Malaysian Trumpet Snails....good or bad??
I know they affect the water, but what about plants????
and how big do they usually get??? A fellow office mate, started with 1 and now has 12-15 or so.... mostly under 1" but getting close.... |
Malaysian Trumpet Snails....good or bad??
I got two, within a couple weeks there were more. I don't think they get
longer than 1", one of my 'starter' two died (of old age i'm guessing since the others were fine) and it was under an inch. They don't touch the plants, (except to crawl on them looking for food), and do a very good job stirring the gravel. (I put some crushed coral on top of my brown gravel and they're mixed together quite well now) They're supposed to hide in the substrate during the day and come out at night but mine don't seem to know that. The only problem I can see is if you ever wanted to get rid of them, their shells are harder than those of most snails so snail-eating fish have a harder time of it. "RedForeman" wrote in message ... I know they affect the water, but what about plants???? and how big do they usually get??? A fellow office mate, started with 1 and now has 12-15 or so.... mostly under 1" but getting close.... |
Malaysian Trumpet Snails....good or bad??
How big they get and how much they reproduce depends on how much food
they get. In my main tank they reproduce and grow fast, but I think their max size is under an inch. In another tank there are only a few small ones that don't get much food and haven't grown significantly in a few months. They are great for my sand substrate tank because they dig through and keep it loose. They don't eat the live plants, just maybe some dead leaves. They don't have any negative affect on the water quality unless you had a lot of them die and rot. Since they eat the waste and sift sand they definitely have a positive affect on water and plants. Want some? ;) Cris On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:46:33 -0400, "RedForeman" wrote: I know they affect the water, but what about plants???? and how big do they usually get??? A fellow office mate, started with 1 and now has 12-15 or so.... mostly under 1" but getting close.... |
Malaysian Trumpet Snails....good or bad??
Cris wrote in message ws.com...
Want some? ;) Cris Can anyone give me some good pictures of MTS's? I have Apple snails, I think, and they seem to like eating some of my plants. I'm wondering whether I should "trade up" for MTS's. Tom |
Malaysian Trumpet Snails....good or bad??
Tom Hale wrote:
Can anyone give me some good pictures of MTS's? I have Apple snails, http://www.petresources.net/fish/plants/mel_tub.html I think, and they seem to like eating some of my plants. I'm wondering whether I should "trade up" for MTS's. MTS and "apple" snails serve very different purposes in aquaria. However, some apple snails will eat plants, while others won't. MTS will not eat plants and will burrow in the substrate, which is good. -- Victor M. Martinez http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv |
Malaysian Trumpet Snails....good or bad??
RedForeman wrote in message ... I know they affect the water, but what about plants???? and how big do they usually get??? A fellow office mate, started with 1 and now has 12-15 or so.... mostly under 1" but getting close.... If he sees 12-15, he probably has many dozen young snails he hasn't spotted yet. They are a livebearing snail, and you only need one to start a colony. Jim |
Malaysian Trumpet Snails....good or bad??
RedForeman wrote in message ... I know they affect the water, but what about plants???? and how big do they usually get??? A fellow office mate, started with 1 and now has 12-15 or so.... mostly under 1" but getting close.... If he sees 12-15, he probably has many dozen young snails he hasn't spotted yet. They are a livebearing snail, and you only need one to start a colony. Jim |
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