DaveSamsell Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Just adding some new Malaysian Trumpet Snails to the aquariums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Where'd you get that haul of snails? I followed some suggestions online to go to a big-box store and ask for their "pest" snails to get some MTS, but only ended up with bladder and pond snails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSamsell Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, Pete said: Where'd you get that haul of snails? I followed some suggestions online to go to a big-box store and ask for their "pest" snails to get some MTS, but only ended up with bladder and pond snails. Hi Pete. Nice to meet you.😊 Personally, I don't consider any snails as "pests", but they get a bad reputation sometimes. Often, it might be from over-feeding & now there are a bunch, etc, in one's aquarium. Snails helped my aquariums a lot. Bladder & pond snails are great also. I like the MTS because they burrow into the substrate. I also have Nerites for eating the green spot algae & some Mystery snails for other benefits. But to answer your question: These particular MTS's pictured are from Aquabid. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow_Arbor Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 10:36 PM, DaveSamsell said: Hi Pete. Nice to meet you.😊 Personally, I don't consider any snails as "pests", but they get a bad reputation sometimes. Often, it might be from over-feeding & now there are a bunch, etc, in one's aquarium. Snails helped my aquariums a lot. Bladder & pond snails are great also. I like the MTS because they burrow into the substrate. I also have Nerites for eating the green spot algae & some Mystery snails for other benefits. But to answer your question: These particular MTS's pictured are from Aquabid. I agree, I think that MTS are fantastic for planted tanks that use substrates prone to compacting (low quality quarts for example). I have some in a specific tank and use them as food for my Assassin snails when their population becomes bigger than wanted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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