Baby Snails

[Treerat]

OMG! I got about 10 iddy biddy baby snails that look like little cone shell types. I don't know where they came from but if they become a prop i'll just feed them to my puffers in another tank.
My shock isnt that they are there, but that they are thriving in a BW tank! I didnt think they were tolerant to BW.

[Drumachine09]

Several species can only reproduce in brackish water.

[Treerat]

Several species can only reproduce in brackish water.
Such as? Would you happen to know the name of a few that I can research and see if they are going to grow up into some sabertooh monster snail before they do? they aren't apple (mystery) snails because I know them very well. I'll try to get a pic or two but they are prefectly camouflaged in with my algae covered lava rock pile.

[Ocellaris]

Don't trust me 100%, but if they are coned shaped then they could be Malaysian Trumpet Snails.

[Angila]

if they came on your plants they are proab. pest snails that will burrow down to the bottom under the rocks and keep it clean under there

[xoolooxunny]

Malaysian trumpet snails. breed like bunnies, mice, etc. overfeeding will contribute to their over abundance, so feed carefully. they only grow to about 2 cm, so don't worry about them being monsters. They do a good job of keeping the substrate clean however. They are a little lighter than gravel/fluorite so they are vacuumed out easily using a siphon (the vinyl tube itself, not the gravel vac).

As you can see, I have a good relationship with these little fellers!:1:

[Mvjnz]

Malaysian trumpet snails should not be fed to puffers. Their shell is really hard and can actually result in the puffers beak/teeth being broken. They should only be fed to loaches, because the loaches suck them out of their shell, rather than crushing it.

[AquaBANG]

are these MTS bad to plants?

[cocoa_pleco]

are these MTS bad to plants?

nope, not at all

[AquaBANG]

then I think I should get some of these MTS.
I had mystery (or apple?) snails, they used to dart all along the tank, grow big (6-8 months) and then all of a sudden just die.

[Mvjnz]

mystery snails have pretty short lives, and the warmer the water is the shorter they live.

[AquaBANG]

that explains it... My water is around the 28-30 degC mark...

[Mvjnz]

Yeah that would explain it. They can live up to 18 months in cooler water.

[sncrowe]

if they are coned shaped then they are pest snails. they also reproduce FAST I only started with 6 a couple of months ago and now I have close to 30-35.

[dgoulston]

i had a really pretty small red rashorn snail appear in my tank the other week, but something ate it! lol.. was a cutie too!

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[Treerat]

Ok. Thats alot of good info from all of you. Thanks. I think they are MTS's like mentioned in your posts. Where they came from is the mystery of these snails. I have no plants in the tank they are in. Sand and lava rocks and drift wood. At any rate, I they are more than helpful for the moment. If they become a problem, I have a pair of Kuhli Loaches that would love to have them dropped in there hiding spots in my FW tank. :18: I'll keep you all posted.