Author Topic: Snail photos (Read 55739 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.

Littlefish · « **Reply #40 on:** September 26, 2018, 03:35:23 PM »

Lovely snails.

I hope the waigiensis is ok, and is up and about in no time.

fcmf · « **Reply #41 on:** September 26, 2018, 06:00:30 PM »

Very nice - hope they'll be very happy in their new home (transitional and ultimate). Fingers crossed for the waigiensis and that it gets to experience its new home; let's hope it's just one who likes snoozing but may move around more during the night.

TopCookie · « **Reply #42 on:** September 27, 2018, 04:59:21 PM »

Fingers crossed here for Young Red... Hope he's ok...

Sue · « **Reply #43 on:** September 27, 2018, 06:35:52 PM »

I cleaned the betta's tank this afternoon and the Clithons were nowhere to be seen. I moved the silk plants (yes, I know

) and the wood with the live plants into the bucket, cleaned the tank then put the decor back. The snails were in the bottom of the bucket and since I put them back in the tank they have moved well away from where I put them.
I also put the red one in the corner of the betta's tank but it hasn't moved yet. It doesn't smell and the trapdoor is held tightly shut so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

fcmf · « **Reply #44 on:** September 28, 2018, 06:44:24 PM »

Any movement yet from the waigienesis, @Sue?

Sue · « **Reply #45 on:** September 28, 2018, 06:50:49 PM »

Unfortunately not. I'm beginning to give up hope

I'll give it a few days longer and see.

Littlefish · « **Reply #46 on:** September 28, 2018, 07:02:25 PM »

Fingers crossed.

TopCookie · « **Reply #47 on:** October 02, 2018, 10:46:55 AM »

Aren't snails bizarrely adept at instantly knowing how to find spots where you can't see them...!!! The little tykes...!!!

Any sign of movement from Young Red yet Sue...?

Sue · « **Reply #48 on:** October 02, 2018, 01:41:26 PM »

It has not moved at all. Then a few days ago I found one of the Clithons on its back; I turned it right way up but that one hasn't moved since. And yesterday the second Clithon was on its back. The job for this afternoon is to lift all three out and check them over. But I suspect all three are dead.

It can't be anything wrong with the water because there are 4 cherry shrimps (an experiment) and another nerite in there all alive and swimming/crawling round the tank. The nerite is type #1 in post 1.

Update:
The red snail is definitely dead. Not only does it smell awful but the trapdoor fell of while I was lifting it out of the tank. The two Clithons are now in a tub of water, not confirmed dead just yet.

TopCookie · « **Reply #49 on:** October 02, 2018, 02:40:38 PM »

Gutted for you Sue... I'm especially fond of my snails and know you must be feeling a bit fed up right now...

Sue · « **Reply #50 on:** October 02, 2018, 02:56:05 PM »

It is always possible that it's an acclimatisation issue. Or that they were in the post for 2 ~~days~~ nights when the weather was quite cold.
My usual source for nerites is sadly no longer available. It was a Maidenhead Aquatics that was destroyed when the garden centre burned down earlier this year.

Littlefish · « **Reply #51 on:** October 02, 2018, 04:46:33 PM »

Sorry to hear that about your snails. That's such a massive shame that one has passed and the others aren't looking great.

Helen · « **Reply #52 on:** October 02, 2018, 07:05:03 PM »

Sorry to hear about your snails @Sue . What do you think the issue with acclimatisation might be?

fcmf · « **Reply #53 on:** October 02, 2018, 07:08:59 PM »

Very sorry to read about this, @Sue - I recall well how the smaller one of the two snails I got a few months ago succumbed in similar fashion to your clithons ie: ok to begin with, then onto its back (then began to develop a faint smell and lost its trapdoor after ~4.5 days). I think it's worth feeding back to where you got them from, just in case they need to rethink their supplier or change their protocols in terms of when to send them out, etc.

Sue · « **Reply #54 on:** October 02, 2018, 07:19:55 PM »

I just wondered if ProShrimp has hard water while I have soft. However, I couldn't acclimatise them like fish because they arrived wrapped in wet paper towels inside a taped up tub, a typical way of posting snails.

And I bought them late on a Thursday, they were posted next Monday just as the weather turned very cold and spent 2 days and nights in transit which can't have helped.

Matt · « **Reply #55 on:** October 02, 2018, 08:49:41 PM »

Sorry to hear about this @Sue. I'm afraid I've not much knowledge with snails and therefore I don't have much advice to offer... but I am gutted for you nevertheless.

fcmf · « **Reply #56 on:** October 05, 2018, 04:50:41 PM »

I assume there's been no resurrection on the part of any of the 3 snails..?

Sue · « **Reply #57 on:** October 05, 2018, 05:02:18 PM »

No, all three are dead

The first one to be definitely dead was the red one - its trapdoor fell of and it smelled horrible. It had not moved or come out of its shell since the moment I unpacked them.
Neither of the Clithons had moved for days and were not attached to the walls of the tub they were in, then when I picked up the tub the trapdoor fell off one of them. These both went exploring for a few days then first one, then the other fell off the glass and lay on their backs with no sign of life, which is why they were back in a tub.

The nerite that's been in the betta's tank for ages is still crawling round quite happily, and the 4 shrimps I put in there as an experiment are also still doing well. The female has mated in there and is carrying eggs. This betta does not seem to notice anything in his tank besides his reflection and food which is why I thought I'd try the shrimps. He's totally ignored them.

Littlefish · « **Reply #58 on:** October 05, 2018, 05:20:48 PM »

Sorry to hear that all of your new snails have perished.

It's always possible that the shop received a bad batch from their supplier, though that's not much comfort for you at the moment.

Sue · « **Reply #59 on:** October 06, 2018, 09:33:57 AM »

We all learn from experience. I will remember in future not to buy snails in cold weather, and if I do get any more to make sure I see the postage options. These snails came by second class post and I now realise I could have opted for next day delivery

On a brighter note, a lot of the snails I bought years ago are still doing well even if their shells are showing their age

Using the numbering system from the beginning of this thread I still have
#1 grey snail which looks the same shape as black helmet nerites bought Dec 2014 (betta's tank)
#4 zebra nerite, bought July 2011
#5 red with black markings, bought July 2011
#6 bee nerite, bought Dec 2013

#2 and #3 died earlier this year, both bought Dec 2014; and two of #1 died in 2017 after I put them into the betta's tank too soon after using a med in there.

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