This link is to another thread, in the planted tank forum about my surprise snails.

http://www.kokosgoldfish.invisionzone.com/...st&p=749705
What should I do with them? They are still in that empty food container with a baby plant.

Most likely common pond snails. Do you have any close up pics? We can tell better that way. If they are pond snails i would get rid of them they are not harmful but breed like rabbits since they reproduce asexually 1 can give you millions of the blasted things they are so hard to get rid of.

They probably are. My very first snail was a little teeny one that I found on a plant in my mom's pond (natural pond, not man-made) I kept it and within a couple months I had DOZENS!! They were all so cute! Most of them were put into the 'house pond'. It's a man-made pond that supplies mom's house with water.

I don't know where I could take them, though. I don't want to kill them.

I love snails but not in plague proportions. Please do not release any into the wild (not that you would!). If you don't want to kill them, set up a separate container for them and feed sparingly so they don't get out of control.