Axolotl and Malaysian trumpet snails

[LWormy]

Hello! I am thinking about keeping my axolotl with malaysian trumpet snails. Even though the snails are tropical, I have kept them in coldwater with success. They don't die and but breed a little slower, so that was fine. I want to use them to aerate the axolotl's sand, and they can be good snack for axolotls. Would that work? If not I'll just use Japanese trapdoor snails instead.

 

[Boomsloth]

I wouldn't risk the Mts or the trapdoor snails with axolotls because their shells are either pointy or too large and hard to be digested easily. I use bladder snails or common pond snails because they are smaller and are considered soft shell snails.


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[axowattyl]

I'll know soon enough, as they have inadvertantly entered my tank with plants.

 

[auntiejude]

I'll know soon enough, as they have inadvertantly entered my tank with plants.

Hence why you need to quarantine plants for at least a week before adding them to your tank! I have had 2 types of snail and mayfly larvae in my tanks that hitched a ride in on plants.

Both malaysian trumpet snails and japanese trapdoor snails are unsuitable - pointy shells and large trapdoors are potentially fatal to axies.

My axies seem to take care of any stray pond snails though...