I have the light off and used two cut solo cups inside eachother with algae wafers for bait and rocks for weight and then a tiny cut so the tiny snails can get in and then in a few hours I’ll take it out and check if there’s any inside
Rabbit snail eggs, but how?
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I was able to find and net some and put them in a little container with tank water and algae for food
Looking at them again (better shots) makes me think they may not be mta after all. Time will help tell.
Their bodies are dark like my rabbit snail and have the same color patterns ( the larger two anyway
Well if you don't have two rabbits then they are not rabbits. Rabbit snails are male or female not either and not both you need one of each. Probably mts.
Although many have called these snails pests, I don't perceive them that way.
You don't see them much during the day, because they tend to bury themselves in the substrate until dark, rummaging around, which is somewhat helpful in keeping substrate from going anoxic, providing just enough oxygen within to hold much more beneficial bacteria than when anoxic.
I also find the eat nuisance algae, but allow more desirable algae to grow (I happen to like certain types of algae)
They also break down organic material that can be more easily used by beneficial bacteria (or plants if you have them), and are a normal part of the natural aquatic habitat.
The only problem I have with them, is they can place themselves between impellers and the volute of pumps, and getting caught.
You don't see them much during the day, because they tend to bury themselves in the substrate until dark, rummaging around, which is somewhat helpful in keeping substrate from going anoxic, providing just enough oxygen within to hold much more beneficial bacteria than when anoxic.
I also find the eat nuisance algae, but allow more desirable algae to grow (I happen to like certain types of algae)
They also break down organic material that can be more easily used by beneficial bacteria (or plants if you have them), and are a normal part of the natural aquatic habitat.
The only problem I have with them, is they can place themselves between impellers and the volute of pumps, and getting caught.
In my 40g I have live plants and recently scraped and dried algae from the wall, is it possible I collected some eggs in the algae that somehow survived being in the dehydrator and when I dropped that in my 75 maybe they hatched
Some snail eggs are pretty amazing, and can sit inert, dry, or even freeze, then hatch out when conditions are right.
My ponds in Wisconsin used to freeze solid to the substrate, for 3 months in winter, and snails (among other similarly primitive critters would appear every spring.
My ponds in Wisconsin used to freeze solid to the substrate, for 3 months in winter, and snails (among other similarly primitive critters would appear every spring.
Not to detract from the original thread but will a pair of yoyo loaches eradicate a snail population or just pick off the easy targets?
