Crystal Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Do you like MTS in your tanks? I know they can "overrun" a tank. Though in my 10g, which previously was a quarantine, all snails die - I assume its the copper that leaches from the silicone... IMO I figure the leftover food either rots or gets eaten. Also, they seem to eat some algae and aerate sand. Better cleanup crew than my plecos or shrimp. I consider them moving decorations. I recently got some MTS from various places and I noticed they had different coloration patterns. I didn't know they came in different colors/patterns... I have a solid blueish grey with no pattern; a solid brown with darker patterning; a white with brown on largest swirl, the brown part also has a darker brown patterning; and I used to have a solid white color but they died. Are there any other coloration patterns out there? I am curious just how many variations there are... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkstar Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 I've been trying to snag some nice ones whenever I get a chance, way nicer than ramhorn snails lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Is that what those snails are called....I have noticed over the last 2 days these all over my tank. Can they hijack a way in on fish. If I get too many...they will be up for grabs. So far I have seen 8 in my 45 gal about 1.5 in long. All brown and white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkN Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 I have allot of different variants of these snails. I also have hundreds of them in my various tanks. The key I find is a large group of clown loaches, once a month I do a purge on all my tanks of the snails and throw them into the tank with the loaches. Amazingly the next month I have allot more to deal with. They are great cleaners of the sand substrate I use. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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