JoLtNbolt
Fishaholic
Will snails eat excess microworms in my fry tank?
I thought MTS give live birth? That's what makes them so difficult to control... practically nothing can eat them, and there are no vulnerable eggs either. I use MTS and ramshorns in my fry tanks with great success, but I've never tried other kinds so obviously I'm biasedMTS are noctournal and the babies hide in the gravel by the hundreds. Bonus to MTS is they are always moving about in the substrate.... good for the roots in planted tanks. Downfall... lay eggs underwater and population is hard to control.
I thought MTS give live birth? That's what makes them so difficult to control... practically nothing can eat them, and there are no vulnerable eggs either. I use MTS and ramshorns in my fry tanks with great success, but I've never tried other kinds so obviously I'm biased
The brown snails.... if they are more turban shaped (or kinda football shaped I guess)... those could be physa acuta. They are tough... very tough. As in leave them in a bucket... and the bucket can just freeze over... and they are just fine. Not something you want to encourage in your tanks unless you are intending them as a food source.
IMO Neither of those 2 are as good at cleaning up MW remains as a bridgesii is in a fry tank.
Is there anything I can do to get rid of Physa acuta? There are hundreds of baby snails all over the plants... I'll never be able to pick them all off.MTS are noctournal and the babies hide in the gravel by the hundreds. Bonus to MTS is they are always moving about in the substrate.... good for the roots in planted tanks. Downfall... lay eggs underwater and population is hard to control.
The brown snails.... if they are more turban shaped (or kinda football shaped I guess)... those could be physa acuta. They are tough... very tough. As in leave them in a bucket... and the bucket can just freeze over... and they are just fine. Not something you want to encourage in your tanks unless you are intending them as a food source.
IMO Neither of those 2 are as good at cleaning up MW remains as a bridgesii is in a fry tank.