Malaysian Trumpet Snails

[Nitesbane]

Someone in one of these fishy newsgroups was looking to get rid of some MTS
a little while back. I'm interested, but can't find the post anymore.

[RedForeman ©®]

|| Someone in one of these fishy newsgroups was looking to get rid of
|| some MTS a little while back. I'm interested, but can't find the
|| post anymore.

I've got tons.....

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[Gail Futoran]

"Nitesbane" > wrote in
message ...
> Someone in one of these fishy newsgroups was looking to
get rid of some MTS
> a little while back. I'm interested, but can't find the
post anymore.

Like Red, I also have tons of MTS. Where
are you?

Gail
near San Antonio TX

[Nitesbane]

"Gail Futoran" > wrote in message
...
> "Nitesbane" > wrote in
> message ...
> > Someone in one of these fishy newsgroups was looking to
> get rid of some MTS
> > a little while back. I'm interested, but can't find the
> post anymore.
>
> Like Red, I also have tons of MTS. Where
> are you?
>
> Gail
> near San Antonio TX
>
>

NYC area. Never tried to ship live animals before, is it terribly
complicated?

[Dances With Ferrets]

Trumpet snails are cool.... all the good things that you stated about
them are true.... they leave plants alone.... eat dead matter, stir up
the gravel, etc. I would seriously question the mental status of
whoever claimed that they eat aquarium sealant. They probably just
put them in a used tank that they purchased at a yard sale and the
tank leaked, or maybe they used spirilina-flavored sealant on their
tanks >:-)~.... who knows why they made this assumption. I've been
keeping them for well over a decade and have not once encountered that
sort of problem.

[Gail Futoran]

"Nitesbane" > wrote in
message ...
>
> "Gail Futoran" > wrote in
message
>
...
[snip]
> > Like Red, I also have tons of MTS. Where
> > are you?
> >
> > Gail
> > near San Antonio TX
> >
> NYC area. Never tried to ship live animals before, is it
terribly
> complicated?

I've never done it! I'd be more concerned
about them cooking in the heat. I got some
accidentally from plants purchased from LFS.
Maybe you could call around and ask if any
LFS have spares they can give away or sell?
I'd think the NYC area would have a
gadzillion LFS.

I'd probably have a different answer if you and
I lived closer (anything to get rid of some MTS
humanely). :)

Gail

[sophie]

In message >,
Gail Futoran > writes
>"Nitesbane" > wrote in
>message ...
>>
>> "Gail Futoran" > wrote in
>message
>>
...
>[snip]
>> > Like Red, I also have tons of MTS. Where
>> > are you?
>> >
>> > Gail
>> > near San Antonio TX
>> >
>> NYC area. Never tried to ship live animals before, is it
>terribly
>> complicated?
>
>I've never done it! I'd be more concerned
>about them cooking in the heat. I got some
>accidentally from plants purchased from LFS.
>Maybe you could call around and ask if any
>LFS have spares they can give away or sell?
>I'd think the NYC area would have a
>gadzillion LFS.
>
>I'd probably have a different answer if you and
>I lived closer (anything to get rid of some MTS
>humanely). :)

I asked my LFS for the trumpet snails when I bought a fish; thet were
delighted to give them away!

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sophie

[Nitesbane]

"Gail Futoran" > wrote in message
...
> "Nitesbane" > wrote in
> message ...
> >
> > "Gail Futoran" > wrote in
> message
> >
> ...
> [snip]
> > > Like Red, I also have tons of MTS. Where
> > > are you?
> > >
> > > Gail
> > > near San Antonio TX
> > >
> > NYC area. Never tried to ship live animals before, is it
> terribly
> > complicated?
>
> I've never done it! I'd be more concerned
> about them cooking in the heat. I got some
> accidentally from plants purchased from LFS.
> Maybe you could call around and ask if any
> LFS have spares they can give away or sell?
> I'd think the NYC area would have a
> gadzillion LFS.
>
> I'd probably have a different answer if you and
> I lived closer (anything to get rid of some MTS
> humanely). :)
>

I've asked and asked and asked. There are 7 stores that are within an
hour's drive of where I live. NO ONE has them, and NO ONE will order them.
*pouts* They're so nifty...all I've got are these unidentified snails that
aren't pretty and serve no purpose other than munching my plants. :-( I
guess I'll have to order them from some online place.

[Gail Futoran]

"Nitesbane" > wrote
[snip]
> I've asked and asked and asked. There are 7 stores that
are within an
> hour's drive of where I live. NO ONE has them, and NO ONE
will order them.

Here's another idea: What about tropical fish
hobby groups? Local ones, I mean.

> *pouts* They're so nifty...all I've got are these
unidentified snails that
> aren't pretty and serve no purpose other than munching my
plants. :-( I
> guess I'll have to order them from some online place.

Or keep asking in the relevant newsgroup until
you connect up with someone who lives
closer and can get some to you in a timely
(but not too expensive) manner.

Good luck-
Gail

[Charles]

On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 02:54:57 GMT, "Nitesbane"
> wrote:

>Someone in one of these fishy newsgroups was looking to get rid of some MTS
>a little while back. I'm interested, but can't find the post anymore.
>
I'd be glad to get rid of all mine if I could.

I'm not sure they are Malaysian TS, they are TS, and they have a
ridiculously hard shell. I have lost a few filter impellers to them

Mine are out and about in the daytime as well, whatever that means.


somebody needs to be a wet blanket. <:-)


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[RedForeman ©®]

|||| NYC area. Never tried to ship live animals before, is it
||| terribly
|||| complicated?

I'm in TN, and have shipped them before... no harm, no foul.... send me your
address to the email below and you'll have some shortly....

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is that better??

[kev]

On 12 Jul 2004, the world was enlightened by RedForeman ©®'s opinion
about...

>|||| NYC area. Never tried to ship live animals before, is it
>||| terribly
>|||| complicated?
>
> I'm in TN, and have shipped them before... no harm, no foul.... send
> me your address to the email below and you'll have some shortly....
>

Red, how do you ship them? Ziplock in a mailer? I've got all I need,
too. ;)


kev

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[RedForeman ©®]

|| On 12 Jul 2004, the world was enlightened by RedForeman ©®'s opinion
|| about...
||
||||||| NYC area. Never tried to ship live animals before, is it
||||||| terribly complicated?
|||
||| I'm in TN, and have shipped them before... no harm, no foul.... send
||| me your address to the email below and you'll have some shortly....
|||
||
|| Red, how do you ship them? Ziplock in a mailer? I've got all I
|| need, too. ;)
||
|| kev

I used some tupperware container, or gatorade bottle. filled halfway with
water, smallest box I could get, and it's off... seems to work pretty
well.... so far...

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