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08-20-2005, 12:18 AM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Simi Valley, CA
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|  I'm so happy, I got a snail! Like I said I'm really happy, and excited and all that good stuff. I'm not usually gushy but this is somthing special. I finally got a snail!!  (BTW, I can hear all of you out there saying "It's about time. Lol) He, or she I haven't chcked yet, is a really pretty, black brig mystery snail. I named him (I may as well call it a him) Jet and he really lives up to his name. All day I see him just crusing along the glass and plants eating like a madman. I gave him a piece of lettuce but he dosen't seem want it (I'm very surprised, snails adore lettuce!) He and my betta are best friends too, they like to sit side by side.I do have a question though, sometimes Jet just floats in the water colum directly under the filter out-take. (I have a power filter, in case you were wondering.) Is this normal for a snail to do? I thought he might have a bubble under his shell, my friend Annie says he's scared and my Mom says he's just playing, anyone have any idea what he's doing?
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08-20-2005, 12:39 AM
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| Forum Manager  Join Date: May 2003 Location: Colorado
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|  he's just chillin...snails have a habit of doing that  They can expell that air from their shells whenever they want to. Congrats on the new addition 
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08-20-2005, 12:46 AM
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Simi Valley, CA
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| Thanks, I was really worried.
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08-20-2005, 06:50 AM
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| Large Fish  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: I currently lodge in a house with my Jack Russell pup, Boosh.
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| Wow - I really want a snail too (Luckily my LFS have tonnes and actually give you them for free if you buy some fish and you want one! Because they're having 'multiplying' problems!  ).. When my tank is up and ready.. i think a snail will be the first resident
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08-20-2005, 03:54 PM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: I'm currently stationed in Ft Worth, TX
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| wavetide ~ will they take over? I didn't know that the snail would multiply and take over. Would you have to supply more shells so that each one would have a home, or what?
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08-20-2005, 04:32 PM
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| Large Fish Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: I currently lodge in a house with my Jack Russell pup, Boosh.
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| Wavetide if you get a preggo one, you collect all the babies up and march them right back to the LFS! I, personally, wouldn't really mind if i got a preggo one.. i'd buy another tank and put all the snails in it, and use the other for fishes!
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08-20-2005, 05:31 PM
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| Large Fish  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Washington, DC
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| Congrats sandtiger! They're loads of fun to watch when they're cruising up the side of the glass. My gold snail always looks like he's saying 'meow' when he's cruising
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08-20-2005, 07:12 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cape Cod, MA
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| bridgesiis need two to tango, so one shouldn't take your tank over. They are very cool! I have a few of them scattered in my various tanks in a rainbow of colors. They love squash, btw. Those pest snails that hitchhike in on plants etc are another story. ~Someone~ had to show the rabbits how it was done and snails precede bunnies by quite a few millenia
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