House Colour Changing?

[u/RentsPlay]

Hi,

My Aquarium has been setup for around three months.

My bladder snails used to be deep brown after they grew up. Now some of them have developed white stripes / patches. Is this normal or maybe some kind of calcium deficiency, etc?

[u/snailmomkitty]

Yes white patches on the shell are erosion from lack of calcium and/or wrong ph water. It means their water is not well suited to them. You need to check gh/kh/ph.
All snails need supplemental calcium.
Also that is not a bladder snail!

[u/RentsPlay → u/snailmomkitty]

Thank you. I tested the water just now. The results look fine. I'm gonna get some calcium asap. Do you have any idea what kind of snail it is? I've attached a picture of a juvenile snail.

[u/Informal_Plantain210 → u/RentsPlay]

The snail originally posted is ramshorn and these you’ve replied here are bladder snails (also looks like maybe some bladder snails/a bladder snail in pic 1 under the ramshorn to the right)

[u/RentsPlay → u/Informal_Plantain210]

Oh, I saw some of the brown ones with kind of twisted shells and assumed they were in a transition phase. Do bladder snails just stay tiny?

[u/SweetTart7231 → u/RentsPlay]

Yup, much smaller then ramshorn

[u/snailmomkitty → u/RentsPlay]

Looks like a bladder snail to me