robin Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Hi, my mts are taking over my 10 gal. If I put a loach in there (from another tank of mine) to "off" the little guys, do they eat the shells too? Is there any risk of hundreds of shells being mixed in with gravel? Any other tips other than hours spent picking them out? The tank has guppies/fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baos Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Hi, my mts are taking over my 10 gal. If I put a loach in there (from another tank of mine) to "off" the little guys, do they eat the shells too? Is there any risk of hundreds of shells being mixed in with gravel? Any other tips other than hours spent picking them out? The tank has guppies/fry. sell me some mts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruadh Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Hi, my mts are taking over my 10 gal. If I put a loach in there (from another tank of mine) to "off" the little guys, do they eat the shells too? Is there any risk of hundreds of shells being mixed in with gravel? Any other tips other than hours spent picking them out? The tank has guppies/fry. sell me some mts! Me too! Me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Snail trap...glass jar, put in some cucumber or zucchini overnight or for a few hours...go back...grab the glass full of snails and give the little guys away! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shai Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Feed less, gravel vac more. MTS (just like any other snail) populations explode when they have an ample food supply, and given MTS live mainly in the substrate, this suggests your substrate is pretty dirty from excess mulm and leftover fish food. Limiting the food supply will limit the population. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Feed less, gravel vac more. MTS (just like any other snail) populations explode when they have an ample food supply, and given MTS live mainly in the substrate, this suggests your substrate is pretty dirty from excess mulm and leftover fish food. Limiting the food supply will limit the population. That pretty much sums it up. Adding a loach will help control them but won't help answer why they grew in population in the first place. Loaches also won't eat the shells, so you will be left with hundreds of empty snail shells in your gravel. Since the tank is only a 10g I would suggest doing the zuchini trap. At night put some either directly on the gravel or on a plate/jar after lights out. Leave it there for a few hours or over night. Then once its full of snails, before the lights come back on, remove it. Also start upping the gravel vacs and cleanings. Keeping the gravel keep and removing the snails food sources will keep them from growing back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyBlue Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Hi ...... please put me on your list of people who want some of your MTS I have been looking for them .... Thank-You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyBlue Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 (edited) OOPS SORRY please DELETE Edited January 17, 2010 by LadyBlue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted January 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 thanks guys, i will do the snail trap trick. i do put snello in the tank for the apple snails, hence, lots of snail food! I am meticulous on vaccuming gravel and water changes, but the excess food is an obviously the problem (gotta love them apple snails!) i pm'd some who might be interested as i will try the snail trap tonight. i picked out the bigger ones yesterday for someone, but there are soooooo many tiny little ones in there! thanks for the help, robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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