MTS outbreak

stasia8756

stasia8756

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One lonely MTS hitched a ride on a plant from the LFS and now I have hundreds in the substrate and tons of babies on the glass. Too bad I can't feed them to my puffer fish. He ate all my pond snails faster than they could breed so they're pretty scarce right now. I don't suppose the MTS are doing any harm. They don't harm plants but seriously the entire substrate is moving. It is a heavily planted tank but their favorite food is those Hakari algae wafers. Many of them congregate in that area and compete with the cories for them. Water parameters have been good in spite of all the snails.
 
They'll probably start to die off if you feed less.
You can catch them manually, or stick some wafers on a plate and remove them when they collect to feed. Then you can take a hammer to them, remove the shells, and then feed them to your puffers.
 
I guy I worked with just fed them straight to his puffers, it helps keep their beaks down. Is there a specific reason not to feed them straight to the puffers?
 
I think it's because their shells are too hard and might damage their teeth. But the idea about removing them is worth trying. Thanks.
 
Their teeth are made for crushing stuff like that, they actually need it for them to not overgrow.
 
WARNING: actual well-thought-out OPINION follows:
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Is there such a thing as an MTS OUTBREAK?

They keep your tank clean, aerate your substrate and don't eat your plants. they also compete for resources that would support pond snails.

FYI, if you don't want them you can SELL them :)

--Don
 
MTS will eat fish eggs. So, if you'd rather your eggs turn into fry rather than caviar, there might be such a thing as an MTS OUTBREAK.
 
If the OP considers them a nuisance then yes I would think there is sucj thing as an outbreak. Its their tank so its their decision. I favor the veggie method when trying to "get rid of" snails. Plop in some lettuce or zucchinni or whatever and overnight they SHOULD congregate onto the piece of greeny matter. Better than chemicals or picking them by hand...

btw, DPs are one of the puffers that do not need snails :)
 
jpappy789 said:
If the OP considers them a nuisance then yes I would think there is sucj thing as an outbreak. Its their tank so its their decision. I favor the veggie method when trying to "get rid of" snails. :)
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OK, point made! a rose in a marigold bed is a weed if you are raising marigolds. ( I did say it was my opinion!)

Veggie bait method works great for catching snails, too...
 
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