Re: [GSAS-Member] Malaysian Trumpet Snails

["Peake, Heather" <hpeake@fhcrc.org>]

I'll take you up on that Shango! 


Heather 

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Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 1:29 PM
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Malaysian Trumpet Snails

Hi Heather,

I personally loathe my MTS.  They breed like crazy and get into
everything.
Also, I cannot control them with another species because nothing else
eats them due to their especially hard shells.

I do know that the are good for the substrate because they burrow which
keeps the substrate loose and the also eat detris.  Personally this is
FAR outweighed by their appearance.

If you want smaller critters maybe try a snail that does not reproduce
in fresh water like nerite snails or assassin snails.  Both are more
expensive than MTS though.  

Heck, if you decide you want MTS, don't pay for them.  I will give all
you can handle for free.  =)

Cheers,

Shango


On 4/22/09 1:17 PM, "Peake, Heather" <hpeake@fhcrc.org> wrote:

> Does anyone have experience with these?  I was thinking about adding 
> them to one of my aquariums, but the Internets are packed with 
> conflicting anecdotes about how much havoc they wreak and how rapidly 
> they breed.
> 
> Heather
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