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lana
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 Posted: 2007.01.19(Fri)18:23 Post subject: Baby Snail |
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This morning I looked in the tank and I saw a baby snail. how did he get in there? I have no live plants. Should I be worried? He's very cute, the size of a rice grain I would guess.
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lenoirj
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| Posted: 2007.01.19(Fri)19:01 Post subject: |
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...and someday soon you may have more...
Maybe it's an alien snail  |
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sepgundamrg
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lana
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| Posted: 2007.01.20(Sat)0:37 Post subject: |
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Perhaps it is an alien as I can only find one, he's very cute, we have called him Gus. He seems rather happy just slippin along the plastic plants. So I guess nothing to worry about, I don't want him to be lonely though.
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Blair
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| Posted: 2007.01.20(Sat)17:23 Post subject: |
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Do you have live plants. Could be one of those invasive species that I seem to have hundreds of...
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lana
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| Posted: 2007.01.20(Sat)18:31 Post subject: |
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Nah no live plants at all, he's too cute to be invasive, at the moment.
What the weather like in Scotland?
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Blair
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| Posted: 2007.01.21(Sun)13:01 Post subject: |
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OK, I have no idea where he could have came from then. The weather here is too say the least... cold. No nice living in Scotland at the mo'. 
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Thalas'shaya
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| Posted: 2007.01.22(Mon)11:23 Post subject: |
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I got a "cute" snail in the same way. That is, I don't really know how I got it. It either came in with some fish and was so small I didn't note it when netting them out of the bag, or the egg was in my gravel (which I got secondhand from a friend) and survived my washing it.
Either way, you'll want to keep a close watch on the number of snails you see, because my particular snail was hermaphroditic (some are) and self-fertilized and then hatched more snails. Some months later I had a terrible load of snails literally clogging my filter and making for an overcrowded tank. I lost several cardinal tetras over it. I used the advice here to get the snails back under control. Now, I have a few cute snails, and a fat, happy clown loach.[/url]
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lana
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Yeah, I have been madly searching the tank everyday but so far just the one is apparent. We called him "Gus". I guess I'll can only wait and see what happens about more of his friends. It would be nice to have just the one though, I read that they can grow to 2 cm, that's almost bigger than some of the fish I have.
Thanks for you input T.
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