Well, as some of you know I am in the process of planting my 10 gallon tank. Things were going pretty well and I was getting a lot of good growth and stuff but lately things have kinda slowed down. I have a pretty bad case of hair algae I believe. I am planning on getting an algae eater and some more plants when I get some money. I brogut some snails in with my plants (didn't know how to properly clean them) and I didn't think too much about it. Well I have a couple that have just gotten huge compared to what they were. I also have noticed baby ones and now I have seen eggs on the glass and on some of my plants!! I know snails are a good thing in moderation but upon further study I believe they are pond snails. I am going to try the cucumber trick. If that doesn't work then I will hopefully be able to get a clown loach and then just put him over in the 29 gallon. Pond snails are bad to live plants correct? Also, I think that the one may be an apple snail. Do pond snails get black? I would really like to keep him cause he is so cool looking but I have recently read that apple snails can be just as bad on plants as pond snails.
As a recap.... Pond snails bad? Pond snails get black? Black Mystery Snails (apple snail) bad for plants, too?
Thanks!!!!!!
edit... I really don't see how they have multiplied like this to begin with. I have 3 minnows in that tank and I feed them a couple of flakes every other day! I don't see how that could be overfeeding.