Torrey Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 On 12/20/2021 at 11:08 PM, drewzero1 said: Mine climbs fairly often, but doesn't usually get more than 6 inches up on the glass. When I had it in my 20 long it made it to the top once or twice. My nerites definitely eat off of the glass more often/effectively, but I haven't added any to this tank yet. The herc is usually found digging in the substrate, climbing on driftwood, or hiding in the teacup. I think I have some Hercules snails, in addition to MTS.... I kept getting told MTS don't glass surf or climb, but mine do. Maybe because mine aren't MTS? Maybe they are actually Hercules? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkG Posted April 14, 2022 Author Share Posted April 14, 2022 Maybe! I think I have no further ID contribution than as seen on page5. ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 This came out of what was given to me as a MTS..... but they are all over the tank and **very** active during the day. I have others that are a little darker, significantly less "chunky", and almost always buried (I watch them make furrows just below the surface in the Walstad) and I have another sub group that have white/cream with dark hash marks that are buried in the sand in my Patient Spouse™'s tank... and then I have a few chunky golden ones like this... who are rarely buried. Below my 'misbehaving MTS" is a Lymnaea who always comes to the surface at feeding time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkG Posted July 27, 2022 Author Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) Bacopa caroliniana (if memory serves me) breached the surface and treated me to a flower. Edited July 27, 2022 by darkG 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 On 7/27/2022 at 11:36 AM, darkG said: Wow! That's amazing. I need to get mine to do this!!!! Very beautiful photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkG Posted July 27, 2022 Author Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) On 7/27/2022 at 8:47 PM, nabokovfan87 said: Wow! That's amazing. I need to get mine to do this!!!! Very beautiful photo. Thank you! I wonder if it happened thanks to borderline overgrown tank status, it could kind of brace itself on the tangle of mostly Rotala rotundifolia. It may also have tried really hard to get to the light, again because of the coverage. Or it was simply about time 🙂 but it seems to me they aren't rigid enough to stand tall above water without some scaffolding... Edited July 27, 2022 by darkG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 On 7/27/2022 at 12:20 PM, darkG said: I wonder if it happened thanks to borderline overgrown tank status, it could kind of brace itself on the tangle of mostly Rotala rotundifolia. It may also have tried really hard to get to the light, again because of the coverage. Or it was simply about time 🙂 but it seems to me they aren't rigid enough to stand tall above water without some scaffolding... I just got a specific variety of Bacopa (purple) and Caroliniana is one of my favorites! I'm excited to see it flower one day now. Amazing stuff. I've only ever gotten anubias to do it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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