m4gichat

I just need a good old snail that does the following
-eats algae of glass
-doesnt eat a lot out of my plants
-doesnt crawl out

is this too much to ask? what snails do you guys recommend?

HybridHerp

what size tank and what tank mates?
neuritis are very good in that they are expert algae eaters, the only thing though is that they do not reproduce in fresh water, but will lay little white eggs everywhere
mystery snails don't eat as much algae, but they are safe with plants (do your research though)
malyasian trumpet snails are also fine with plants, but they will breed readily and you will have tons of them before you know it
personally, I keep nerities in my 10 gallon, and then mysteries and hopefully a mts hoard in my 75 (waiting for them to take over)

Newt

Nerites leave their small, white dot, eggs all over the tank. Nothing eats them. Quite unsightly IMO.

h4n

I love Nerite, great at attacking algae but like other said, they dont breed in freshwater but leave tiny white eggs everywhere. But i've noticed horned nerite barley lay any eggs if any at all.
I also like baby mystery snails.
So I love my smaller snaills.

HybridHerp

Don't do mysteries if it's an open top tank they'll probably crawl out

gentelmanjack

Get an MT snail
http://www.yamatogreen.com/MalaysianTrumpetSnails.htm

check it out.
They are great w/ my CRS

Bananariot

If you're looking for a great snail that won't reproduce like crazy, then go nerites. They don't eat plants and the only con I can think of is that they leave little eggs everywhere.

I would also suggest ramshorn. They breed asexually so watch how much you feed. If you see you have too many, it means you are feeding too much to your shrimp. Also they don't eat plants, however if you're plants are dying and rotting, they'll eat that.

MTS are okay in my opinion by they are too hard to control. Unlike ramshorn, if you have a population explosion, you can't remove them as easily because they dig.

D9Vin

I would recommend ramshorn or trumpet snails. Trumpet snails can really explode in population, but I don't think they are really to hard to control. They usually come out at night, so just wait for about an hour after lights out, and you can pick them off the glass pretty easy. Ramshorns just look cool in my opinion, and they seem to reproduce slower to me. The key to keeping snail population under control, as mentioned, is to carefully monitor feeding.

Bananariot

Tylo's eat plants if I remember correctly....fairly quickly. If you're unlucky it'll munch down all your plants

Michael

Tylomelania defintely eat plants, even fairly tough ones like Sagittaria subulata.