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Malaysian Trumpet snail is what it looks like.
id for a hitch hiker snail plz
Hi i recently picked up some rcs. There was a hitch hiker in the bag. I'm pretty sure with my luck this is prolly a mts. But it kinda looks like a juvenile assassin snail to. Also my cam sucks at macro pics. like terribly sucks. Sorry and i hope the pics aren't so bad that i waste ppl's time with them. But maybe some one super experienced with snails might be able to notice what they are.
they are in a qt tank right now.
they are in a qt tank right now.
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thank you, every one. i know with all these id threads it must be tiring answering the same question over and over. but you guys are really helping out noobs like me. and I for one really appreciate it.
I was hoping for a assassin as i hear mts can be a real pest. I use flora-max as a substrate and not sand so they wouldn't serve any purpose in my tank i don't think. i have plenty of algae eaters in my ten gal planted tank. 2 otos, 1 zebra nerite, and now 7 rcs. i supplement with blanched zucchini.
i have a spare 5 gal that i could put the mts in. i have an adult assassin in a completely different tank that has been eating pond snails. but doesn't eat a whole lot of them. are mts asexual and do assassins like mts more than pond snails? if so it might be worth trying to raise some.
I was hoping for a assassin as i hear mts can be a real pest. I use flora-max as a substrate and not sand so they wouldn't serve any purpose in my tank i don't think. i have plenty of algae eaters in my ten gal planted tank. 2 otos, 1 zebra nerite, and now 7 rcs. i supplement with blanched zucchini.
i have a spare 5 gal that i could put the mts in. i have an adult assassin in a completely different tank that has been eating pond snails. but doesn't eat a whole lot of them. are mts asexual and do assassins like mts more than pond snails? if so it might be worth trying to raise some.
Yes, MTS are asexual, and unfortunately, assassins prefer meatier snails. They will go after adult MTS, but the babies aren't worth their time. I have had two assassins devastate hundreds of bladder snails in a matter of weeks, but I put them in a MTS plagued tank and they never made a dent even months later. Now the poor things are in a little cup so they don't kill my ramshorns and nerites. I feed them shrimp pellets and toss in the occasional bladder snail when I find one. The assassins are nearly indestructible, but I need to make them a larger, nicer home than what they currently have.
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I'm sure you know this but here it goes any way.
walmart has thous critter carrier things. they have vented lids and can be submerged in a larger tank and still have some water calculating in it and keep the assassins away from the other snails for now. and obviously they can be used out side of a larger tank to. that's actually what i'm useing in the pic up there.
best of all they are like ~ 5$
walmart has thous critter carrier things. they have vented lids and can be submerged in a larger tank and still have some water calculating in it and keep the assassins away from the other snails for now. and obviously they can be used out side of a larger tank to. that's actually what i'm useing in the pic up there.
best of all they are like ~ 5$
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