Best scavanger for aquaruim?

[mattgrizzlybear]

What would be the best snail for eating uneaten food and alage? I also read that trapdoor snails, is possible for a leg to get stuck. Also what about frog and toad tadpoles. I got some ramshorn but they got eaten! I wanted somthing tough so they might not get eaten. Thanks!

 

[turtletania]

I don't know if you can get these where you are, but these are fantastic. I have thousands in my various tanks for the RES and Malayan Boxes and they never touch them.

freshwater snails (Melanoides tuberculata)

 

[dmmj]

Just a fore warning just about anything you put in there will be considered a potential food source.

 

[mattgrizzlybear]

I am not sure. I have this place called trickers. It is historical, and it has a website. tricker.com it is a really cool place! it has the whole list of scavangers that i may get.

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what about regular garden snails?

 

[turtletania]

Mine eat the garden snails..... but remember I have Red Eared sliders and Malayan Box turtles. I have tried: fish - eaten, garden snails - eaten, sucker fish - eaten, and many other things. These are the only ones they dont eat. Maybe other species would consider them food. Or maybe I have just been lucky.

 

[mattgrizzlybear]

How about any of the ones on my link to tricker. I can get any of them from there.

 

[turtletania]

Melantho Snails - are the closest looking to the ones we have..... but I don't know anything about them.

 

[mattgrizzlybear]

Okay thanks. I wanted to get 2 types like the meltheno and maybe either mystery or frog tadpoles. What about frog tadpoles?