Title: snail
Description: help identifying
robyn975 - August 28, 2006 01:02 AM (GMT)
hey! I have an applesnail in my aquarium and 3 ramshorn snail that hitched a ride on a plant. I just noticed a tiny transparent shell in the bottom of my tank. It doesnt seem to have the same shape as the other 2 species. It seems to be a spiral, and progresses sideways (does that even make sense?) any isea what it is? will it drown? any info that you think i may need would be appreciated. I didnt know which forum to ask this in- "community fish" was a stab in the dark. -i am new here. :?:
Leema - August 28, 2006 01:11 AM (GMT)
If it looks like a cone, it's probably a trumpet snail. :)
They like to burrow (a little bit) in the gravel, and I find they come out at night.
Snowy - August 28, 2006 03:23 AM (GMT)
might be malaysian burrowing snails, they also burrow and come out at night
Leema - August 28, 2006 08:58 AM (GMT)
Trumpet snails = "Malaysian Trumpet Snails"
ShadowElite951 - August 28, 2006 11:47 AM (GMT)
As Lemma n' Youth said...sounds like a Trumpet Snail. Great for planted tanks and are nocturnal. Really hard to kill off too...and they're aquatic snails so you don't have to worry about them drowning. ;)
robyn975 - August 28, 2006 11:50 AM (GMT)
thanks guys, do they have shells that are completly see through though? or is that how they are as babies? and so far it looks like an empty shell...does any of this make sense? thanks again:)
ShadowElite951 - August 28, 2006 11:54 AM (GMT)
How big is it? All snails are transparent when they're tiny little babies. Couldn't be a dead snail's shell...they're are yellow or white...not transparent.
Any pics?
FBG - September 11, 2006 05:30 AM (GMT)
yeah, sounds like trumpet snail to me.....i wish i ad more of them in all of my aquariums, better looking, and don't breed as reddaly as the others seem to do, i see them on the side of my aquarium some times, lol, i ask for one every time i buy some thing at a LFS lol.
Snowy - September 12, 2006 12:24 AM (GMT)
so do i tyler, and i even get to have free livebearer fry.
FBG - September 12, 2006 03:01 AM (GMT)
lucky.....:laugh: does the LFS have a website i could go see?
Snowy - September 12, 2006 05:26 PM (GMT)
yep, www.worldoffish.com, or something like that, just not aworldoffish.com
but too bad for you, theres only one and its in minneapolis, :P
FBG - September 13, 2006 05:22 AM (GMT)
dtroup - September 29, 2006 10:47 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (suicidalyouth117 @ Sep 12 2006, 12:26 PM) |
yep, www.worldoffish.com, or something like that, just not aworldoffish.com
but too bad for you, theres only one and its in minneapolis, :P |
Actually, there is supposed to be one in Duluth as well as the Cities, but it's still too far away for Tyler, lol.
Snowy - September 30, 2006 07:39 AM (GMT)
really now?, cool.. but im pretty sure its not the same business