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Makes more sense to fly to Jakarta if you are snail hunting. It is the main transhipment hub. But it depends on luck and the contacts you have.
I wonder if Batam has aquarium shops selling snails that come from various indonesia jungle. If yes, probably can organise snails fanatic groups to go there to buy.
Makes more sense to fly to Jakarta if you are snail hunting. It is the main transhipment hub. But it depends on luck and the contacts you have.
There can only be ONE
it depends if you think it;s worth it or not to spend time and money to travel there and back. Oh joydiv, you are back/?
got 4 from C328. still have a few left. dun bother ask them about rabbit snail, cause they DON'T know that the 1 i bought from them what is it call.
they are being kept in 1 of the shrimp tank, not in the main snail tank.
good luck hunting
Last edited by Simon; 18th Feb 2010 at 12:36.
which type are they?Originally Posted by Kim Yong
i think its quite difficult to identify given their small tank at C328, if YOu catch them up, they will probably hide inside their shell.
when i got home yesterday, i think i got
2X Yellow Spotted Rabbit Snail (quite sure)
2X Toraja Rabbit Snail (the shell is black though)
Also, my wife happily found that the 4 adult snails has 2 baby piggy back on them. so i got 4 +2.... lol
above pics are from http://www.garfishindo.com/snail.html, not from my tank
Last edited by Simon; 18th Feb 2010 at 12:35.
Didn't know that snails are so nice, always thought of them as pests.
that's good buys.... take extra care of the babies, they can be quite fragile
Are they expensive? how much does each snail cost?
hmm so these snails will do fine in a shrimp tank? the other time i saw at c328 some snails are kept together with their crs.
never tried keeping them in shrimp tank before. From the place that they come from, water is PH8 to 9.
think they can be kept with sulawesi shrimp, cause all come from the same environment, high PH water.
some new pics...
feelers up!!!
feelers down!!!
front view of a sleeping pagoda snail
2 days old orange snail with adult
special mention to my 3 badis badis who helped to control the population of worms in my tank
Hmm, was wondering if any tried keeping these pagoda/rabbit snails inside pure shrimp tank?
advices?
I had 3 Malayan in my snail tank and they are doing fine. Some shrimps can tolerate ph 8. What shrimps are u keeping? The snails are harmless and too slow to do any harm to shrimps. In fact the shrimps disturb then more
I tried pagoda snail in my shrimp tank. First day very active, after that they look quite dormant to me until I don't know if they were dead or still alive. They will remain in the same spot for days whether they tilted upside down or simply lay on the ground - no movement at all until I have to throw them away, assuming they were dead. May be should start keeping rabbit snail under separate environment.Hmm, was wondering if any tried keeping these pagoda/rabbit snails inside pure shrimp tank?
advices?
my water ph is around 6.8
i should get some rabbit snail to try?
they don't breed do they? can they eat the hikari algae pellet?
the pagoda i saw in LFS, is like what you said bluebubbles. overturned and motionless.. haha
Rabbit snails will probably not do very well at pH below 7.0
they come from a ph 8 to 9 environment.. dont think they will do well in 6.8.. they do breed, but you need a male and female pair. they eat anything u throw at them, assuming they can get to it before your shrimps. it;s best to keep these snails by themselves, or having them as the majority of your fauna. Best way to know if a snail is alive or not is to see if they fully retract inside their shells, and to double confirm, pick them up and smell, if it smelt bad (you will know that smell of death instinctively), means they died. If no smell, chances are they are still alive.
I used to keep a few of them in a tank.
but all of them died on me within a day!
only left the shell, but no snail!!
And I think the sand I used was too fine, they keep falling down lol.
I used the sudo bottom dweller sand.
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