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03-03-2007, 03:55 AM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: east anglia, england Age: 16
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 |  appearing snail
so ok my tanks been set up for 2 months and i recently have been seeing a snail on my tank
when ever i see it,it is on the glass
it is yellowish and quite small but is double the size from when i first saw it (1.5cm now)
any ides on how it got there and identifying species
also is there likely to be more
thank in advance to any help _________ 34 liter
3 male guppies (king red)
5 neon tetras
1 dwarf gourami (neon blue)
2 bronze corydoras.
a snail
2 baloon mollies (1 black 1 white) male and female mated pair have 5 fry
R.I.P
1 neon tetra, 1 bronze corydora, 1 dwarf gourami Mister Poll: tropical fish Mister Poll: saltwater fish
35 liter cycling | 
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03-03-2007, 04:01 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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hey olie is this what your snail looks like? its a golden apple snail  _________ 4x24w T5ho 135ltr/35gal marine cube 15kg of liverock Mandarin Goby, Zoanthids(orange and yellow) Hammer coral , red and blue coralmorphs.  Got Questions? Need Answers?
Last edited by mattgeezer; 05-04-2007 at 05:34 AM.
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03-03-2007, 04:20 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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Snails is one of the more common liverock hitch hikers. I have hundreds of little snails that came in on my liverock. They do not get bigger then a 2cm. I have different types of snails that came in on it, and even some stomatella's. 2 different types of stomatella's. More then likely the snail you saw that you thought had doubled in size so quickly, is more then likely a seperate snail alltogether. Turn off all the lights in the room where the tank is, wait a few hours and then come in there with a flash light and look at your glass, you will see several of them. If you can get something clear with a reddish tint, you can look around your tank and see lots of things you wouldnt normally see during the daylight hours of your tank. Nightime is when a lot of things come out to feed thats hidden in your rock and sand. | |
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03-03-2007, 04:22 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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Originally Posted by mattgeezer  hey olie is this what your snail looks like? its a golden apple snail | Golden Apple snails are freshwater snails. | |
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03-03-2007, 04:25 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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Originally Posted by geekdafied Golden Apple snails are freshwater snails. | thats what he has i thought (a fresh water tank ) ... | |
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03-03-2007, 04:28 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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oh, this is in the (Reef Aquarium Livestock > Inverts ) so I assumed it was saltwater. | |
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03-03-2007, 04:29 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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yeah i know we should try to talk him into going saltwater ........lolol | |
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03-03-2007, 04:30 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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From my experience with snails in Freshwater, They reproduce like rabbits, and once you have them, you can never get rid of them. Especially those little brown ones that come in on live plants. | |
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03-03-2007, 04:31 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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lol I can hook person up right now on frags, haha. I just fragged a 400 polyp zoanthid rock, haha. I could have him set on frags, lol | |
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03-03-2007, 04:31 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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my two electric yellow cichlids love em | |
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