View Full Version : How do Malaysian Trumpet Snails Breed?
Jellymolly44
03-17-2010, 11:28 PM
Is it true you may only need one? I have heard that they are polycite animals. They do a great job at eating certain algaes. I have a bunch in my 75 gallon aquarium with black convict cichlids and their babies with a common plecostomus to eat the algae on the glass. I really like these guys, but they only seem to come out with the lights off. What ashamed.
Jellymolly44
03-18-2010, 12:59 AM
I here that they are bad for Goldfish aquariums because the water is too cool for them and they won't breed.
snoopy65
03-18-2010, 4:06 AM
Is it true you may only need one? I have heard that they are polycite animals. They do a great job at eating certain algaes. I have a bunch in my 75 gallon aquarium with black convict cichlids and their babies with a common plecostomus to eat the algae on the glass. I really like these guys, but they only seem to come out with the lights off. What ashamed.
It is true, all you need is one. They are for the most part nocturnal. You may occasionally see them doing their job during the day, but for the most part they stay hidden in the substrate until lights out.
I here that they are bad for Goldfish aquariums because the water is too cool for them and they won't breed.
I have them in cold water set ups and they do fine and multiply. I have one tank in the lower 60F range.
Hope this helps.