The New Pest Snail: Mystery Snail

Alrighty, so these guys are supposed to have easy population control, right? Well, not for me...
So I can't bring myself to kill most anything, so when one of my two snails ended up being female, I decided to hatch the first clutch, then the second... Well, now I have about 200-300 snails in a separate tank. Okay, yes, that was my fault, so those don't count as much.
I resolved not to hatch anymore clutches and assumed my goldfish would take care of the rest...
I just came back from a trip, and there are about thirty baby snails too big for my goldfish to eat in the main tank. And, somehow, when I was doing a water change on my super aggressive betta, there was a mystery snail. A mystery snail in that tank. I have no idea how it got there, there was literally no chance of cross contamination between equipment, and the tanks are 25 feet apart.

 

How about selling some? Lots of members here like the different colors!

 

How about selling some? Lots of members here like the different colors!

I was actually planning on making a post about it this week! Only issue is that they're all the black/wild type... hundreds of them, lol. They do have gold recessive though

 

Haha bet you will make some money. I used to own ivory, purple, brown, reddish, etc! People loved ordering them!

 

Yeah, I love these little guys! I was so shocked that they have so much personality, it really blew me away. I'm actually looking at getting a good number more in different colors as soon as Ryan has more colors in stock

 

Oh they really do! Remember to have cuttle bone and vegetables ready for them to eat!

 

I love mystery snails. I have a ton of baby mystery snails. And I've only hatched 2 clutches.

 

Oh they really do! Remember to have cuttle bone and vegetables ready for them to eat!

I got that covered
I was feeding spinach and kale daily before I left on my trip, and I plan to pick that back up. And I make sure they always have some cuttlebone in the tank. Oh and they get their protein too, through a couple of different pellets and flakes. I like that they're not picky, they eat about everything

 

Hehehehe so excited for you!!!!!!

 

Thanks! Still don't know how that one ended up in my betta tank... and I'm even more confused about how it's still alive, that betta killed all the other snails I put in there.

 

Hahahaha snail killer on the lose!

 

Haha, I always call them "snurderers" because they're snail murderers. Likewise, all the baby snails are snabies, the snail food is snood, snail eggs are sneggs, and so on, lol

 

Alrighty, so these guys are supposed to have easy population control, right? Well, not for me...
So I can't bring myself to kill most anything, so when one of my two snails ended up being female, I decided to hatch the first clutch, then the second... Well, now I have about 200-300 snails in a separate tank. Okay, yes, that was my fault, so those don't count as much.
I resolved not to hatch anymore clutches and assumed my goldfish would take care of the rest...
I just came back from a trip, and there are about thirty baby snails too big for my goldfish to eat in the main tank. And, somehow, when I was doing a water change on my super aggressive betta, there was a mystery snail. A mystery snail in that tank. I have no idea how it got there, there was literally no chance of cross contamination between equipment, and the tanks are 25 feet apart.

Snails can move! I’ve got four. One is less than half the size of the other three. It’s not too bright. Hubby was watching them today. He said three were on a collision course. After a brief conversation, they all turned as one and went across the tank. Two biggies went up the back. Lil One came back across and continued on his way. Wasted all that energy for nothing. I’m thinking about putting them in my frog pond. Execept Lil One, it needs more time. I don’t want babies.