trumpet snail qs

[aussieguy870]

gidday all<
>i have a 5x2x2 that house neo multies<
>the tank is also riddle with MILLIONS of trumpet snails<
>good in a way the gravl is kept spotless<
>but looks ugly when they come out at night<
>my qs is today i moved around and took rocks out of the tank and ive noticed in the last half hour heaps of them r climbing up the front glass panel towards the surface and jsut sitting there. kinda good cause ive been picking them out but was<
>jsut curios if any 1 new y this might be happening?<
>jsut stumped me as its never happened before<
>cheers<
>sean<
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>P.S if any 1 wants some of the snails come get some   Edited by: aussieguy870 at: 29/5/05 11:59<
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[IAMRustyBlade]

I had read somewhere that it''s a sign of bad water condition if the MTS come up to the surface, I''ll look around again to see if I can find that info again. <
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>Edit* I just found it...www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Bug,%20Snails,%20Malaysian%20Trumpet.htm<
>Check the "Hard to Find" section of that article. <
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>Kath  <
>Murwillumbah N.S.W.Edited by: IAMRustyBlade   at: 29/5/05 13:50<
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[aussieguy870]

sweet thanks for that lnik<
>will go check my parameters straight away<
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>cheers<
>sean

[IAMRustyBlade]

Sean, if there is a problem then maybe moving those rocks upset some nasties that the snails didn''t like?<
>I did notice that my MTSs all went to the top when I first filled up my new tank (they were still in the substrate I saved from my other tank) and that was because the temp was too low. Once the water heated up again they all went back down. <
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>Kath  <
>Murwillumbah N.S.W.

[aussieguy870]

hey kath<
>i checked all ammonia nitrtite and nitrate and all levels were 0 so yea i can only think that as i did remove the rocks etc and move them around it did sitr up alot of crap in the water and i did have to add some more water which was cold<
>and they were all hidden this morning none near surface so must be all good again<
>thanks  for the help<
>cheers<
>sean<
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I used to get them heaps, and i didnt have bad water... periodically they would all journey up to the surface. one day i got sick of it and picked out as many as i could. <
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>It must have ruined their population because now i see hardly any of them. <
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>Just spend a bit of time picking them out i rekon. Get the ones in the gravel too. gonna be hard since you got a big tank though

after i feed my b/nose cucumber, i find heaps of trumpets eating the remains and can pull out a big clump with the leftover cucumber. i have also heard of people using lettuce leaves.<
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[GTR73]

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