CPryor
Aquarium Advice Activist
Questions first, story to follow: how can I "rehabilitate" a snail with poor shell condition? I saved some egg shell to boil, crush, and put in my filter tomorrow. I gave him a smushed pea for tonight, and figured I'd get some zucchini tomorrow for extra calcium. My PH is about 6.8 - slightly acidic, but not too bad. Anything more I can do to help the little guy?
Long story short: I did an "impulse rescue" today and took home a snail that a lady brought in and begged me to take (I work at a chain pet store). She said it was eating her live plants, which I've heard only starving snails do....it's shell is in pretty bad condition too. Acidic pitting, weird scrapes (one partially healed, one fresh). I haven't gotten the best look at it - after getting out of the tupperware, into the plant tank for the rest of my shift, into a plastic bag, and into my home tank, I figured I'd give him some time to adjust before examining him. I did get a picture of him though, as he came out to take a shy peek-about. You can see the old scrape mark and some of the pitting here:
Mystery snail, right?
Long story short: I did an "impulse rescue" today and took home a snail that a lady brought in and begged me to take (I work at a chain pet store). She said it was eating her live plants, which I've heard only starving snails do....it's shell is in pretty bad condition too. Acidic pitting, weird scrapes (one partially healed, one fresh). I haven't gotten the best look at it - after getting out of the tupperware, into the plant tank for the rest of my shift, into a plastic bag, and into my home tank, I figured I'd give him some time to adjust before examining him. I did get a picture of him though, as he came out to take a shy peek-about. You can see the old scrape mark and some of the pitting here:
Mystery snail, right?
