Snails

[Cyberian]

Any snails that do _not_ eat plants, but algae?

[Green Baron]

Any snails that do _not_ eat plants, but algae?

Both Zebra snail (picture below) and Horn snail are very good spot algae remover. They do not eat plants. I can't find a photo of Horn Snail on Internet :-( I will try to take a photo someday. It is about 1cm in diameter, dark brown in colour and has 'horns' sticking out of its shell.
I don't think I need to tell you which is the Zebra Snail ;-)


Gan

[kc]

Both Zebra snail (picture below) and Horn snail are very good spot algae remover. They do not eat plants

Gan,

After I heard from you that Zebra snails being very good spot algae remover, I ran off to Y618 and got some. They seem to "stick" to the aquarium glass but yesterday I found one on my drift wood (with moss). To be safe, I move it away from the moss.
If I ever catch them eating my APP or moss, I'll banish them from my main tank!

[Green Baron]

Gan,

After I heard from you that Zebra snails being very good spot algae remover, I ran off to Y618 and got some. They seem to "stick" to the aquarium glass but yesterday I found one on my drift wood (with moss). To be safe, I move it away from the moss.
If I ever catch them eating my APP or moss, I'll banish them from my main tank!

kc,
So far so good. I have seen it moving on some of my precious mosses but it didn't eat them. I called Y618 a few days ago but they told me they don't have any stock ?!
I think the important thing is not to overdo it. I have seen 'kiasu' people putting 10 of them in a tank I have just one in my 2 feet tank and it is doing a great job of removing spot algae. The best thing is they can remove algae from otherwise hard to reach corners

Gan

[kc]

I called Y618 a few days ago but they told me they don't have any stock ?!

I bought them on Monday evening, 2 days ago.

[dts_spawn]

Where is Y618 and how much does a snail cost?

[kc]

Y618 = Yishun, Blk 618, near Katib MRT station. Tel. no is 67581233. As for the price, I would prefer you check with them yourself.

[Green Baron]

Where is Y618 and how much does a snail cost?

$0.50~$2.00

[MrTree]

It's a big headache when they lay eggs all over the tank. Not easy to remove them if the eggs are laid on rocks and driftwood.

Cheers,

[CM Media]

It's a big headache when they lay eggs all over the tank. Not easy to remove them if the eggs are laid on rocks and driftwood.

If you have the offspring of the zebra snail, I'll get ready my Austrolebias nigripinnis to breed and we can workout an exchange. :wink:

What do you think...

[ruyle]

Hi, I would recommend (if available) the Black Japanese Trapdoor Snail
(Viviparis Malleatus). They are a livebearing snail, can grow to the size of
a golf ball, are great with plants, don't eat eggs (like MTS will!) and look
absolutely majestic when they cruise the front glass 'in full sail.' And
being livebearing, you will not be faced with an epidemic of little baby snails, a definite plus. Great infusoria manufacturers as well

Regards,

Bill Ruyle
farang9

[kc]

This snail tropic is getting interesting. I should have bought more snails for breeding and get to exchange for beautiful killies with Au.

This is also the first time I heard of live bearing snails.

[kc]

Following up on this tropic, I search more data on snails and guess what? Trumpet Snail is said to be good for moving substrate around and aerating it.

I have trumpet snails for exchange. Any taker?[/quote]

[RonWill]

...Black Japanese Trapdoor Snail (Viviparis Malleatus). They are a livebearing snail, can grow to the size of a golf ball, are great with plants, don't eat eggs (like MTS will!)

Bill, are you keeping these in your tanks and are you certain they don't eat eggs? In mine, there's nothing else but ramhorns.

Following up on this tropic, I search more data on snails and guess what? Trumpet Snail is said to be good for moving substrate around and aerating it.

KC, if these 'trumpets' are MTS, then no! They go on a 'search & destroy' mission on the eggs, hard to control since they burrow into the gravel and are helluva difficult to rid.

[kc]

Ronnei wrote:

hard to control since they burrow into the gravel and are helluva difficult to rid.

Hey! I got a "fun" time catching MTS with torchlight every night after light off.


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[budak]

I found that with dwarf chain loaches (Botia sithimunki), my tank's once abundant MTS have all been eaten up!

I can spare a couple if you want.

[MrTree]

It's a big headache when they lay eggs all over the tank. Not easy to remove them if the eggs are laid on rocks and driftwood.

If you have the offspring of the zebra snail, I'll get ready my Austrolebias nigripinnis to breed and we can workout an exchange. :wink:

What do you think...

How about wild betta fries?

[hwchoy]

now that we're into snails as well, should invite the guys from molluscan.com over to join in the fun

[CM Media]

How about wild betta fries?

You mean trading your snails for betta fry or your betta fry for killies?

[kc]

Budak,
Many thanks for your generosity. I found a picture of the chain loach and it looks very pretty. Please reconsider your offer. I hope you will not regret it later.

I will PM you tomorrow.