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July 19th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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I was thinking of getting a snail.
does anyone think that there would be a problem with putting a snail in a tank with 7 tiger barbs and a common pleco?
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July 19th, 2008
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shouldn't be a problem. I have mystery snails in with black skirts, Von Rio tetras and Minnows and they do just fine.
carol
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July 20th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Shouldn't be a problem... Nerite and Apple snails are pretty cool.
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July 20th, 2008
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From personal experience i would avoid apple snails, i used to have a 15G platy tank and i bought 2 golden apple snails to clean it up, they gave all my platys white spot, and they all died!  .
I researched somewhere online that apple snails can carry diseases but not suffer from them. |
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July 20th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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i bought a black mystery snail today. it seems to be doing great so far. its approx. a 40 gal tank and i whould have thought the pleco would be doing a better job than he has been, but the snail has been going to town ever since i dropped it in. thanx for the input guys. i will be watching him over the next few days. the shell is about an inch in diameter, do they get bigger? does the shell grow or does it move from shell to shell like a hermit crab? and just for future reference, if the snail does get the fish sick, can the snail handle the meds. i have a red claw crab in a different tank and i read that they cannot tolerate copper (which is the main ingredient in ich medication). are there any tips like this about mystery snails that i should know.
Last edited by ocelot1120; July 20th, 2008 at 11:44 PM.
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July 21st, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ocelot1120
i bought a black mystery snail today. it seems to be doing great so far. its approx. a 40 gal tank and i whould have thought the pleco would be doing a better job than he has been, but the snail has been going to town ever since i dropped it in. thanx for the input guys. i will be watching him over the next few days. the shell is about an inch in diameter, do they get bigger? does the shell grow or does it move from shell to shell like a hermit crab? and just for future reference, if the snail does get the fish sick, can the snail handle the meds. i have a red claw crab in a different tank and i read that they cannot tolerate copper (which is the main ingredient in ich medication). are there any tips like this about mystery snails that i should know.
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Well, it depends what species you have. If you have pomeacea bridgssei, it's pretty small, but others can get larger than a cricket ball! |
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July 21st, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Golden apple snails can get as big as the average adults fist.
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July 21st, 2008
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Fish Bum
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i dont know the latin name for it yet but i do know that its called a black mystery snail.
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July 21st, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ocelot1120
i dont know the latin name for it yet but i do know that its called a black mystery snail.
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You need to get the exact species. www.Applesnail.com. |
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July 21st, 2008
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Fish Bum
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i just looked it up and its latin name is Genus Pomacea.
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July 22nd, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ocelot1120
i just looked it up and its latin name is Genus Pomacea.
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Pomacea is just the first part of the latin name (The genus), you need the second part to determine the species. Genus = the family, Species = what animal it is. |
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July 22nd, 2008
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Fish Bum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Ampullariidae
Genus: Pomacea
Species: bridgesii
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July 22nd, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ocelot1120
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Ampullariidae
Genus: Pomacea
Species: bridgesii
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At least you have bridgesii. Other species of apple snail get HUGE! Wait, have you ID'ed it by it's shell? That's what I meant. Look here: http://www.applesnail.net/content/species_genera.htm |
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July 22nd, 2008
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Fish Bum
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i identified it based on the tag at petsmart, and i looked it up online based on the color and shape of the shell as well as the shape and color of the body. i am like 98% sure im not mistaken on the above info (at least according to the website i looked it up on). in fact your link confirms it as well. the shell has the 90 degree angle on the shoulder of the shell.
Last edited by ocelot1120; July 22nd, 2008 at 08:03 PM.
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July 23rd, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ocelot1120
i identified it based on the tag at petsmart, and i looked it up online based on the color and shape of the shell as well as the shape and color of the body. i am like 98% sure im not mistaken on the above info (at least according to the website i looked it up on). in fact your link confirms it as well. the shell has the 90 degree angle on the shoulder of the shell.
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Congratulations, you have a small apple snail! |
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July 26th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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i would not get snails they reproduce really fast .get an algea eater but give your tank time to grow algea.
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July 26th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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also get 1or 2 cory cats. what size tank do u have?
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July 27th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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my tank is a 40 gallon but i already had a pleco. for some reason he doesnt do a very good job cleaning all the algea in my tank, thats why i wanted a snail in the first place
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