Snail photos

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Sara, what does the snail mean? Mine has done that, and I'm not sure what it means?
 
Sara, what does the snail mean? Mine has done that, and I'm not sure what it means?
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The first pics are snail eggs.

The last pics are of their siphon, they stretch it to the surface to breathe air.
 
Sara, what does the snail mean? Mine has done that, and I'm not sure what it means?
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The snail does that so it can breath. It will stretch its siphon out, so they don't have to go to the top.
 

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Look who came out to play! This is Eddard and I hardly ever see him or his brother because they take sand naps during the day. It's always a treat when the rabbits show their face!
 

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OMG I didn't put my babies in this thread yet! They are pretty much exactly 24 hours old!
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So what is the reasoning for keeping them separate? So the fish won't eat them?
 
Well I don't have any fish that would eat them but #1) they crawl up inside their parents shells and annoy them #2) you can make sure they're not getting out competed for food and #3) you can keep count of how many you have.
 
Well I don't have any fish that would eat them but #1) they crawl up inside their parents shells and annoy them #2) you can make sure they're not getting out competed for food and #3) you can keep count of how many you have.
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Cool ... was just wondering because I have a tank full of snails now and am just waiting on babies!
 
No problem! I keep mine in a hatchery so they fall in when they hatch. I don't catch them or anything they're adorable lol
 
No problem! I keep mine in a hatchery so they fall in when they hatch. I don't catch them or anything they're adorable lol
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When do you release them to the tank? Or do you leave them separated?
 
This is my precious female black striped mystery Amai, about to go above the waterline to lay the clutch of eggs I found the next day. The little white specs on her shell are nerite snail eggs, for some reason the nerites love to lay their eggs on her shell and the other mysteries.
 

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OMG I didn't put my babies in this thread yet! They are pretty much exactly 24 hours old!
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How are you keeping them separate? Is that just a floating container? I have a clutch that may hatch and I have breeder net that I think I can use but unsure if they will bee able to climb out.
 

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My babies in the middle of me feeding them this evening...they're growing up on me too fast, I don't want them to leave me already! I'm not sure how I'll pick out which ten stay with me...

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I had no idea how fast Mystery snails grew! I got 6 a while back, maybe a couple weeks ago, and unfortunately 1 didn't make it and I kept the shell. It's so tiny compared to the remaining 5! I've also noticed some of them have changed colors after being in a different environment. My purple that was sort of dark and not real flashy has turned very vivid purple and very pretty!



You can sort of see there on the top edge and to the left the older color and the new bright purple ...
 
They are in a Betta bowl with a lid. I bought marimo moss balls in a Betta container from petco. It said "Betta buddies" on it. So that's what I keep them in for a few days and then I move them to a breeder box with a lid. Idk if they would escape I haven't tried. I assume so
 
Now these two snails may look like regular ramshorn snail but they are actually something special.
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These are the only two surviving snails I purchased from the Czech Republic of an order of 5. They are Planorbarius corneus a European Ramshorn snail that grows to 2" in size easily. Now they do like cooler water so I've slowly lowered my tank to 73F to accommodate a middle ground where the tropical/subtropical Apple Snails, and cool water Chinese Mystery Snails can tolerate hopefully. I will keep track of them and add more pictures as they grow.
Here's a fully grown specimen:
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Caught my Golden Inca laying eggs around six this morning. Also, caught a good pic of the golden Inca at night.
 

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Baby assassin snail.
Spotted for the first time tonight.
It's about 3-4 mm big.
There will be about 100 of them when all eggs hatch.
Cuteness overload
 

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So cute! I am guessing they're gold Inca diffusa babies?

Here's mine, the offspring of a jade(or more a greenish blue) male diffusa mystery snail and a olive green striped female diffusa. They're a little over a week old, in a mesh breeder and the mother checking them out
 

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My sweet Zippy passed away yesterday. Rest in peace little guy, I love you and my heart is breaking.

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Guess Shoechaser wasn't done laying eggs after all! The lack of new eggs was simply the calm before the storm;D

It is the biggest clutch yet!
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I picked out the ten of my baby snails I'll be keeping and moved them from the mesh breeder box to my main tank today. Everyone else is exploring, but this guy has taken a liking to Omanyte.

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"Onward, noble steed!"
 
Love is in the air1471354304159.jpgwhile taking these pictures we found tetra fry in his tank. I got a baby boom in my house. My daughter's tank got guppy fry too.
 

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Dang it. You guys need to stop feeding my snail addiction. Now I'm curious about these rabbit snails although I love my mysteries.
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4 snails feeding,5 months old

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Attempting to show brown shell can be pretty and of course Jr. photo bombs by choosing then to sink to bottom as I take photo.
 
I think this qualifies as art! I was trying to take a picture of newly hatched snails in the water but caught their reflection as well. Didn't realize what a cool shot it was until I reviewed them

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Momma mystery with her tentacles fully extended, searching for the food I just dropped in:
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Daddy mystery summiting Mount Driftwood:
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Does a video belong in a photo thread? It was the only way I could capture the babies' tentacles fluttering in the filter outflow
 
Here's Turbo. He's harder on my plants then the my pleco. 1471970634130.jpg

baby Cory photobomb. Also @Dave75g you can just copy and paste the link in here
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I was sort of able to do that I had to start a new thread tho. You should be able to find it in unread
 
Rip Maximum (Ride) the little snail

And Alexander (Hamilton) the snail

((The next snail shall be called Mr. Burr))

(And the pictures are backwards)
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baby Cory photobomb. Also @Dave75g you can just copy and paste the link in here
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That little thing in the corner you mean?

THATS a baby cory!?

That is so cute-
 
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