Can Anyone Recommend?

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

As the title says can anyone recommend a good forum/site for getting information on snails?

I have....apple snails, sulawesi snails and nerite snails.

 

[ian]

Remember, links to other forums are not aloud on this forum. Personally i would google and go from there.

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

Remember, links to other forums are not aloud on this forum. Personally i would google and go from there.

I did think about that. It's just I've asked questions on snails on here before and had little or no response .

 

[ZoddyZod]

Remember, links to other forums are not aloud on this forum. Personally i would google and go from there.

That new Mod hat seems to be fitting well!

 

[ian]

sorry guys, i just didn't want someone to come along and start posting links and getting a word in their ear. Best to nip it before posting i reckon.

 

[saltynay]

I think you are forgetting I am the snail king dipsy what do you need to know?

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

Oooh brilliant

(I just made a post and attached pictures but I can't attach them [error message] so I'll have to tell you where they are and you'll have to go looking for them ).

Apple snails: What size do they start breeding? What is their ideal temperature?

Nerite snails: I had made a post about breeding them; I'll re-loate it and if it's relevant I'll ask

Sulawasi snails: I have 3 of these; 2 look like the photos I'll link you, and the 3rd had a different shell (no pics online yet) - I was just wondering what 'species' they are?

My photos are on flickr.com/dipsydoodlenoodle

Oh do I need to add a calcium supplement or something to the tank for them?

 

[saltynay]

Ideal temperature depends on life duration around 24C allows them high activity without too much reduction in life they will live for approx 3-5years. Breeding is after they are 9 months.

For the sulawesi I take it I am looking at the photos marked shrek? Its a tylomenia my bet would be a colour morph of towatica (spelling might be off)

I would add a cuttlefish shell once per month for about a week

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

Ideal temperature depends on life duration around 24C allows them high activity without too much reduction in life they will live for approx 3-5years. Breeding is after they are 9 months.

For the sulawesi I take it I am looking at the photos marked shrek? Its a tylomenia my bet would be a colour morph of towatica (spelling might be off)

I would add a cuttlefish shell once per month for about a week

Yes it's the ones marked shrek lol (can you guess how he was named shrek lol). I have 3 that are the same colour; but 1 has a different shell to Shrek. Normally when doing a search for the snails; the ones that come up have the same shell as the other one.

Cuttle fish is easy enough; I have a bird who likes cuttle fish so I can just pick an extra one when getting his.

For the sulawesi snails: do you know anything about breeding? Are they male and female or do they have 'parts' from each and can breed togehter? How old/size before they start breeding?

 

[saltynay]

I slept on it and changed my mind shrek is a towutensis info here

Tylomenia are male and female separated but sorry can't help you on breeding. Generally tylomenia sp. are slow breeders as they are live bearers.

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

Don’t suppose you know how old/size before they generally start breeding? Or how to sex them do you?

 

[saltynay]

On the tylomenia I can't help you any more mine never seemed to breed although if they did I probably would of confused the young with MTS or DTS or even the Assassin baby sifting through deep sand

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

Thats fine; thanks.

I don't have any other snail in the tank (well I have 2 baby apple snails but they look different) so if they breed I'll definately know. Mine aren't that big themselves so I'm not expecting anything yet. I love the snails; they are so unusual (to me) and they move so awkwardly and get themselves in to some pretty dangerous postions hanging off my plants; yet they are fascinating.

Were yours big plant eaters?

My first one seems to be; however they now get fresh vegetables so there has been no/reduced plant eating

 

[saltynay]

I wouldn't of noticed if they were tbh my plants in the tank was bamboo growing out of the top and the bottom was just rooting. some piccys of the tank (click to englarge) don't have any of the snails for some reason they have dissipated off photobucket

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

lol I put honeydew melon in for them yesterday (it's the first time they've actually ate as much )

I 'introduced' my dad to them yesterday (he doesn't really like the fish or anything pet wise for that matter) - anyway he really liked the snails; yes they are still really small but he liked them cos "at least they moved". Plus I like their clumsiness