MTS invasion!

[ScorpiosWife]

She had something come up today so this is all going down tomorrow, hopefully.

[ScorpiosWife]

My first tank was loaded with mts.... The substrate was literally mts Lmao. They were everywhere! Even after I cleaned the substrate with boiling hot water and manually sifted out the substrate to separate the snails, they still managed to reappear on the tank. They're a PITA! Bleach gets them good and then you don't have to worry about harming fish without scales or snails that you want. Just make sure to use dechlorinator afterwards.

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We're just going to trash the substrate, wash everything down with bleach & start over. Was yours as bad as this, Steven?

[suicune]

put some puffer in and see a massacre @_@

[BCJC82]

Question will clown loaches eat MTS I know they destroy pond snail populations. I have these in one of my well two of my fish tanks not that bad though.

[suicune]

I have a pair of assassin snails and now I rarely see other snails anymore. except for the two big nerites, all pest snails are dead... or hiding from the predator.

[mistahoo]

We're just going to trash the substrate, wash everything down with bleach & start over. Was yours as bad as this, Steven?

Worse. The substrate was MTS They've been sitting and repopulating for what seemed to be a very long time. The biggest ones were about 2"-2 1/2". Trashing the substrate and starting fresh is the way to go. Don't sift the substrate like I did... Took be a good 5 hours or so to sift all the substrate.

[mistahoo]

Question will clown loaches eat MTS I know they destroy pond snail populations. I have these in one of my well two of my fish tanks not that bad though.

I've heard several times that they do. Once you see one, there's already 10 more. They reproduce fast! Assassin snails are great! Only thing is... the shell stays behind.

[ScorpiosWife]

How is the little Angel doing? That is as bad a mts snail prob. as I have ever seen.

She is doing fine as frog's hair. She's not hiding this evening, she's out swimming around & eating. She & the 2 GBR ignore one another so everything is good. As you said, I'm sure she'll make a full recovery. Thanks for taking a look at her for me, Troy.

[BCJC82]

Thanks mistahoo. I need a fast reproducing
snail for my clowns.

[ScorpiosWife]

I have a pair of assassin snails and now I rarely see other snails anymore. except for the two big nerites, all pest snails are dead... or hiding from the predator.

She would need an entire colony of assassin snails to kill these off. It's bad but apparently not as bad as Steven's!

[ScorpiosWife]

Thanks mistahoo. I need a fast reproducing
snail for my clowns.

Hmmm. Can clown loaches live with Angels & Guppies? If so, perhaps I can suggest she get one of those, too.

[BCJC82]

Why couldn't they they might eat the fry of the guppies but don't see why not. Infact i have clown loaches in with guppies right now they are fine.

[ScorpiosWife]

She's got 25+ guppies in the tank now with 2 angels & a commom pleco. She's never once seen any fry which isn't odd considering all the guppies are doing is being vending machines for the angels, lol.

[BCJC82]

well if she is going ot just decimate the population through bleaching and what not I don't see any reason to get any more bio load in there? Especially with her water change history.

[suicune]

clown loach get really big though so be careful. they're beautiful