Snails

[Devil_Boy]

Just a quick question, my vivarium has been set up for about 6 months now (no frogs yet) and i just cleaned out my sump today and noticed in the filter there were some black snails. So i cleaned the filter and soaked it in boiling hot water, and in the sump itself there are still a few.

Just wondering if this is a big deal, should i leave them be, or somehow treat it, the only thing i added was java moss so they most likely came with it, figures. i cant see any in the vivarium itself just the sump, but to get to the sump means there probaly all underneath my false bottom.

I use to have heavily planted aquariums and i had snails and it wasnt too bad till a month or so down the road when the population grows massivly. haha but they were more brown colored snails.

[Green Ghost]

If you want to take your snails out put a piece of lettuce in the sump and they will all go for it. You can collect them all on the piece of lettuce.

My take is the the more natural and the more of an eco sytem the setup is then the better so I leave my snails in there. Both of my main show tanks have large water features and both have alot of snails in there. I don't have issues. I feel that the snails are beneficial and basically serve the same type of function as springtails living in substrate.