Being new at this blogging thing...i figured i may have a go at it with the snails and their benifits. When i started cultivating the hobby of a aquarist 2-3 years ago, i didn't like snails. i also l...
She is talking about 2 different types of snails. The millions of snails that she is talking about are either bladder snails or MTS, which stands for malaysian trumpet snails. The bladder snail is an ...
...ob, everything is up to par and no dead fish. The only problem that I have now is I am loaded with small snails, they are all over my aquarium and plants. The good part about it is I don't see ...
I have been researching all the different types of snails and seeing the pros and cons. Do any LFS sell snails. Also, what is better for my 10g a few snails or a pleco?
snails love rotten veggies and plants they smell it and go after it like crazy what kind of snails are they? i have a lot of snails i love mystery snails there also food for my puffer so when i get t...
snails
by johnarthur
... above posts. The only other non-chemical method is picking them by hand. It actually works if you remove snails every day for a week or two.
The next time you want snails, consider the so called ...
Copper is not good for snails.
You can buy those white things birds sharpen their beaks on, (I forgot what it's called) and crush that up in the tank for the snail shells. I found that if you s...
Dude posted this link about snails. http://www.otocinclus.com/articles/snails.html
Before anybody gets too worried about the pesky little invertebrates, this link is worth a quick read.
you should get a dwarf puffer there easy to keep and they eat snails like crazy i have a green spotted puffer and i feed him Black mystery snails ever other day im glad i got a good snail population ...
... can get this stuff called "had a snail" if you want to kill them all. or you can take a couple snails out and put them in another tank while your waiting for the stuff to kill most of the s...
I have 6 snails in a community tank, but I've spotted the first signs of Ick on 2 of my fish. My hospital tank is still cycling out, so I assume fish can't be put in yet, but I need to nip ...
Were you adding the bacteria to cycle the tank? If the tank was not cycled before you added the snails, it probably contained ammonia, and that's what killed the snails.
... closer inspection (with a magnifying glass) I realised that my little cleaning crew of malaysian trumpet snails had experienced a blessed event, many, many blessed events LOL.
Thank you so much Aunt...
more snails
...or filter. It is calcium and will help the snail shell grow. I put about 1/4 tsp in my 10G tank with my snails, once a week. The snails grow like fingernails, and you can actually see where they st...
...my lfs. I looked in my aquarium this morning and noticed a very small snail. I really don't mind the snails, I'm just worried that they might eat my plants.It is tiny with a horn shaped shel...
keep it, there is really notin wrong w/ snails, xcept dey multiply fast
...mess of my tank. I think I will now have to vacuum out my whole tank bottom. Also what is the deal with snails? Are they bad for your tank. There were a couple of small ones on the plants that I b...
what are things I can do to keep them from getting over populated? and will they affect the water any?
The MTS will only overrun your tank if you overfeed. Also, they are actually REALLY fast for snails! I had parade of about 50 of them going around the tank walls yesterday . I still like them, be...
have itch at the mo in one tank with malayan trumpet snails,temp high but want to add salt too as to make sure i get rid of it but dont want to harm snails,fish have been removed to another tank with ...
Thank you so much! I like snails a lot and know someone the apartment a few doors down that has a couple trapdoor snails that seem to do ok. The clams, if in a tank, should be supplimented with inve...
Hi JohnA!
In my tank i had 2 apple snails(one died recently, unknown causes) between the two snails i had about 40 baby snails (more or less)and some others that i think came from plants that i boug...
If you don't have snails or live plants then they can't be snails . Do you have hard water? I do, and I get calcium deposits on my glass too.
I have to agree that snails go along with planted aquariums, but live plants add so much that they're worth the attendant problems. With good maintenance and a good balance between all elements of an ...
When i lived in Dallas many years ago, I raised enough mystery snails to sell to one of the local aquarium shops. During the last several decades in Phoenix, I can't get mystery snails to live ve...
Yes. Some pond snails hitch hiked on my plants. My tank isn't big enough for any loaches. What I've googled so far looks good. Most have been happy with the assasin snails. They kinda l...
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