I was just curious about Malaysian Trumpet snails. I know they are live bearing snails....Does anyone know there cycle of giving birth or how many at a time or anything. I have a desktop aquarium on my ( of course) desk...It's a 2 gallon tank. All it has in it is some gravel and one rock decoration. I dropped 1 MTS in yesterday to come home about 13 to 14 hours later and find more then 1. The adult is there and 3 little ones. Any help will do....

Sorry mate i have a question.

are you from australia? if so where did you get them? i want them for my planted tank. :hmm:

No I am Not...Good old USA....I have 1000's in all my tanks.

I don't know much about how they multiply, just that they do so very quickly.

Also, the more you feed them, the more they breed IME :)

I know that I hate them. :lol:

Slorry, if I send you that java moss, there will be some on it. Mwahahaha.

Thanks lemma but i got some on the weekend (went down to melb).

Are they really that bad to have? :?:

No, they are not bad to have. However an excess of them can indicate that a tank is being overfed.

They help keep the substrate stirred and help prevent "dead spots" from building up...They can help keep the algae down and do a decent job of "cleaning up" after messy fish. I think their impact on the bioload of the tank is outweighed by their helpfulness

Thats what i like to hear!

Where can i get them in Victoria?

Trumpet snails impact on substrate is overestimated. They don't go down that far in the gravel, hence not really stirring up 'lulls'.

Stirring up substrate refers to sand and dead spots in the sand. IMe, my snails go a few inches into the sand, and I only have a few inches of sand ;)

Does someone in oz have any that i could buy off them?