Tiny snail hitchhiker

[gobirds4290]

Found these two on a drag today. Good or bad?

 

[tbrown]

Way too small to get a good positive ID on them BUT the first looks similar to a tiny Dove Snail maybe and the last could be a Collonista. More close up pictures would be necessary to really tell for certain though.

 

[gobirds4290]

Hopefully these are better :

 

[tbrown]

I'd say there's definitely a good chance picture 1 is a Dove Snail and picture 2 is a Collonista.

@ISpeakForTheSeas

 

[gobirds4290]

I'd say there's definitely a good chance picture 1 is a Dove Snail and picture 2 is a Collonista.

@ISpeakForTheSeas

Those are good guys right? Safe to add to the tank?

 

[tbrown]

There's differing opinions. Collonista snails can populate quickly.

Dove snails, some say they're safe, some say they're not.

 

[gobirds4290]

There's differing opinions. Collonista snails can populate quickly.

Dove snails, some say they're safe, some say they're not.

Maybe it’s best to play it safe and not add them then. Thanks for the help!

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I'd say there's definitely a good chance picture 1 is a Dove Snail and picture 2 is a Collonista.

@ISpeakForTheSeas

These would be my thoughts too, though I can't say for sure on the suspected dove snail.

Collonista snails (and similar looking relatives) are good, but some people get annoyed by them because they're small and reproduce quickly (and being small they sometimes get into equipment and cause issues that way).

Dove snails should be good, but their relatives are predators; it's possible the reported not good ones are misidentified, opportunistically predatory, or seeking "famine foods" without access to their preferred food sources.