Snails In A Sand Based Tank

[jess6905]

iv got a 15 gallon tank with a sand bottom which is TEMPORARILY houseing my sun cat for the next few weeks. after which it will house my female bettas and cory cats. what im wondering is does anyone know if there are any particular snails that would be best for this tank?? im not looking for anything that will grow to be huge, but are there any snails that like to burry themselves that could help shift the sand a bit?? by the way please dont yell at me for keeping my suncat(who is 2 inches max) in there he has more than enough room at the moment and will be moved out before he comes even close to outgrowing this tank, or anyone else gets put in there. so if anyone could help that would be great.

 

[J4MES]

Malaysian trumpet snails- they do a great job in stirring up the sand, you probably wont see anything of them though.

http/www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Melanoi...tuberculata.php

J4MES

 

[jess6905]

i actually got 1-2 of those once with some of my plants i might still have them. thanks for the help. are there anyothers that are more easily found??

 

[J4MES]

If you visit your local lfs they may have some in their tanks, if you ask nicely they may even give you them!
Apple snails?

J4MES

 

[wayne_stone]

I was thinking of adding some trumpet snails to my tank also, Can anyone advise me if they are ok with live plants or are they root eaters

 

[Maximus]

Read the comments on the link supplied

 

[Albaba]

Ive got a 20gal fully planted sand tank and MTS's are great for stirring up the substrate

They do no harm to the plant roots at all

Albaba

 

[rdd1952]

Beware: Trumpet snails put rabbits to shame when it comes to multiplying. If you overfeed, you will literally be over run with snails. I had such a major problem with them once, I don't ever want them in my tanks again. Once they start to multiply, the only way I found was toclean the tank and replace the substrate.

 

[mikster]

Yeah i would second there breeding thing, i dont even feed my tank alot and they have multiplied loads, they will eat algae and dead plant matter as well so its difficult to stop them multiplying.

 

[jess6905]

thanks to everyone

 

[dthoffsett]

Yup, mine have bred like crazy, I occasionally scoop some out and throw them in my mbuna tank. I see mine all the time, and no I don't have any water problems. They don't bother any of my plants, and in fact, eat off any debris on the plants. Definately recommend them for sand.