appearing snail

I bought some plants once, and like an hour after I put them in the tank, my africans were going crazy over something. I looked to see what it was and it was a big nest of eggs. I thought one of them layed eggs. I got a mason jar, scooped up the plant, and placed it in the jar, covered it with netting, a week or so later, it looked like the plant was rotting. Then I notced the eggs had moved and seperated. I took a closer look, and it was snails. The plnt I bought came in with a big nest of snail eggs. I dumped it in the tank and let the africans eat em up, lol.

 

thanks fo rall the replys

ok firstly let me clear up it is a freshwater tank

secondly this snail doesnt look like a golden apple snail yet but it might if it keeps growing like this

thirdly i will be moving onto slatwater at sum point i have to save up sum funds at the moment and i want to wait till this tank gets going properly

lastly it has come out during the day and i have only ever seen one at once

thanks to everyone who helped

olie

 

ok

it came out earlier today and doesnt seem to be nocternal. i think it is a golden snail but if it is how big do they get?

 

inch , inch and a half

 

i'm not sure about telling one freshwater snail from another, but they've always been present in my freshwater planted tanks and i've never had a problem with them...if anything i've always thought they're helpful, moving thru the substrate and acting a bit like a freshwater clean up crew...

 

thanks

thank you evryone wish u all sucess in you tanks

 

right back to you olie sounds like your really getting into your new found hobby...... 8)