Author Topic: Snail photos (Read 38319 times) 87 replies

Sue · « **on:** April 06, 2016, 05:05:01 PM »

A thread to show off your snails pics

Here are most of my nerites. I couldn't see one of them anywhere, it'll be hiding on a piece of wood.

Using my numbering system from my Whitespot thread here are

#1. Grey with lighter grey spots. I have 2 of these, this is the one in the betta's tank. They are both 1 cm across the longest axis of their oval bodies, bought December 2014. The one in the 180 litre likes crawling along the glass just below the top of the sand so it is very difficult to photograph.

#2. Orange red with black markings. This snail is slightly bigger at about 1.25 cm. Also bought December 2014.

#4. Zebra nerite. This is the largest of the nerites at 2 cm. Bought July 2011. Yes, I do mean 2011. This is the snail that survived out of water for..... I'm not actually sure how long.

#5. Larger orange red with black markings. This is the second biggest snail at a tad under 2 cm. Also bought in July 2011. This is the snail I couldn't find when I needed to treat the tank for whitespot so it survived almost a day with the medication in the tank

#6. Bee nerite. This is a small snail at just 1 cm. Bought December 2013.

#3 is the one I can't find at the moment.

The white spots on the wood in a couple of photos are nerite eggs. These are the only downside to nerites. They don't hatch and stay on the decor for ever.

Extreme_One · « **Reply #20 on:** April 25, 2016, 10:43:10 PM »

Quote from: Littlefish on April 25, 2016, 09:47:24 PM

Oh Paddy.

I am actually crying as I type this.

Let it go ...

Littlefish · « **Reply #21 on:** April 25, 2016, 10:48:50 PM »

aaaand.......crying again.

Simon, I blame you now that I have the music stuck in my head, but it does add to the picture.

Fiona · « **Reply #22 on:** April 25, 2016, 11:32:32 PM »

Quote from: Extreme_One on April 25, 2016, 10:43:10 PM

Quote from: Littlefish on April 25, 2016, 09:47:24 PM
Oh Paddy.

I am actually crying as I type this.

Let it go ...

Ahahahahahahahahaha

Guess the cold never bothered them anyway

Awesome piccy and comments!!! My face hurts now!

Littlefish · « **Reply #23 on:** April 26, 2016, 08:13:39 AM »

Seriously, that last picture is going to have to be saved into my collection of "animal pictures that always make me smile", for when I'm in a bad mood, along with the smiley lizard, the cat in the sock, etc.

Fiona · « **Reply #24 on:** April 27, 2016, 07:56:00 PM »

Apple snail eggs. Somewhat bizarrely they're hard and laid above the water line. Each eggs about 2 mm across.

Paddyc · « **Reply #25 on:** April 27, 2016, 08:04:13 PM »

Ooooo it could almost be out of a thriller movie... Aliens hatch out and jump at your face..... Heeheehee. Really glad you put this pic up, keep us updated with their progress...

Sue · « **Reply #26 on:** April 27, 2016, 09:22:40 PM »

Apple snails do lay their eggs above the water line. This makes it much easier to control their numbers - just remove the egg clusters when you find them. Or move them to another tank to grow on the baby snails

Littlefish · « **Reply #27 on:** April 27, 2016, 09:57:03 PM »

I bet the babies are cute.

Fiona · « **Reply #28 on:** April 27, 2016, 10:35:54 PM »

Quote from: Littlefish on April 27, 2016, 09:57:03 PM

I bet the babies are cute.

small and yellow

I'm going to Crews Hill over the weekend which has 4 tropical fish suppliers including MA, I might see if I can get credit for the snails, apart from the shop that sells artificially dyed fish ( i refuse them my custom on principle) I'm on good terms with all the managers.

The eggs have to stay in a moist atmosphere but mustn't be submerged, I'd have no idea where to put them other than where they are now.

I've put one of the adults in the shrimpery, I'd rather not encourage them to breed. Females store sperm so I might have a few more clusters laid. I'd really like to always have 1 because they are incredibly elegant.

If/when they hatch and anyone else wants one, just pm me.

Fiona · « **Reply #29 on:** April 30, 2016, 07:08:17 PM »

It looks like some of the eggs are hatched, the shell is broken. Goodness knows where they are though

Sue · « **Reply #30 on:** April 30, 2016, 07:16:44 PM »

Have you seen the website http://applesnail.net/ ? It has a wealth of information. Look at section on Care, down towards the bottom of the page. The section on Embryology is fascinating.
The snails you have are Pomacea diffusa, the site deals with many different species.

Fiona · « **Reply #31 on:** April 30, 2016, 07:35:52 PM »

Just had a read and it is very interesting stuff. Ta

Fiona · « **Reply #32 on:** April 30, 2016, 07:49:48 PM »

Apparently it takes 2-4 weeks for the eggs to hatch, so something else must have happened. I find it hard to believe the eggs have been there that long without me spotting them. That said I don't often peer over the top of the tank, I usually view it from the front.

Sue · « **Reply #33 on:** April 30, 2016, 09:01:28 PM »

Is it just the eggs on the surface that have dried out? I have read that some people break a small portion off the cluster and dispose of the major part to prevent too many snails, so you could try breaking it to see if there are any viable eggs inside.

Fiona · « **Reply #34 on:** May 01, 2016, 12:31:13 PM »

The whole clump is hard Sue, I was quite surprised as I expected the eggs to be jelly like, as 'normal' snails eggs. The air surrounding them should be moist, which it should be under the hood, there's always condensation on the flaps when I lift them, hopefully it'll be moist enough.

I found this on another forum. The eggs on the left look like mine and the one on the right shows the eggs hatching. Infertile eggs stay rosy, the fertile eggs go white and soften as the baby snail eats its way out.

fcmf · « **Reply #35 on:** April 29, 2018, 04:36:42 PM »

Managed to capture a close-up of my snail. I did try to "crop out" the wilting and algae-ridden vallis strands but couldn't quite fully do so. [Also thought no harm resurrecting this thread, albeit old, as didn't really want to start a new thread for the sake of one pic, some useful info here, and Paddy's pic of the location of his snail might provide a laugh for newer members as it did for the rest of us at the time.]

Sue · « **Reply #36 on:** April 29, 2018, 04:52:40 PM »

I love the markings on nerite snails

Littlefish · « **Reply #37 on:** April 29, 2018, 06:24:29 PM »

Nice markings.

TopCookie · « **Reply #38 on:** April 29, 2018, 10:43:16 PM »

That is a nice looking Nerite fcmf...

Sue · « **Reply #39 on:** September 26, 2018, 02:48:05 PM »

My three new snails arrived this morning, 2 x Clithon sowerbyana and 1 x Vittina waigiensis. I put some tank water into their tub, and the two tiny Clithons were moving around within minutes. Three hours later and there is no sign of life from the waigiensis, though it does not smell at all so I'm hoping it is just a bit of shock. I'll give it a couple days to come out of its shell.

The Clithons are so tiny that I've put them in the betta's tank to have some chance of finding them again. The waigiensis is still in the tub on top of the cover glass of the main tank; it will go in there once I'm sure it's alive.

Sorry the photo is a bit blurry. This time it's not because they are moving too fast

The light isn't good enough indoors so I took the photo in the garden, but it's quite windy and I had trouble keeping still

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