Is this typical?

[forestwalker101]

So I have MTS in my tank to mix the sand up and they do a good job. Most of the time the are under the sane and barely visibe. A few usually come up after feeding time to finish the left overs. So I did a big water change and this is what happened. Snail inception. Snails on snails on snails. Is this normal behavior? Is this a typical population? I thought about getting assassin snails but I have a mystery snail that I don't want killed. Advice? Another pic below.

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[forestwalker101]

The other pic.

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[Hunter73]

Dang. I'd say you have too many.


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[Nils]

I'd say leave em be, they are beneficial in my eyes. They really aren't bothering anybody I guess. You have probably already had that many, but only a few at a time come at out. These snails are mostly night active so take a peek in there at night some normal night and see if it looks like that. Don't know why they came out after WC though.

 

[forestwalker101]

My guess is that I was slacking on water changes and when the water quality improved they were more comfortable so they came out.

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[ScotJudd]

Hi. I have a community tank with tetras, corys, red cherry shrimp and loads of MTS. From experience I can say that an exploding population of MTS is due to over feeding. However, they do a pretty good job of turning over the substrate and keeping the oxygen levels good at the roots for the plants. I never have to do a gravel clean. If the numbers bother you then just remove the bigger ones, easiest when the tank lights have gone out, to stop further breeding for a while. I would not try to eradicate them though, they are really beneficial and more importantly, they don't eat live plants, unlike pond snails - Yuk!


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[IllusionX]

It's scary to see so many at once.

The outbreak on mine is even worse, and they are all very small since about 1 or 2 months. It's a fully planted tank and recently noticed my BN pleco seems to have disappeared. I'm pretty sure these MTS had a nice meal for a while...

 

[forestwalker101]

Apparently snails are also magnetic. Like I said before my water change you couldn't see 1 snail.

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[ScotJudd]

I wouldn't worry about the disappearing BN. Mine goes AWOL for up to a week at a time. I very much doubt the snails are responsible.


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