Snails

[Rokuzachi]

They require a pair I believe. You can distinguish the males by their penal tube, if you can manage to spot it.

 

[siva]

I think I'm gonna get these Mystery Snails/Briggs~ Purple & Pink/Magenta - eBay (item 320676029279 end time Mar-29-11 11:20:02 PDT)

 

[Rosenweiss]

Those purple mystery snails look A LOT like mine. I think those are the kind I have.

 

[siva]

I've wanted them for a while but this is the first time I've found them reasonably priced. The other seller that always has them listed on ebay charges..well after shipping..it would cost me over $50 to get 6 of them here. YIKES!

 

[Rosenweiss]

Mine were just under "assorted snails" at the fish store and cost $2.99 each. Haha...

 

[siva]

lucky!

 

[Kat1103]

I have a mystery snail too. He is a cool little one. But snails are asexual (at least most are and that's what I've learned) and can reproduce quickly. So unless you want a tank full of snails just get one
Rokuzachi, you have an awesome looking snail!

 

[Kat1103]

now I just read that mystery snails are sexual....

 

[Rosenweiss]

Yeah, actually not all snails are asexual. Apple snails are neither asexual nor hermaphroditic.

 

[siva]

The snails I know of that commonly reproduce like crazy are pond snails and ramshorn snails. All you need is 1 ramshorn snail and you'll have a hundred in no time if you aren't careful

 

[Mr. Limpet]

The snails I know of that commonly reproduce like crazy are pond snails and ramshorn snails. All you need is 1 ramshorn snail and you'll have a hundred in no time if you aren't careful

Good to know, since the puffers my GF wants likes eating them.

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[siva]

Same here I want some of the tiny pea puffers if I can ever afford to order them.

 

[F4A]

How many nerite snails can I put into a 10G tank?

I bought one off ebay, then realised it said 5 :/

 

[siva]

Depends..do you have any other algea eaters in there?

 

[siva]

Oh you got 5 I just saw that..should be fine as long as you aren't over stocked and no one else is depending on some algea. Which variety did you get?

 

[F4A]

I've got Red Onion, they look really nice.

I have some shrimp that eat algae but they can't eat it from the glass, nowhere to stand I guess. I have 1 tiny baby plec but that doesn't seem to be able to remove any algae from the glass, don't know why.

I think I'll give two or three away.

 

[F4A]

Excellent, they just arrived.

Siva, I've got 6 MTS too. Some people say these are pests, some say they are useful for aerating the gravel and cleaning left overs. I'm a little concerned about adding them.

 

[henryprice]

Do they crawl out of the tank though

 

[siva]

I've got Red Onion, they look really nice.

I have some shrimp that eat algae but they can't eat it from the glass, nowhere to stand I guess. I have 1 tiny baby plec but that doesn't seem to be able to remove any algae from the glass, don't know why.

I think I'll give two or three away.

Are you sure they are nerites? I can't find a red onion nerite...or onion snail of any kind on ebay? Weird. Is it a common pleco? You might want to get rid of that thing and keep the snails instead...they get so big they need literally hundreds of gallons. Plus they create a lot of waste so even when their small I wouldn't keep them in a 10 gal (forgive me if we've already talked about this). If the snails are small I would at least keep them until they grow large. 5 small nerites is definitely appropriate for a 10 gal. And who knows....you might have another tank you want to put a couple of them in eventually

 

[Mr. Limpet]

Excellent, they just arrived.

Siva, I've got 6 MTS too. Some people say these are pests, some say they are useful for aerating the gravel and cleaning left overs. I'm a little concerned about adding them.

IMO if you've got something to keep them in check, it's a natural food source. As for sand beds, yes they keep it clean and keep gasses from building up from my research.

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