Topic: Show us your Snails!

[Treeb]

Here are the three lovely snails that I got from Dorn! The brown is Kazul, the ivory is Eggbert, and the magenta is Hariet.
It's amazing to me how much huger Kazul is than the other two. She was a little bigger than them to start, but she seems to be growing sooo much faster! (and I haven't actually checked any of their sexes.. I just like to pretend that Eggbert is a boy and the other two are girls)
This is their feeding dish, but out of the tank to make picture taking easier. The green thing is snail jello, and the clear-ish white thing is a piece of glass (obviously not with jagged edges) that I use to weight down veggies.

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[Mollielover]

I would have recognized Dorn's snails anywhere!   Looks like you have been taking really good care of them.  You will know soon enough who the boys and girls are.

[mother-teresa]

ok here is one of mine...there names are gary and larry (kids picked them out from spongebob)

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[Mollielover]

Its that Gary or larry LOL!

[mother-teresa]

little man said that one is gary 

[dorn27]

Treeb: Oooh the babies look fantastic.  Its insane how fast they grow, especially if they like the conditions!  Once they hit maturity that slows down a lot though... THANK god!  You're definitely doing something right!  And that magenta has colored up beautifully.

MT: Little Gary also looks great.  He's growing a lot of new shell it seems, its a little thin (see how its lighter that the rest of the shell), but looks healthy so it will likely fill in shortly.  What are you feeding your new pets?  Make sure they get a high calcium diet, it really helps their shells look their best!

[mother-teresa]

well, lets see, I feed regularly to all my tank buddies...algae wafers, flakes, freeze dried blood worms,baby shrimp and as treats a few frozen peas. I didn't know that about the shell.thanks for the info.anything else I need to add to the diet?Oh and by the way...the walmart guy told me to buy tubifex stuff to press on the side for all fishies...I read somewhere on this site not to feed those at all (I think), so I haven't used anymore of those.

[dorn27]

I feed tubflex occasionally.  I find they make a big mess though, I've never had any other problems from it.

Snails appreciate a calcium rich diet with mushy veggies (like cooked collard greens, turnip greens, green beans, brocolli) and many snail keepers make snail jello (the recipe is in a sticky topic here).  You should however avoid foods high in oxalic acid, the 2 worst are spinach and parsley.  Almost all green veggies have oxalic acid, but some have such high concentrations it prevents the snails from using the calcium in the food.

Sticky for jello: http://www.petfish.net/kb/entry/19/116/

[mother-teresa]

why thank you very much! I shall make some

[Santaaa]

Gary is a great name. I named my blue apple snail Gary that I got from Dorn. He is my favorite snail. I love that snail He is funny. My girlfriend thinks he is ugly but then she saw my aunts and said how pretty the snails were and how cool the orange eyes were. I said mine has orange eyes and she said it does? and I was yeah didn't you ever look. She said she never really looked that close and she just thought they were weird because of the eye stalks or antenna things. She is coming over tomorrow. I can't wait to show her it better. I think I may take it out of the tank to show her. lol just kidding. I think that would freak her out. I take mine out to check the shell over to make sure there is nothing I am missing from a normal check up of his shell.