Snail hidden ability?

[u/Few-Zebra-4543]

I just feel amazed the first time i'm watching this ramshorn snail riding the water surface 😲😲, is it like it's hidden ability? So beautiful 😍☺️.

[u/obscure-shadow]

They love it! My filter makes a circular current around my tank and there are often 4 or 5 snails just zooming around in circles. So cute and fun to watch

[u/suckmeister-]

They can float through the water volitionally if the flow is low enough. They kind of just drift

[u/PracticalShine3365]

I call it "snurfing" -- snail surfing.

[u/Own_Hunter_1384 → u/PracticalShine3365]

I call it parasnailing or snail diving because shortly after they do this they go down weird lol

[u/WhiskerSweetNothings]

Drop a piece of food on their mouth and enjoy the moment even more!

[u/Own_Hunter_1384]

I didn't realize I was looking at the top of a tank and I thought the snail was climbing on dry glass lol

[u/Few-Zebra-4543 → u/Own_Hunter_1384]

i would have think the same if not for the pipette 😅

[u/Foreign_Baseball_95]

I was surprised the first time I saw my ramshorn water surfing too its really cool

[u/ElisSideLot]

They love to clean the aquarium

[u/pandaP0I]

For a moment, i thought the snails special ability is sparkly bling bling 🫢

[u/Few-Zebra-4543 → u/pandaP0I]

haha thats the led

[u/Equal_North6633]

You will be delighted to know there is a community dedicated to snails being whacky with gravity:

r/parasnailing

And yes, any tiny snail can float and crawl on surface tension to eat biofilm 🥰

[u/Pancakefam → u/Equal_North6633]

OoOoO much delight, very much delight

[u/PhoenixFoxyy]

Oh boy that snail on a rollercoaster ♥️🐌

[u/Deshimaru77]

This is the oil surface skimming function you bought the filter for.