THE SNAIL EVERY PLANTED AQUARIUM NEEDS! - MALAYSIAN TRUMPET SNAIL GUIDE

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[@stephenanderson1358]

Love these guys, every new tank I start I use these guys to cycle, feed the tank for 2 to 3 months before I even think about planting...they will turn what ever substrate you use into planting media....I got a few systems I've been running them in for almost 10 years, they definitely get bigger

[@cynthiaschade3889]

I've had them in both my tanks for years. Never known them to be a problem. They do reproduce frequently, but they've never taken over my tank and I enjoy watching them attach themselves to the sides of the tank. They are ALWAYS welcome in my tanks!

[@FostaFunk]

Thanks for the great video. Came here worrying about the amount of snails I had and left learning that they are the reason why my sand is looking so clean with minimal effort! 👍

[@FullMoonAquatics]

They mostly come out at night... mostly. ;-) When I was new to the hobby, snails bothered me. But, I have learned to embrace them for their benefits and how to manage their numbers when they seem to be taking over.

[@augustvukosovich4683]

Lol! Love it. An Aliens fan!

[@randy1817]

Great snail. I love them, can't get enough of them..

[@izzy8609]

Each new tank I start has these little guys at the forefront with how much versatility they bring to planted tanks. They're cute and make it oh so easy to have a successful plant filled tank.

[@davidsenger7694]

I've had them for year's and I couldn't be happier with them!!

[@sorscha]

I've had a hang on back filter on a little 10g tank that's been running for nearly three years with these snails with no problems so far. The snails arrived by accident on a plant but I love them too!

[@johnalbernaz8960]

I love my trumpet snails, also love the kids voice in the background is shows how really you are

[@besthobbit]

I just got some today! Excited for them to do their thing.😊

[@alejandromendoza2317]

Every time I start up a planted tank. These guys always hitchhike in. I've just always assumed they come as a package deal, wheather you want them or not haha. I've grown to appreciate them and don't mind at all anymore.

[@AicitelSaldana]

love these guys!

[@SapphireX413]

I received one MTS as a hitchhiker on a plant I bought from my local pet store. Removed it and placed it into its own little half galf mini tank for a year until I decided to put it into my 10gal when my betta died. I now have probably 100 of them and the big mama snail is still alive after 2 years (average life span is ~18 months according to Google)

[@GrowingInterest]

you are right :) mts are great, the only problem I have with them is that they uproot some small carpeting plants, like lilaeopsis brasiliensis or eleocharis parvula, but perfect for bigger plants line amazon swords or any other heavy root feeder plants :)

[@HiltTilt]

So not good for aquariums with lots of moss?

[@GrowingInterest]

@@HiltTilt just with carpeting plants like eleocharis, moss is fine

[@HiltTilt]

@@GrowingInterest Awesome, glad to hear thanks!

[@charlesyu9745]

How about glosso carpet grass?

[@rebeccalloyd9938]

"Before I was so cutely interrupted" ^_^ Great segment, helped me decide on getting these guys.

[@seb0rn739]

There is no such thing as a "pest snail". They are all great. ALL of them.

[@Phuk_Yew]

THIS 🙌

[@Katseye102]

I had always wanted them because they are actually a pretty snail. But had trouble getting any because they are invasive, the guy at the aquarium store told me, so he wouldn’t sell me any of his! So! I went to our lake here and actually got some while collecting some plants! Mine get to an inch long! They do uproot my plants though, no big deal, at least they don’t eat healthy plants like some other snails. And they have been keeping my population of ramshorn snails down. Didn’t know they did that. I like them a lot!

[@ChannelBx]

Love trumpet snails 😍

[@ivanpalermo3523]

i was bothered when my MTS breeds quickly so i put some assassins for some control.. but overall they are the best snail to be put in aquarium

[@laceyhardesty1831]

I have planted a aquarium that I was so worried that I messed up by adding a few to it today. Now I just added them to all my planted aquariums because of this video. I bought them as feeders and they sent me 100 and was supposed to send 50. I cant complain about that though. I gave most to my LFS because they didn't work as feeders for me but I kept like 20 and im glad I did now. I just added more. Thank you For some reason they are coming out in the day time though. Maybe I wasn't feeding enough.

[@1reefluvr2]

I have 2 in a 2.6 fluval spec and i love them

[@ginofoogle6944]

make that 200

[@Ali-Muscle]

How many now ?

[@kellydempsey7434]

I JUST found one with some plants I bought today! I have black sand so I think I might keep him and see what happens! Awesome video! Thanks for the info!

[@suman5492]

Are they safe for walstad style tank? Will they mix up the sand dirt layer? I have setup one with an inch of garden soil capped with 2 inches of 2-3mm size sand/gravel.

[@Chemtech2010]

As a side note, i had a lot of trumpet snails. Put 10 Anatome helena in my aquarium. After 1.5 year I have about 150. Asside from eating nuissance snails they also clean up dead matter and fish rather efficiëntly (esp when there are no snails to hunt). Most of the smaller ones will burrow in the substrate. So maybe if you're tired of the trumpet snails these guys can be en interesting alternative?

[@jessicawoodward7091]

I want to do a small snail tank. WhT are your suggestions? On how to keep them?

[@charliedevine6869]

You sand is so clean and white!

[@johngiljolbe7014]

Having an arrowhead puffer fish, i definitely needed this, how to start with? Is there something I need to buy like Snail eggs? (not sure if there is) tnx in advance

[@freelifestyles7523]

I had no idea thanks I want some

[@-8_8-]

So, people talk about de nitrifying bacteria in deep substrate tanks. Would these prevent that by brining in oxygen with their movements?

[@traci4750]

LOVE my MTS! I will be setting up a tank with 2 Blood Parrots in January. I don't think they should be added to that tank due to lack of plants. Any thoughts on that? I might only try some sort of Anubias attached to rock and driftwood for the bristlenose pleco that will also be in there.

[@stevenwelti9321]

Yes!!!!! They prevent having to clean the substrate! I’ve had them for 3 years now!

[@nancyswan9547]

How long does it take for these snails to grow up? I have about 100 small babies, they have been like that 6 months or more. Do they not get bigger?

[@MARKluvsAZcards]

Any luck with finding Christmas moss??

[@tahmeedmazumder6877]

Nice I am first. which leads me to question an important aspect of mts, how well do they do in carpeted tanks? i love mts and i use them as natural filters for my guppy tanks but i have a bigger tank where i will do a hairgrass carpet and i am questioning putting mts in as they are burrowers, any thoughts if i should put them in?

[@aanjaneyac.8406]

i don't reccomend them for carpets vro ;)

[@nyx7720]

Would these guys cause issue in a sand capped dirted tank?

[@-8_8-]

Do they compete with red cherry shrimp?

[@seizedcarcass8440]

Can these breed in gravel?

[@HiltTilt]

Are they going to compete with something like a Pleco of a algae eater?

[@ant0328]

What if you have aquasoil? I worry about them disturbing that too much.

[@laurabaumeister1826]

How do you avoid sucking them up with a siphon during cleaning?

[@quitlife9279]

I would like them to be mixing up the substrate but i am concerned if their digging would uproot plants?

[@amazonwarehouse7302]

QuitLife They’re so small the wouldn’t affect any decently rooted plant

[@Cruxity_YT]

I have small pebbles as my substrate for these snails, will they be OK?

[@renzu9369]

Yes!

[@chaingang0589]

Will they eat Java fern? If so, do they eat it enough to destroy the plant?

[@MotherOfWednesday]

Can they live in gravel as a substrate? Or does it have to be the really fine grain substrate

[@steventhompson5554]

Maggie, they do just fine in gravel

[@JunFeril]

Would they eat hydra?

[@Paula-sw2tt]

Have them in every tank, except my pea puffer's one.

[@johnterpack3940]

Only snails we can keep with our puffers are nerites. The little buggers even picked at apple snails. We set up a 20g tank just to grow snails to feed the puffers... can't get any snails to grow. Strangest thing ever, puffers stop snails even in another tank.

[@SirSkippy87]

I love keeping trumpet snails in my shrimp tanks. They really do turn the substrate and in turn helps your plants to grow better and quicker.

[@SirSkippy87]

Fluval Stratum substrate and FloraMax...

[@cablenetworksystems]

I think, u need like a lot such of them to keep a 40 gallon ... hmm.. I kept tiger loach..

[@HtownTankr]

I’m definitely getting some snails now!!

[@augustvukosovich4683]

Make sure you really want them because once they are in your tank, it's almost impossible to get rid of them.

[@vivienleigh4640]

The baby does not wanna blend in :D

[@mohamadshazmin913]

I just had 5 of them delivered today. Once they got in my bettas tank they all just burrow into the substrate and are nowhere to be seen.

[@tisminnit]

I bought 7 on amazon and they showed up 3 days ago. They sent me extra so i got 11! And they were ALL alive.. i put them in my betta tank. And the next day there was 9 babies! Lmao i did not do enough research. So i had to bring out my 10 gallon tank. Im gonna make it a plant/snail tank.

[@anson4924]

How about planted tank with soil based substrate?

[@johnterpack3940]

They thrive in a dirt tank. Too well, actually.

[@carvedwood1953]

I am worried about how invasive they may or may not be. I want them in tanks I want them in, but not where they constantly hitchhike where i dont want them.

[@wsgtyce]

Can I mix these with mystery snail's and nerite's?

[@-8_8-]

I bet yes. Other snails don't bug each other much, and trumpet snails occupy a different area of the tank. Question is, where do they eat?

[@renzu9369]

Year late so I'm sure you've already figured it out but for anyone else (like me) watching so much later - yes you can! I have MTS, Mysteries, and Nerites in the same tank (and some Bladder snails as well). Everyone gets along. My Mysteries will usually just glide right over the MTS (especially the teeny babies) but it never seems to bother anyone.

[@samanthagraham1997]

How do u keep the ammonia down with all them snails?

[@HarrisonCountyStudio]

Interesting question. I always look at the bio load as total weight/volume of organisms, not number of organisms. I would guess the total weight of the snails in his tank would equal one small feeder gold fish. Planted tanks seem to be able to hold water good quality for longer periods of time. As an aside, I find sponge filters to be the best at biological filtration, especially for the money. In a tank that has an uptick in waste, nitrifying bacteria grow quickly in the sponge.

[@-8_8-]

Plants.

[@stargazer-y2z]

Do they eat fish eggs?

[@oinkooink]

If they are eating everything then aren't they also shiiiiting a lot back into your water?

[@tonyflemming1060]

My trumpet snails are all over my driftwood all day,they never bury themselves. I dont think my MTS have read the book.

[@A.R.C.77]

Nice info 👍

[@onehitterquitter2130]

What about having kuhli loaches with them?

[@Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

i think kuhli loaches eat them.

[@tinadoyle3803]

Will they eat eggs ?

[@EvilKeevil01]

How are they in low PH?

[@stefaniekaruri8160]

Higher kH = higher pH. If snails don’t have enough minerals (especially calcium) in their water, they can’t make more shell and can die. Just add some cuttlebone, powdered egg shell, or crushed oyster shell to help. Please research for more specifics considering your water parameters.

[@ChaosBW]

I watch so many KZbinrs I got anxiety when you didn't have an introduction thing after you talked for like the first 10 seconds

[@arielnieto7876]

I do not like these snails. They have over run my tank. We bought loaches for our tank and they still over ran our tank. They don't clean the algae in my sand and I'm just looking for a way to get rid of them.

[@amarabidali5316]

Stop feeding so much food then, fish can live for weeks without food if your tank has algae growing in it, your loaches aren't gonna eat a snail if you're giving them tastier food, if you cut down on the food (try a small pinch every other day) then the snails wont have as much to eat to reproduce and the loaches will likely start eating the snails. The amount of snails you have depend on the amount you feed, know that they are eating all the leftover food that your fish don't eat, if they didn't eat it to further break it down that food would just rot and foul your water. Also careful with loaches, if they get too big they will start ripping your fish in half if they are small enough.

[@UncalBertExcretes]

The aquarium night shift janitor of snails

[@Laurensnl]

I just don't want to have those snails sticking out of the bottom and the risk of smaller plants getting unrooted. I just regularly clean the bottom. Every once in a while I then stir the bottom a little to get the benefits the snails would provide. One could consider anetoma helena a.k.a. the snail eating-snail, once the population of trumpet snails gets out of hand.

[@lindaarendt496]

Send me some!

[@ElectricBoogaloo007]

The only thing I hate about Malaysian Trumpet Snails is that they hide during the day. As someone who loves snails, I want to see my snails.

[@SK-sq5bk]

My favorite algae eater is the pond (pest) snail

[@ezioaugustus2621]

Wouldn't this be terrible for a dirted tank?

[@johnterpack3940]

No. But they will find lots of food in potting soil. I'd highly recommend mineralizing the dirt before adding these guys. I speak from experience, they thrive in dirt.

[@stefaniekaruri8160]

If a tank gets overrun by microsnails (tiny) of any kind, 1 assassin snail will decrease the population significantly, and can be found and removed as needed.

[@MrLeavemikealone]

I've had them in my Father Fish deep substrate over 6 years. I don't do water changes and, the only maintenance is harvesting overgrown plants and top off for evaporation. I've had the same fish the entire 6 years. Watch Father Fish videos is my advice!

[@pepercat17]

came here to confirm what i already assumed from my observations lol Plus I actually like my snails. Though they rush to the surface whenever I change the water. Its funny haha

[@brittnyhawk8633]

Do they ever get out of control?

[@johnterpack3940]

Yes. We had an explosion in a 20g once. Don't believe the BS about "only if you overfeed". First of all, unless you hand-feed your fish there is always going to be some food they miss. So it isn't just a question of "overfeeding". Secondly, they also eat fish waste just like most snails. So even if you do hand-feed your fish there will be plenty of food for the MTS. Thirdly, and he briefly mentioned this in the video, they eat dead plants. If you have a heavily planted tank you have plenty of dead/dying leaves for them to eat. The tank in the video probably will never have a problem because it only has a couple plants and very few fish. Our 20g was a densely planted "jungle". It got so overpopulated with MTS that they basically became the substrate. They didn't disappear during the day because there wasn't enough room for them all to burrow. They just writhed around like maggots on a corpse. They are great at what they do. But unless you are meticulous about removing dead plant matter they will find plenty of food to thrive on. I would keep them again now that we have pea puffers. None of the loaches we tried ate the MTS.

[@i8dpie]

All that snail poop is not a problem?

[@Ali-Muscle]

Mine are backwards then.... they bury in the dark. But when I turn on the lights, they come out . They get all over my glass , my plants, the substrate, Everywhere. Seems like I have a thousand of them..... I HATE THE SIGHT OF THEM! I wouldn’t mind it if they’d just stick to staying on the sand. I’ve just bought 10 clown loaches , 5 yo yo loaches & 3 assassin snails to depopulate them.

[@augustvukosovich4683]

I'm sorry but I hate all (pest) snails. I know that's my opinion but I'm answering because this is what the video is about. I had pest Ramshorn snails hitch a ride on plants I bought once. Reducing feeding is what everyone says. I took the fish out and COMPLETELY stopped feeding for a month. My plants were not decaying. And they STILL reproduced! So, I think the reducing feeding is BS. Now I can definitely see them exploding to hundreds with plenty of food but these things are hardy and will live through not feeding them. I have switched to tissue culture plants and enjoy my heavily planted snail free aquarium lol. Thanks.

[@pattihanson7921]

August Vukosovich assassin snails? Maybe get a pea puffer to eat them?

[@augustvukosovich4683]

@@pattihanson7921 I think that would be the best for people who really hate them. I finally got rid of them though 😊

[@iwantriharjanto4288]

Proud to be Malaysian! Ooopps...I forgot I'm Indonesian....

[@angelacarter6593]

Someone recommended MTS snails back when I had a planted tank for a tiny bit of algae I had under the substrate that the shiny ramshorns couldn't get to. At first I thought they were great. Then they reproduced so fast that the entire tank was covered. They ate everything in site including all my plants and they messed up the water so bad I had to do water changes every day. The fish started dying. I was pulling hundreds out every week. It was a disaster. My tank was a thing of beauty before that. It was basically self sustaining. I wanted to cry. Never again. I am looking at setting up another tank some 10 years later and I'm trying to find out where to get the tiny shiny ramshorn snails that I loved and all these trumpet snail things keep popping up. ugh

[@Toxxxic_]

1-3 assassin snails would wipe out the MTS within a week

[@mengher7314]

i just got mine(1) and it went straight to burrowing.

[@angelacarter6593]

@@Toxxxic_ I had shrimp so I was worried about what happened after they got rid of the MTS because I've been told they will eat shrimp. In the end the shrimp died anyway and I should have just gone with the assassins. Lesson learned.

[@RobAndrews18]

It's funny someone can even recommend this snail. I put some in my tank and they reproduced like crazy! I accidentally transferred some to my kther tanks through plants and it's now a problem. I'm thinking of redoing all my tanks from scratch, change the soil and plants. Weighjng my options to kill them by using the copper thingy.

[@augustvukosovich4683]

I had to throw away my tank!

[@RobAndrews18]

@@augustvukosovich4683 oh damn that's insane! If anything they should be warning people from malasian trumpet snails, not recommending them in whatever reason fucking whatsoever!

[@r6zoar441]

Omg just add assassin snails 🐌

[@augustvukosovich4683]

@@r6zoar441 I don't want those in my tank either so

[@johnterpack3940]

Pea puffers.

[@Pondandgardensanctuary]

The snails arrived by accident on a plant but I love them too!

[@covertboy488]

Not for me. Only want Nerite snails. Can't stand pest snails

[@Cgraseck]

As far as I know they eat fish eggs, so breeders beware.

[@vladtheimpaler8995]

Awful snails. They reproduce exponentially. Once they’re in you got em forever.

[@MrHicker10]

BS, stay away from these snails. You will have 100's within weeks without a way to control them. There are much better snails for true planted tanks. The tank he is showing is not what i would call a planted tank. Go with ramshorn or similar. Very easy to control numbers and you can enjoy watching them during daylight hours.

[@clubbywubbie]

I put two in each of my tanks months ago hoping they would breed but nothing yet. 😅

[@travislowen3731]

Ramshorns aren't equivalent in function at all. BS to you too.

[@agaimless3724]

Sounds like someone's overfeeding😂

[@fidelsoto7214]

Trumpet snails gross Way to invasive just bought copper to wipe them out