Snail's Activity

[afzalhanis]

Hi AQ members,

I still new with this planted aquarium (less then 2 weeks) but seems i facing common problem which is snails.. sorry don't know their name but as far i concern through this forums it's maybe MTS and small ramshorn snails.

So far it's still under control which is i removed them manually or accidently crushed them .. I might try the alternative way later to remove them.. using trap.

My Question here is.. what the snails doing in the planted tank actually?
Other than giving ugly looks, are they destroying my plant? or something else can happen?

Thanks...

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2.5ft aq. / 125L
eheim ecco
24W x 2 aqua light
DIY Co2

[bossteck]

In my opinion, snails are actually beneficial. They feed on excess food and dead leaves, sort of like the garbage collector of your tank.

MTS burrow themselves into the substrate and prevents it from become anaerobic.

[flashout]

Some snail do eat alga! I like to keep snail... lot of them, and some of them do eat live plant.

Well, if you keep your tank in balance, its hardly for MTS or ramshorn to breed. Try to keep the temp low and don't over feed your fish/ shrimp.