Hitchhiker ID verify

[MattW70 186]

When I received my order of scuds, there was some substrate/mulm in the bag, which I cleaned out. Obviously, I didn't get it all, as I found this guy sitting on the glass. I only have ramshorns and bladders currently, so my only guess is a trumpet snail, right? The shell shape doesnt match the bladders. I won't remove it, as the tank is left alone to its own devices. The shell does seem damaged and frail, even though it's about 4- 5 mm long

 

[Tomsfish29 28]

I would guess MTS also.

 

[MuddyWaters]

Looks like Malaysian Trumpet Snail to me. I have a billion of them in a couple of my tanks.

 

[GaryE31 29]

Oh, I am so sorry this happened to you. It's the rightfully dreaded trumpet snail. Invasive. destructive and problematic. You will fondly remember the happy days when you were young and didn't know these beasts.

 

[MattW70 186]

Oh, I am so sorry this happened to you. It's the rightfully dreaded trumpet snail. Invasive. destructive and problematic. You will fondly remember the happy days when you were young and didn't know these beasts.

I don't mind it with this tank since it's isolated. If it were my display tanks, I'd have a strike force of yo-yo loaches thrown in an instant!

 

[GaryE31 29]

They have remarkable teleportation skills. I managed to isolate them when they got back in here, but it's not something I'm sure will hold. They reproduce madly in your substrate, and die in there as well.
There's a view they aerate your gravel. So does a stick and it doesn't die and decompose in the tank...

I general, it won't take a place in the tank - it will reproduce madly if the feeding is at all excessive. It acts as a classic invasive in a new environment, and there are documentaries if you want to see that live. I would consider it like an Ich parasite and get rid of it before it gets established.

 

[Essjay70 185]

I would use separate cleaning equipment for that tank to cut down the risk of contaminating your other tanks!