Best Snails For Fw Tank With Sand

[jess6905]

i have a 15 gallon tank which for the next few weeks houses my sun cat, but will eventually house my female bettas. it currently has a sand bottom, and i was wondering if there were any snails that would be best for this tank. if someone could help that would be great.

 

[GoldLenny]

MTS - Malaysian Trumpet Snails will burrow in the sand during the day and keep it from becoming compacted - scroll down a little on this link for more info... http/www.fishforums.net/Snail-species-t75554.html

You can often get them for free from your LFS or CPS. They do not breed like crazy and do not get very big.

 

[three-fingers]

Actually....that's not really true. They will breed just as fast if not faster than the regular pest snails, that's why you get them for free.
But you never see most of them because they are in the substrate during the day and lots of them stay there during the night.
They are live bearing hermaphrodites, but at least theres no eggs to worry about.
They do more good than harm, like some shrimp they generally make up for the extra bio-load by cleaning up.
And like pest snails, they wont multiply and become a problem unless you have food source for them in the tank. If they suddenly multiply, you should probably start feeding your fish less.
They get to an OK size, around 1".

 

[Mution]

You can often get them for free from your LFS or CPS


whats LFS or CPS mean?

 

[GoldLenny]

You can often get them for free from your LFS or CPS


whats LFS or CPS mean?

LFS = Local Fish Store
CPS = Chain Pet Store