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Fri 26/Dec/2025
Name: Melanoides tuberculata
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Origin: Cosmopolitan
2 cm 20 L 7.0 25°C
Malaysian Trumpet Snails (MTS) are considered pests by some and a welcome, sometimes needed, addition by others. Are they good or bad for a Dwarf Shrimp aquarium? I think they are great, and here are a few reasons why:
-Great Clean Up Crew
MTS are very good at cleaning up uneaten food. They will come out from under the substrate when it is feeding time and join the shrimp while they are eating. Anything that is not eaten by the shrimp, the MTS will get!
-Great Health Indicator
MTS populations will spike when an aquarium is over fed. A population can quickly become an infestation when an aquarium is cared for poorly, and this is a great indication of overall tank health.
-Substrate Oxygenation and Mixing
MTS spend most of their time under burrowed into the substrate. This keeps the substrate mixed up, not allowing the substrate to settle into divided levels, and they also allow oxygen to get to the bacteria found in the substrate!
Some don’t like them because their population can explode and they are livebearers so it is hard to control population spikes, but if they are not over fed the population will stay in check and there are some great benefits from having them!
By: Dan - TheShrimpFarm.com
*A great addition for any planted tank! I purposely breed these guys (not hard to do) in a specialized tank. Needless to say, this is the cleanest tank of them all. Each tank I setup, I always introduce at least 3 or 4 large ones and a handful of small ones into the tank. I can't believe that people sell these snails on eBay when most LFS are glad to rid themselves of this pest. Never harms plants, keeps the substrate nice and aerated! A must have!
*These are the best for planted tanks. They stir the substrate without harming the plants roots. One hardly sees them, except when they burrow along the front glass under the substrate. Highly recommended.
*These are my favorite snails! They never eat any of my plants, unless they are already dead. I don't see them most of the day, as they root through the substrate for missed food or rotting vegetation. They are GREAT for planted tanks, keeping the roots of the plants healthy by moving the substrate around and keeping things from getting stagnant. I highly recommend them for any tank.
*I have a 415 liter heavily planted community tank with an assortment of fish: angels, neons, a feather-fin squeaker catfish, white clouds, lemon tetras, blue rams and others. Three years ago I noticed a trumpet snail. A few months later I had dozens of them. Eventually I had thousands of them. Every time I cleaned the pump’s foam filter, I would wash out 300 to 400 tiny snails. And twice that many when I cleaned the canister filter. During the day they burrowed in the gravel, coming out at night and they would cover everything. It was difficult to keep new plants in the gravel because the snails moved it around so much, and when I dug a hole, I would dig up scores of them. They were constantly clogging the filters. The good thing is they cleaned up all of the dead plant debris, kept the rocks clean, aerated the gravel, cleaned the glass somewhat, cleaned the plants somewhat and didn’t harm the live plants. I think they also lowered the pH of my water by removing minerals for their shells. I bought two small clown loaches to try to control them. The clown loaches had a field day. They grew very fat and happy over the course of a year, while decimating the snail population. Unfortunately, the plant debris started to build up again, the pH rose from 6.5 to 7.8 and the rocks and gravel became discolored. Six weeks ago I traded in the two loaches in hopes of bringing back the snails. The pet store was happy to get them; they were the healthiest loaches they’d ever seen. Yesterday night I saw three small trumpet snails on the glass. After the population grows, I’m going to try to control them with some nighttime netting.
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