What type of snails should I get?

[Hufsa]

Really? 😱 Which plant species?

Mine do decimate the dried leaf piles I add, they make a really fine mulm with it. Maybe that's why they haven't eaten my plants! Or maybe I only kept them with plants they don't like 🤔

Sir Snootenpoot was helping himself to large amounts of Pogostemon helferi and Blyxa japonica. He moved out with the fishsticks to another local hobbyist.
I dont think ive ever been so sad to say goodbye to a snail 😢 He was very charming

 

[Sam66]

Just a quick update - I'm not sure how much is down to the snails and how much due to the tank maturing but the majority of my BBA is gone and diatoms are also reduced substantially.

Snails are very active. Both Ramshorn and MTS are mostly on the hardscape rather than the sand substrate. Loads of snail waste now on the substrate and plant leaves.

I've also spotted 2 or 3 unknowns (possibly bladder snails) and a single Columbian Ramshorn in the tank.

 

[Sam66]

Oh, and some tiny baby Ramshorns already.

I don't know how quickly they hatch so these may have come in on plants rather than being laid by the snails I added.