Hey guys, just went to Sea View to get a new tank for my fish and at the inverts' corner, I noticed some snails being sold. One of the packets was labelled as 'Abalone Snail' and was sold for $1.50 or $2.50, I can't exactly remember. There were two snails in the packet- each around 1.5cm and were heavily patterned. They're apparently freshwater and look a little like overgrown limpets to me... I did not ask the species nor took pictures as I was in a rush.
So basically I need help with identifying the species for those who have been to Sea View and saw these beauties. I'd too like to know their dietary needs.
PS: I've already searched online to no avail- they just keep offering me results on marine abalones.
Thanks in advance.
Tomorrow I'll go down and take a look
I have already checked out the first link before posting, but the snails' are more heavily patterned and look nothing like those.
For the second link, those pictures show a majority of snails which are either reef abalones or other snail species, nothing on the snailI saw.
Thanks for trying anyways.
EDIT: Also Wing, thanks for the help- the snails would look great in my new tank if they don't eat plants... Good luck!
Reading this post reminded me of the nightmare I just had last night !
I was puzzled and rather frustrated that the hairgrass was going bare then realized that I had added some snails , sorry for unrelated post
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I would prefer keeping fancy snails as pets rather the shrimps.
LIFE IS UNBEARABLE WITHOUT A FISH TANK!!!
I was at Seaview today and got a pack of those snails. They are Septaria porcellana, or commonly referred to as Abalone snails.
Looks like smurf hats...
Still "hiding" in their shells... it seems to take them quite a while before they start moving, i had to prop them up against the tank glass to help them attach on.
True. I keep ornamental snails in my display tanks and they're lovely...Originally Posted by tetrakid
Thanks for the help again UA!
Those snails of yours are lovely, great pictures too! The ones I saw had dark flesh with red shell with black markings and another with a greenish shell plus black patterns.
Do you plan on culturing algae specially for them should you run out of food?
What i usually do with my nerite snails is shift them around different tanks to do algae cleaning, so they are sort of like a roving cleaning crew (will probably do the same with these abalone snails too)... i don't scrape my tank glass, so there is always algae to clear.
Nice! I do the same, but sometimes my tanks just don't have enough algae. A side note though: Abalone snails are ridiculously hard to get off the glass without hurting them from what I've observed and read.
i loved the horned nerite but just couldn't figure out why they keep dying in all the tanks i had haha. They seem to do alright for a short while and after that go into hiding mode and days and week passed and you know they are dead and rotted alreadyWhat i usually do with my nerite snails is shift them around different tanks to do algae cleaning, so they are sort of like a roving cleaning crew (will probably do the same with these abalone snails too)... i don't scrape my tank glass, so there is always algae to clear.
Not too sure if it helps, but most of my tanks are currently running at slightly alkaline conditions (ie. pH 7.2-7.4) with minimal Co2 injection, so that might be a factor in keeping their lifespan longer in my tanks... so far i have kept batches for more than a year and their shells are still shiny and thick.i loved the horned nerite but just couldn't figure out why they keep dying in all the tanks i had haha. They seem to do alright for a short while and after that go into hiding mode and days and week passed and you know they are dead and rotted already
The previous batches i kept in acidic pH tank conditions with lots of Co2 injection tend to get eroded shells over time and their survival rate was much lower. So thats a trade-off.
yup all my tanks are inert substrate and 7+ph. only had one tank with active substrate. However, in all those 7+ph i still couldn't find out the cause for their deaths though. Do you feed them abit of algae/vege feed like once a in week or so or simply leave them to munch whatever natural goodies there is in the tank? I killed so much till i dare not buy anymore haha
Did you dose any anti algae medicine or any other kind of medicine in your tank?
I don't specifically feed my nerite snails, they just eat whatever algae there are on the tank glass and plant leaves.
Come to think of it, i haven't seen nerite snails actually eat any commercial algae wafer/pellet food or vegetable scraps before.
seudzar mentioned a good point though, nerite snails do tend to be more sensitive to certain medications and chemicals (compared to other livestock), so have to check.
Last edited by Urban Aquaria; 17th Nov 2015 at 13:47.
I feed my nerites algae wafers and zucchini, though they still prefer algae. Its true that nerites are more sensetive to medication, this being said, horned nerites are much more sensitive than the normal tracked or zebra nerite. This is why I do not shift my horned nerites around compared to the zebra, olive and tracked ones.
nope nothing at all, because its my shrimp only tank, i do not add any medications etc in it. oh man, this is perplexing haha, horned nerite is my top favourite because they look exotic and small too and are not hermaphrodite. wonder if there are any other snail species such as horned nerite (small, non-hermaphrodite) ?
looks like clams lol
I was at Seaview today and got a pack of those snails. They are Septaria porcellana, or commonly referred to as Abalone snails.
Looks like smurf hats...
Still "hiding" in their shells... it seems to take them quite a while before they start moving, i had to prop them up against the tank glass to help them attach on.
I wanted to say, look like lala from those bbq hawker store haha.
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