clutterydrawer said:
I got em!
I had such hassle persuading the lfs guy I wanted them, he's convinced they're pests and theyr'e gonna wreck my tank and he's quite possibly right.
*but* he said a lot of the fish/plants they stock are imported from Malaysia so they could easily be malaysian snails. Anyway, I took a couple of pics - what do you guys think? They look right to me...
That's them , don't worry they don't eat plants , just dead leaves , uneaten fish food , they are actually a big help in an aquarium as I think you already know .
They are also a live bearing snail and one snail can reproduce by itself .
With plenty to eat your population will increase like mad .
They mainly come out of the substrate at night , sometimes during the day .
It's kind of spooky , after my lights are out a couple of hours they start to come out , big ones , small ones and some you could hardly see. Sliding across plants , the glass .....everything ..................like night of the living dead .
They make a great addition to any tank IMO , freshwater that is , maybe even brackish , I'm not sure .
I would quarantine them a few weeks , snails can harbor some nasty stuff .
Botias will eat them , mine did , do you have any ?