Snails from the beach

My uncle has a 120 gallon tank and he gets all his hermits and snails from the beach. Were going up there today and I'm not sure of I should do the same since his tank isn't all that great. Lemme know w
hat you guys think

 

Do you know what kind they are?

 

there are laws around this... just be sure you stay legal...

past that, you can't just grab any ol' snail, you got to be able to ID what you're grabbing. A lot of snails on beaches are predatory. The vast majority at the beaches around me (in the gulf of America) are predatory.

But I've also been to beaches where I could find most of the snails I do keep... so it all depends.

 

I would def. ID anything you grab. You don't want a mutant snail that will wipe out a tank. In other words, don't go to the beaches like mine with nuclear power plants

 

If this is in new york you need to be carefull which hermit you get. There are the long-claw hermits which are fine, but the broad-claw hermits get HUGE and can take down small fish. Be mindfull that theses are temperate species and wont last as long as tropical hermits and snails will.