/r/AquaticSnails
A subreddit for all kinds of aquatic snails!
This subreddit is for all kinds of aquatic snails. Feel free to show off your snails. Posting to buy, sell or trade snails is fine, but must be flaired accordingly. Be sure species bought or sold are legal in destination country/state. Please include photos and clear description.
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Are they more nocturnal or is my new guy just very very slow š
Dropped him in and he's moved twice but I have yet to catch him doing so.
In my tank I have ramshorn snails, Pygmy corydoras, tetras and shrimp
Iām thinking ramshorn eggs??
My son snuck two snails home from the fish store, I was pretty mad about it, but he told me they would be good for the tank and that the shop owner taught him how to handle them.
I thought they were kind of dumb before, but now I see the appeal. I like trying to find them hiding in the tank. I set up a Timelapse camera and saw that they reacted to stimuli super slowly. I saw the snail thinking about climbing onto a leaf and beginning to touch it, only for the Betta to knock into the leaf and scare the snail making it turn away. Now I'm absolutely charmed by them.
One of my nerite snails came from the store with some chips on its shell. Today he left some weird brown streaks on the glass. I hope it isn't a piece of his body or something, I thought their poop was little white dots.
iāve never seen her do this before but any ideas as to why she would want to do this?
how did they get in my tank? will they hatch? i have them all over and i have never seen them hatch. do they need special requirements for hatching? mine just disappearā¦
Hi folks, Last week I got my first ever mystery snail. He was thriving in my tank as happy as anything, but sadly it was short lived as I have hurt the little guy. One day I couldn't see him anywhere so I lifted the glass lid and seen he was up in the corner by the filter munching on some plants or something. I clumsily put the lid back down but it bonked him and he fell to the bottom of the tank. His shell is not cracked but he hasn't been the same since :( and it makes me so sad. Now he spends a lot of time upside down like in the picture below. He does move about ever so slightly and I do see him appear in other places but he might be in this upright position for many hours before moving and hanging on the back of a leaf in the same spot for many hours. Is he dying do you think?
Only keeping ramshorns and plants in a new nano setup. Would calcium carbonate white sand and capped with smooth gravel be okay for ramshorns?
I started feeding my ramshorn calcium wafers. His activity increased and has been roaming around and seems good. His shell however is sort of clear. Has anyone seen this kind of shell growth before?
Hi! I have a cycled 5gal tank. Had a small female betta, but she recently passed. Left in my tank is 1 nerite snail, and 3 ghost shrimp. I have a lot of biofilm growing on my drift wood, should i be buying food for my snail and shrimp? Or is the biofilm enough to feed them w/o a fish in the tank? I will eventually get a new fish, but we are grieving.
Hi! I've found loads of conflicting information online. Some sources say they cannot handle brackish water, some say they are very hardy and can adapt and even breed in brackish water. Does anyone know or have experience with them in brackish water?
Thank you!
Believe this is injury related.. Not sure what happened as Bluey is a bit of a daredevil and likes to geyser to the top riding the bubbles and free fall back down, but it also could have happened during a tank deep clean to get rid of pests or after we switched out decor and he got overly ambitious trying to squeeze into the Tardis and need aid getting unstuck.
It was very minor at first but this last week it has rapidly increased and the side near the glass seems to be deteriorating. pH is about 6.8 right now and Nitrates are about 25 but itās cleaning day so those will change.
So for my sonās 9th bday he decided he wanted snails, so my best friend got him all set up. I must say they are so cool to watch and we love them. However, they add to my anxietyš«£ I just want to ensure we are providing them with the best environment but of course we do have some limitations. This thread has been super helpful so I thought I would reach out to all you āsnail enthusiastā for recommendations! We currently have 2 mystery snails, we started with 3, in a 3 gallon beta tank, it came with its own filter. I have really struggled to keep the water clear (is this an irrational expectation?) We have softened water so we have to use our outside tap water (itās bypassed) to change water, we live in Ohio so temps have been extreme so we bought Spring water to use. I am wondering if moving to a 5 gallon tank with a better filter would be better, I donāt really want to go much bigger. We put live plants in the tank and we have cuttlebone in the water and we feed the pleco thins with algae. We also have a heater in the water and it stays around 76 degrees. In over 4 months weāve had no babies to my sonās dismayš but we do plan to add more snails and maybe some shrimp once I feel confident in their care. Any tanks or words of wisdom are appreciated, this group really is helpful for us newbies! Thank you! Video is of Bob š
They must have hitched a ride on a plant. Are they dangerous to my betta or nerite? We are inexperienced owners
Got this log from petco, baby bladder snail or mystery snail. Also what should I do??
i always wonder why they get in the maze of moss
Hii so I recently lost my betta Bobo, but I still have his buddy Salty (nerite snail) in a small tank. I just got home and noticed some baby snailsā¦ the weird part is, I havenāt added ANY new plants or decorations since over 4/5 months ago. How would these ramshorn snails make it into my tank?
These two are the only ramshorns that i bought, which is why their early shell growth is kinda ugly lol. All of their babies and grandbabies are nowhere near this size yet, weirdly all of their babies seem to die long before they get this big. Their names are Big Blue and Pink Princess and sometimes i go days without seeing either of them, but they are a joy to see nonetheless
we have a white spotted rabbit snail and some orange rabbit snails in a tank, and i think this is a hybrid between them ! the white spotted rabbit snail has had other babies but this one is by far the most noticeable. any name ideas ?
There was limbs being inserted here there and everywhere.