Viper
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My friend gave me two black mystery snails (I think) and they are happily exploring their new world:
Yep, definitley mysteries! Their shells could use a little work though. Try grinding up some cuttle bone and sprinkling it in the tank or filter. I know mine looked 100 times better after I started doing that. How big are they now? Mine were about the size of fireball candy when I got them on the 26th of Dec., and now the one left is the size of a golfball.
Congrats on your new guys! They poo alot!
There lovin that driftwood.
I put the cuttle in my tank, and I have never had a change in my pH. The snails eat it, so I don't believe it's in there long enough to change it. I assumed they were given to you like that, mine were like that too when I got them. I actually had one who's shell stopped growing, but it didn't. And it had this big "V" cut up in front which would never grow in. The cuttle bone does wonders for them though and it doesn't take that long. They seem to grow just like fingernails.
I soak the cuttle for about 3 minutes, and then stick it in a bowl and grind the end off with the end of a wooden or plastic spoon. It put about an 1/8 of a tsp in each tank.
Oh no, grind it up, they will get it, trust me. It is like you taking a calcium supplement.