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Tropical Fish Keeping => Invertebrates - Shrimps and Snails => Topic started by: Alex_N on December 05, 2015, 03:26:04 PM

Title: Random Malaysian Trumpet Snail...I Think.
Post by: Alex_N on December 05, 2015, 03:26:04 PM

Can anyone help with a positive identification of my new tank attraction? I'd also like information on them.
It must have came from a new, 2nd hand cave but said cave had been out of water for 3 months and was cleaned well before being placed in my tank yesterday.
I'm basically thinking of the worst possible scenario ie if it's female is she carrying eggs? How many to expect? Etc etc

Title: Re: Random Malaysian Trumpet Snail...I Think.
Post by: Cod_only_knows on December 05, 2015, 10:39:39 PM

Looks like a young MTS to me. Very beneficial to the aquarium as they bury themselves and turnover the substrate, preventing gas build up and eating detritus. However, overfeed your fish and you'll have a population explosion. They give birth to live young and if there was a snail on the cave, there may well be eggs too. They're very resilient little creatures, so I'm not surprised this little fella survived. If numbers start to increase quickly, cut back on your feeding. I'd also recommend a couple of assassin snails to keep the numbers down.

Title: Re: Random Malaysian Trumpet Snail...I Think.
Post by: Alex_N on December 06, 2015, 12:13:32 AM

Ah good to hear that it's more than likely a MTS.
A small explosion would be beneficial, as I'm only aware of 'Kevin' at the minute. I had thought of a couple of Assassin's as a contingency plan though.
Thanks Cod.

Title: Re: Random Malaysian Trumpet Snail...I Think.
Post by: Sue on December 06, 2015, 10:41:44 AM

Some information for you link (http://www.planetinverts.com/malaysian_trumpet_snail.html)

What it doesn't say is that these snails can breed by parthenogenesis - they don't need two of them, one can  breed quite easily by itself.

Title: Re: Random Malaysian Trumpet Snail...I Think.
Post by: Alex_N on December 06, 2015, 10:54:58 AM

Thanks Sue, I managed to do a bit of research myself last night.
The parthenogenesis is a new bit of information though. Looks like I'll have to keep an extra vigilant eye on Kevin.

Title: Re: Random Malaysian Trumpet Snail...I Think.
Post by: Sue on December 06, 2015, 11:04:57 AM

I got that from Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine

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They have a third and very descriptive name as well—the Malaysian livebearing snail. These snails can reproduce both sexually and through parthenogenesis, starting at a size as small as 10 millimeters! Instead of eggs, these snails give birth to as many as 70 live young at a time. With a reproductive strategy like this, you might guess that they can increase in numbers rapidly. And you’d be right.

Title: Re: Random Malaysian Trumpet Snail...I Think.
Post by: Alex_N on December 06, 2015, 12:52:53 PM

Wow. Kevin could become a problem of biblical proportions very quickly.