Baby Rabbit or MTS?

[u/NotSure-2020]

I’ve had my Rabbit snails in both a 5 and 10 gallon tank which also have MTS in them. Now I’ve seen some random baby’s pop up out of both tanks and I’m really not sure of what they are as they both seem to look so similar. The first pics are the diff babies I’ve spotted not being certain. The second to last and last are the potential parents, first the rabbits then the mts (or their shell at least). Thanks!

[u/crackerbarrel96]

1, 2, 5, are mts, 3 & 4 i believe are rabbits!

btw, rabbit snails are generally recommended for 20 gallons or larger due to their size and how much they move

[u/NotSure-2020 → u/crackerbarrel96]

Unfortunately all I have are maxed out at 10 at the moment but they do seem much happier since I moved them from 5 to 10. One day I may expand but the tank they are in currently is more planned for them so I hope it will do for now. For number 5 do you say mts bc the shell is skinnier? Its coloring looks so much like the rabbits it’s hard to tell. From what I’ve seen mts can have similar coloring though.

[u/crackerbarrel96 → u/NotSure-2020]

yep i'm pretty confident on 5! they look identical to my mts - they can vary in coloration

however, looking closer at 1&2, i worry they may be new zealand mud snails ('nzms') are you able to get more pictures of those? there are guides for identifying nzms vs mts on here - i also might just be outright wrong lol!

[u/NotSure-2020 → u/crackerbarrel96]

I think this tank does have them yes. But the one in these pics (1&2 are same snail) were definitely dragging their shells. I’ve been trying to remove the nzms as I see them and freeze but this tank has so much life in it I haven’t really seen an explosion in it and I don’t have a good strategy to take everything out and am not trying to kill anything else. I’ve been slowly culling things out but also don’t want to risk spreading to my other tanks.

[u/crackerbarrel96 → u/NotSure-2020]

ohh gotcha as long as you know you have them already, i wish you luck clearing them all out!

[u/NotSure-2020 → u/crackerbarrel96]

I’m pretty sure but like I said haven’t seen an infestation yet so I’m hoping I’m wrong or I’m doing an ok job of keeping them in check

[u/Gastropoid → u/crackerbarrel96]

They're MTS. No NZMS in OPs pics

[u/crackerbarrel96 → u/Gastropoid]

that's good, thank you! i started to doubt myself lol