Exotic small snails

[Ah_ZhaN]

Hi guys, are there any exotic small snails available in the market ?

[Sunfire]

What do you mean by exotic??

[Ah_ZhaN]

Exoic means they are unique and not easy to come by.

[budak]

some lfs will stock nerite snails:
http://www.petfish.net/kb/entry/19/1...71a395**2d21f5

http://www.snailshop.co.uk/html/nerite_snails.html

http://www.snailshop.co.uk/html/nerite_snails2.html

[Ah_ZhaN]

Thanks budak for the wonderful links.

I am owning 02 x Bumble Bee Nerite(Clithon sp.) and their spines tend to pull out japanese hairgrass when they walked through the lawn.

[uklau]

I personally feel that red ramshorn snail (not the brown one) is a great addition to a planted tank (provided that you are able to maintain a healthy shell). My 2 cents contribution.

[kemp]

great site budak bro!
I didn't know there are so many different type of species nails. Definitely eye opener for myself

[richietay]

Nice site, never know such nice snails exist. Like the Bumble Bee Nerite very much!

Ah Zhan. do you have any pictures of those you keep?

[Ah_ZhaN]

Nice site, never know such nice snails exist. Like the Bumble Bee Nerite very much!

Ah Zhan. do you have any pictures of those you keep?

Hi richietay, I do have a picture of my Bumble Bee Nerites. However, they look exactly the same as the one in the link that Budak provided. I do see some specimens in c328 together with Tiger Nerite snails too.

[bossteck]

Hi,

Before you rush out to get yourself those snails, word of caution, don't get too many, if they pair up and decides to... erm... have fun, you're in for trouble. Their eggs have very hard shells, and I don't thing they breed well, but that don't stop them from trying. I have a piece of bogwood, that is covered with egg shells, it is almost impossible to remove them. They laid eggs on aquarium glass as well. Now I only have 1 left (the rest died after about 1 year or so).

But it's quite interesting to watch them in action, especially if your tank has algae on the glass, you will know where they have been in your tank.

[bossteck]

Here's a pic of what's left of the snail eggs.

Apologies for the poorly taken pic.

[richietay]

That's a load of eggs! What snail are you keeping?

[Ah_ZhaN]

What species of snail is that? As far as I've heard and know, Nerite snail don't multiply that easily and madly.

[ohgnehc]

thats kind of scary with so many eggs...

[bossteck]

Those are nerite snails eggs. At one stage I had about 6 zebra nerite.
Those are their eggs. To be exact, those are what's left of their eggs. It has harden, and is virtually impossible to remove.

[kemp]

impossible to remove?!

[bossteck]

I tried using those green scouring pads to scrub the bogwood, the result is what you see in the pic above. Those which are perfectly rounded (sesame seed like) are the eggs, those which look like a white ring with a brown dot in between are thsoe which I had scrubbed off (unsucessfully).

[Calamari]

The eggs need brackish conditions to hatch. Meaning it will be there forever..... I threw out a polka dotted driftwood thanks to them. Maybe, one is enough....since snails are usually haemephrodites

[bossteck]

Hi Calamari,

So you shared the same experience as I did. Yeah, totally agree.
Just get one or at most two would be enough.

[Calamari]

It was cute experience....until they make the ada soil white.
Hahaha.
Anyway, I don't understand how they lay the eggs so deep. The eggs seem to eat into the wood. Need somethink sharp to prick it out.