RE: [GSAS-Member] Malaysian Trumpet Snails (MTS)

["Susan Welenofsky" <welenofsky@comcast.net>]

I have Bacopa and some kind of red plant from Paul that is growing great,
even though there are a lot of burrowing MTS. I've never really seen them
eating the leaves of anything healthy.

Susan

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From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of matt kaufman
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 8:37 AM
To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Malaysian Trumpet Snails (MTS)

It's a matter of what you want your tanks for. If you're interested in 
breeding fish, those malaysian snails are a disaster - they eat fish eggs 
big time. Further, in my experience, it's basically impossible to rid 
yourselves of them once they've established themselves, which doesn't take 
too long. I'm not so sure they don't eat plants - I never had any success 
with the 'soft leaved' plants like bacopa and any red plants when I had 
trumpet snails. Perhaps anubias and echinodorus do o.k. as they're too 
chewy, I don't know.

I've gotten infestations by moving (what I though) was dried out driftwood 
from one tank to another. They're really annoying creatures

Ramshorns snails are my favorite, they're not as prolific as the trumpet 
snails and relatively easy to control plus are useful in fry tanks. If you 
feed them lots of beta carotene, you can turn the ramshorns bright red, too.

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