got so many snails that when I bought myself a betta fish, I tossed a couple of ramshorns in his tank as well. The betta tank has acidic water (around 6.5) and its very soft water at that, so I didn't think the ramshorns would do well, but it didn't matter, they would clean up uneaten food and if they didn't survive long I could just get some more from my shrimp tank to continue on the work of keeping the betta tank clean. Well, as it happens, soft acidic water has in no way inhibited their desire or ability to breed like crazy, so now there are an insane number of baby snails in my betta tank. At first I figured that was fine, the betta will just eat them and then I won't have to feed him external food. But no, I just so happened to have the most peaceful and chill betta fish to ever exist. I have never seen this betta flare at anything at all despite my best efforts, he certainly won't flare at the snails, even when they are occupying his favorite resting spot. He might stare at them intently, but he won't flare at them, won't attack them, won't do anything at all to them. And he won't eat the baby snails. I had to be out of town for a few days last week and I figured he'd be fine without anybody feeding him since he could feed on the baby snails, but no, when I got home he was absolutely starving, he clearly hadn't eaten any of the baby snails. *sigh* There's a certain charm to a betta being so peaceful, but in this case it worked to his detriment. So now I have to manually remove the baby snails on a daily basis. But I suspect the Endler's in my shrimp tank might be eating the babies, as I noticed the snail population in that tank has actually fallen off precipitously. While I had been removing adult snails from the tank when they got up near the surface, there are still enough that there are always eggsacks about, yet finding a small snail crawling about is rare. And I notice the Endler's never eat any of the fish food I put in the tank, so they are clearly eating *something* within the tank. Although it's a very mature tank with plenty of things naturally occurring in there for them to eat, but I suspect part of their diet is baby ramshorns. Which is fine. I was never looking for ramshorn snails in the first place, it was an accidental introduction, so if the Endler's end up eating them to extinction, I am not bothered by it. Except that the betta tank now has a population explosion, so I don't think I will ever run out of ramshorns at this point....

[@wiccaofdead]

This is so underrated channel.love the content and the narrator

[@comment.highlighted]

I love my Ramshorn snails. Ever since I got them 1 year ago, I barely have to clean tank glass and the algae is very minimal. It’s so worth it because I’d rather see snails over a dirty algae tank 🐌 😊

[@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058]

I have to agree with you on snails cleaning the tank than us doing it but every now & then I don't mind.

[@comment.highlighted]

@@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058 When I first got into fish keeping, everyone I knew hated snails and would get upset. So I thought they were bad, but the more I researched and studied Freshwater habitats… the more I realized how helpful they could be 🙂 Edit: I have not needed to scrape algae off my glass ever since I’ve kept the snail.

[@AsianAmericanGuy]

All snails give me goosebumps so i never wanted them until my nephew pressured me to get so i did some research and eventually I ordered 3 blue ramshorn last week but today I happened to find out 1 of them had died and the shell was cracked. I assume it was through me buying new live plants yesterday which had 6 hitchhiking pond snails and 1 nerite which carried these white small leeches, possibly ammonia from me digging up the substrate to plant or it was from calcium problems.

[@comment.highlighted]

@@AsianAmericanGuy If the shell was cracked, then most likely it encountered physical trauma. Maybe through rearranging your aquascape while planting. I’ve killed several Ramshorn snails by accidentally crunching them as I adjust my tank, but I have Puffer fishes to eat them up 🙂 The white small leeches may be detritus worms or planaria. If you have shrimp in your tank, then you don’t want planaria.

[@AsianAmericanGuy]

@@comment.highlighted damnnn now that I think about it when I was planting I may of crushed it. Since there was 1 snail sitting behind the objects I was trying to hide in the fishtank a sponge filter and heater I was planting in the front of the sponge filter during the process frustrated me since the plants kept up rooting. This afternoon I noticed 1 of the snails haven't moved since last night so I checked on it and it was empty.

[@c.rutherford]

When I was a kid centuries ago, I had a fishtank and these Ramshorn snails appeared seemingly out of nowhere. They did breed and seemed to be doing a pretty good job cleaning algae from the tank. Being a dinosaur kid using the term loosely (before Jurassic Park, when that wasn't every kid) I kept thinking of Ammonites, which are supposed to be extinct. I never saw them in the pet stores, must be because they plucked them out and nobody sold them. So it was all a bit of a mystery. Curiously... they seemed to act like Ammonites too, and be able to float around and then drop down to the floor when they wanted to.

[@IlseMulAuthor]

Thank you for this interesting video! I like how you didn't rush us through the video, but simply explained it all calmly. I like that so much more! Back when I started the pond in my garden, I was already told ramshorn snails are ideal in the pond for algae clean -up. I just knew about brown ramshorn snails though. It wasn't until I was looking into making a terrarium and perhaps an aquarium, that I found there are various colours! So... I'm starting a snails tank 😁

[@gayefanner731]

Sounds about right ! 🐌🐌🐌………

[@qontoh2s872]

I'm setting up a native species tank, I'm in New England. Just a small Bullhead catfish. I collected some plants and mud from a couple of local ponds. I got two Ramshorn's. They're currently in a small tank with the catfish. He's been eating the offspring once they're big enough to be noticed. The adults he leaves alone, too big. There's egg clusters all over the glass too. I also found three tiny freshwater clams, I'm hoping they can last a week or so while I get the big tank up and running.

[@mommymarz]

great video!! tyfs 💚

[@buttface3875]

Loved this!! I accidentally ended up with two (brown and blue) when I picked up some pest snails as a snack for my crawfish from a big box pet store. They are beautiful and active! I’ve moved those two to my planted tank.

[@tinymenagerie]

Hey Morgan! They are beautiful aren't they! It's nice to hear someone else thinks so too :)

[@Minnie-Fluffy]

How many do you have now.mine keep breeding

[@buttface3875]

@@Minnie-Fluffy None. Pest snails got out of control so I hired some assassin snails. Now the assassins are breeding, but at a much better pace than the pest snails.

[@Minnie-Fluffy]

@@buttface3875 haha ok,I have a ramshorn problem right now in my planted tank,not sure what to do about it yet

[@buttface3875]

@@Minnie-Fluffy Assasin snails or fertilizer with copper in it. I like the circle of life approach ✌🏻

[@SussyAsianMenacePlays]

Hi @tinymenagerie ! I wanted to thank you so much for this wonderful educational video. I am looking to breed these little guys as feeders for my cuban bearded anole, and your video was so well explained and informative i subscribed halfway through! I noticed once i subscribed that you also have shrimp rearing videos and I've always thought they were so pretty and adorable that now I'm considering them as well because they can be housed with the ramshorn snails haha. Thank you so much!

[@3lli398]

i just got 5 pink ones on ebay, i really really love them so much

[@kellyharrison5184]

I love your very entertaining and educational videos!

[@billburghgraef1651]

Just found you on the net. Your a great commentator and thorough .keep it up cheers.

[@annj8137]

I love snails. They are fascinating.

[@saramckee6611]

Best video on youtube on these snails i have found thanks

[@stephenlyon1358]

They are delicious!

[@sharadbhutoria]

Very well presented ❤ thank you and keep em coming.

[@Neuri]

fantastic vid, straight to the point and informative. Thanks!

[@masterpython]

Ramshorns were the last step in dealing with algea and mulm in my tanks once I got the nitrates down and the plants growing. They can climb and clean tiny plants and are not picky like otos

[@richt4297]

Great video thanx for the content :) If I may add 1 thing about ramshorn breeding is that not only are they hermaphrodites but they also breed asexually, meaning they do not require 2 snails to breed. I found this out the easy way, 1 ramshorn turned into about 6 dozen in under a month for me. :)

[@rhondapeters3575]

Very informative and not boring 🙃🙃

[@Jesus-Is-Lord--Romans-Ten-Nine]

I love this channel.

[@normandcass1113]

The most surprising thing to me was ramshorns don't all act the same. I took a bright pink one from my guppy tank and put it in with my betta and he cruised all over night and day. Unfortunately, the betta got him and I tried again a few weeks later with a less vibrant one. He moves more slowly and isn't as adventurous. Luckily, the betta doesn't seem to notice him. I guess it makes sense, mystery snails seem to have 'personalities' so why not ramshorn snails as well!

[@whiteboy7thstsfanboy]

Ya I’d be sheepishly sliding around my aquarium too if I just saw my friend get eaten

[@normandcass1113]

@@whiteboy7thstsfanboy 😂 good point

[@WifeOfTheBeast]

The Mystery Snails I purchased had ramshorn eggs Trojan-Horsed onto their shells. Didn't realize that was what they were until some of them hatched. 😅

[@FusionDeveloper]

What I read on the internet, it seems that Bladder Snails are more prolific than Ramshorn Snails. I've personally had a single baby bladder snail grow up and laid eggs on its own (self-fertilization). Now I have an unlimited supply, but I am going to go catch some wild ones (where I caught them years ago), to add some genetic diversity, strictly for their health.

[@metallixro]

Very good informative video! I recently got (at leasts) two of these ninja snails as passengers on java ferns and Im already scared of them becoming a swarm :P I already caught one and deposited it a jar (with food!) while I find the other small one(s) and decide on what to do with them.. also I dont really want to just kill them. Tank goes thru a diatom phase so theres sufficient food a lot more snails. Two things Id want touched in these kind of video are if they can outcompete other soft algae eaters like otocinclus and if they can damage filter impellers by getting sucked in while they are really small.

[@mitchl5220]

Great video! I really like how ramshorns look but I've had them in the past and like you mentioned they turned my aquarium into a snail tank lol! I ended up throwing the excess into my garden pond

[@tinymenagerie]

Thanks Nacho! Haha, yeah I know what you mean, that's why mine they have their own tank that also doubles as a fry nursery. And when their number get really crazy the pea puffers go in for a snack! :D

[@AvadoraMimouniOfficial]

Love 💘

[@martingreen2358]

Ramshorns are a pain in the arse, most people encounter them as cuckoos arriving on a plant or in some live food and if they happen to have copious plant life there stuck with controlling the numbers. As far as survival goes they could happily manage in a puddle as long as it didn't dry up, if you go on holiday for six months the snails will be the only thing alive and booming in your tank on your return. They do have some amusing habits though.. they tend to ride the currents in the tanks as a means of getting around and when they double or treble up to make a snail raft or cling to a bit of duck weed flying round like Mary Poppins its almost worth the maintenance..almost. Also my Corys play a strange version of football with them..

[@theanonymousprepperchannel]

I recently got some more african dwarf frogs. And some how these got into my tank now i have hundreds 🤣

[@madartzgraphics2019]

I was curious why my Hornworts got bald for some reason since I only have a goldfish in the tank and they don't like it either LOL so this is the reason. I really thought they couldn't munch those hard spines.

[@kenjiro2676]

Ordered them from Amazon, a multi color pack. I got blue, red(pink?) browns, and leopard mixed into the 3 colors above. I kind of want yellow ramshorns.

[@brandonlasvegas]

🙏😎

[@gem9535]

I keep them because they eat black beard algae and... that is worth it's weight in gold.

[@ryancute22]

I transferred at least ten of them to the most infested algae watery pot i have that.

[@Desi-qw9fc]

How did you get copepods in your tank? Did you specifically put them there, or did they hitchhike?

[@tinymenagerie]

Hey John! The copepods were a bit of an accident as I was trying to establish a good variety of detritus worms in the tank. I knew I wanted as healthy a sort of eco system setup as I could manage, so put just a bit of mud and leaves from the bottom of a pond in the tank when I set it up. I got the fauna I wanted... lots of detritivores... and the copepods too.

[@carlinkag2525]

The thing is, I bought some plants and suddenly they appeared. And I've allowed them to chill, but lately some of them seem to be laying on their sides on the bottom of the tank. Especially after a water change? I never meant to get them so I know nothing about them and their needs...

[@cangqulie1856]

If i only put one inside my tank.. Will it produce egg by it self?

[@trashratzz]

Yes

[@xSHADENx]

My local fish store literally just gave me a bunch for free lol

[@aydan3870]

I know im 3 YEARS late but... I hope you ... or someone sees this so, Can different colored ramshorns breed? If so, would they make a new color, or pick one of the parents colors?Thanks

[@MrDoggy2024]

Did these snails need aeration water pump ?

[@crackheadjoedirt]

Can ramshorn snails be an issue with sponge filters? I’ve heard of their babies getting caught in their filters & causing issues with them.

[@jamiedempsey3182]

How long after they mate do they lay eggs?

[@primulamiguelshuggana2054]

We had 1 black ramhorn snail. One month later, think we at 12 😩 kinda wanna buy some assassin snails.

[@alyssac0]

Mine wont breed😔

[@aneeshasaifudeen4767]

can they be used in tarpaulin sheet tank... will they tear it?

[@tinymenagerie]

Heyo! Yes they can, ramshorns stay quite small and only feed on decaying plant matter and algae, they wouldn't damage the tarp.

[@FusionDeveloper]

4:07 looks like copepods.

[@marthanewsome6375]

Nice video, but I keep mine in a Ph of 6.4. These guys can live in low ph, but need calcium supplements. I give mine a human calcium pill once a month. Also they love cuttle fish bone. Nom nom nom that calcium.

[@tinadoyle3803]

I just bought one for my tank can it procreate on its own ? Tia.

[@FirstLast-numba1]

Can I keep at 5.5 pH?

[@Minnie-Fluffy]

I have eggs all over my tank...I must of overfed them

[@BeeUndercover]

Very informative! Excellent video to watch and learn. Consider me a new subscriber :)

[@jniki0312]

Can someone ease tell me why mine is covering itself in sand

[@samfoot89]

what happens when red ramshorn snail breed with normal black ramshorn snail?

[@eiratovalancaster-elrick1496]

You'll get a mix of both in the babies

[@marionnye3690]

what do you feed them please x

[@AC-uu3gj]

Can ramhorns live with gsp or will they pollute the water

[@tinymenagerie]

Hmmm, to be honest i think the biggest problem you will have is that I doubt the ramshorns would survive in the brackish water the puffer fish needs. I would keep the rams in a little separate tank and breed them up to feed to the puffer.

[@fishhobbytat]

I got ramshorn in my tank, and they reproduce so fast!!!

[@tinymenagerie]

Hey! Yes they are certainly something you have to keep an eye on. I remove any snail I see in my tanks once it reaches about the size of a small pea (under 1cm in diameter) to stop there being a massive number of eggs laid. Then when numbers get low I let one adult stay and lay a few egg patches, then remove that one too. Labour intensive yes, but kind of therapeutic too.

[@emilybutler356]

I bought 4 Ramshorn snails unknowing that they would breed like CRAZY! Now, have loads. I am figuring out what to do but i struggle to find answers to some of my questions online, So any feedback/ answers/ opinions would be rlly helpful. ty Do you think it is cruel to feed them to a assassin snail if u have too many? How big do Ramshorn's have to be to feed to an assassin snail? Are my Ramshorn's at risk of becoming in breed?

[@fadillah6014]

Have you try put bait trap for them? For me is not cruel to add their predators I always put dwarf puffer fish or danio to eat them (can't have success with assassin snail) and my most food for my fish was life food.

[@emilybutler356]

Thanks very much. I will do some research. 👍😊

[@Summerstone_Stables]

You could try selling some :)

[@kevywilliams3304]

What are the small organizms swimming in your tank?

[@gazza2933]

I didn't buy my snails, so I suppose they came in with the plants that I bought.

[@lethang688]

I’ve been trying to breed ramshorn snails, saw some clutches that look like eggs recently, the only difference is they’re yellow in color, is that a normal thing?

[@tinymenagerie]

Hey Le Thang! Yes snails eggs and immature snails certainly can be yellow, especially when they are getting close to hatching. My snails are pink, but they start off yellow and slowly turn pink over about a month or so.

[@quintinmorfin6027]

I want to transfer the mom or dad snail into a different tank because I got a new one can I transfer her or will the baby snails die?

[@tinymenagerie]

Hey Quintin! Don't worry about the baby snails, they are perfectly capable of looking after themselves once they hatch, you can move the parents to a new tank and they will all be fine :)

[@quintinmorfin6027]

@@tinymenagerie okay thanks

[@quintinmorfin6027]

@@tinymenagerie thanks and another thing u may not know this but your the only one that responds I got these aquatic plant bulbs that u plant in the tank and they have this like clear weird stuff on the bulbs u know anything about that

[@walkingintheglory2892]

i try to kill these on the daily lol

[@tinymenagerie]

yeah... it does reach that point doesn't it :D I have a 1cm rule in my larger tanks; any snail over that size becomes bird food just so i can keep a check on numbers. I still like them though.

[@walkingintheglory2892]

@@tinymenagerie yes, I feed them to the chickens lol! but its nice to let them hang out

[@buttface3875]

A crawfish will munch on babies... and anything else.

[@Techno4more]

I'm doing something wrong because I can't get rid of them fast enough. When 2hen I remove every single one , they come back in a week in drones

[@Jesus-Is-Lord--Romans-Ten-Nine]

The Fifth Day: Fish and Birds 20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

[@gayefanner731]

Amen and Amen 🙏✝️