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Faunus Snails
« on: March 17, 2018, 10:19:39 PM »
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Anybody have any experience with the Faunus group of snails...?


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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #20 on: March 25, 2018, 10:28:41 AM »
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Great to hear that he is making himself comfortable in your tank.  :)
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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #21 on: March 25, 2018, 10:35:37 AM »
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I'll report back on him when he's been in the tank a bit longer...  For the record, he's been dubbed: the "Cornetto Snail"...  lolol, not by me, but I kinda like that handle...   :D
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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #22 on: March 25, 2018, 11:07:03 AM »
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I like it too.  ;D
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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #23 on: March 25, 2018, 11:10:27 AM »
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Quote from: TopCookie on March 25, 2018, 09:47:47 AM
Well, the Cappuccino Faunus seems to have settled in nicely now and is pottering around more like you'd expect...  Really pleased with him...  :)
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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #24 on: March 28, 2018, 04:22:50 PM »
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Here he is, on a mission, algae munching on the rear glass...   :D

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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #25 on: March 28, 2018, 06:01:11 PM »
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Good to see him settled in.  :)
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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #26 on: March 28, 2018, 06:30:35 PM »
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I couldn't resist it and have today ordered a buddy for him...   ::)
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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #27 on: March 28, 2018, 07:21:46 PM »
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Your "Cornetto" is getting a buddy  :cheers:

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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #28 on: March 28, 2018, 11:13:52 PM »
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I won't be able to sing the song after that...  "Just one Cornetto..."   8)
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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #29 on: March 29, 2018, 12:58:11 PM »
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Ok well maybe you should "give it to me" instead...
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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #30 on: March 29, 2018, 01:29:34 PM »
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lolol Matt...   :rotfl:

Cornetto #2 is in the house...!!!   ;D   

Just acclimating him a little and then he can join Cornetto #1 for an invertebrate party...  ::)
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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #31 on: March 29, 2018, 03:44:09 PM »
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Think I've also spotted a second baby Black Spotted Rabbit snail today...  My largest of the Rabbit snails is a BSP and she arrived with child, unbeknown to me at the time...  A couple of weeks after adding her, she "gave birth" to one young 'un and I discovered that the females can carry sperm and store it etc...  Now she has had a second wee bairn...  Lolol...  free Rabbit snails deffo works for me...   :D
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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #32 on: March 29, 2018, 07:38:31 PM »
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Looking forward to seeing pics of Cornetto #2 (and the baby rabbit snails).
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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #33 on: March 29, 2018, 10:07:18 PM »
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The baby Rabbit snails are so cute...  like perfect miniatures of the adults, but really diddy...  When I initially saw the first baby, I wasn't sure if it might be a hitch-hiking pest snail and consequently took him out of the tank but popped him in a fish bag with some tank water...  Took a while, but after some searching on the web and popping a photo on another forum I was told that it wasn't an MTS or Assassin baby plus eventually got to see some photos of baby Rabbit snails, and so a few days later, back in the tank it went...  :)

There's quite conflicting information about Rabbit snail breeding habits...  Most on-line info tells you they have one offspring at a time, which is true, but that they are usually several months apart...  Asking about them at my LFS, they told me they can reproduce a bit faster, maybe one offspring per month...  Either way, they don't/won't get out of control in the way most snails do and I figure that even if I do get another baby at one monthly intervals, I should be able to take some to the LFS...  Great snails though, and fun to watch pottering around... 

Starting to like the Cornetto snails just as much too...  :)
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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #34 on: April 03, 2018, 10:35:06 PM »
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The two "Cornetto" snails...   ;D   (Faunus Cappuccino)

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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #35 on: April 04, 2018, 01:46:55 PM »
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I don't know why but I have got it stuck in my head that they are cappuccino snails... sort of fits actually!
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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #36 on: April 04, 2018, 02:29:09 PM »
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They are Cappuccino snails Matt...  the "Cornetto" moniker is a somewhat cheeky tongue-in-cheek unofficial nickname...   ;)
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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #37 on: July 15, 2018, 04:56:55 PM »
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Glad you got your faunus snails when you did, @TopCookie, because I see that they're no longer sold - only nerites these days.
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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #38 on: July 15, 2018, 11:43:22 PM »
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Ditto that @fcmf  :) 

I dunno why they've stopped listing them but it is a great pity...  I'd happily have more of them...  Hopefully they will reappear at some point down the line...  Oddly, Pro Shrimp no longer offer the Rabbit snails either... 

I would happily add more of the Red Nerites (Vittina Waigiensis), but boy you have to be quick when they come in stock as they sell out very swiftly...!!!

Edit:  Wharf have the "Batman" Nerites, very similar to the Black Helmet Nerites, but a slightly different shell shape...  Could be tempted by one of those boys in the future... 
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Re: Faunus Snails
« Reply #39 on: July 19, 2018, 09:29:43 PM »
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Quote from: TopCookie on July 15, 2018, 11:43:22 PM
I would happily add more of the Red Nerites (Vittina Waigiensis), but boy you have to be quick when they come in stock as they sell out very swiftly...!!!
Ahem - hope you've read my tip-off PM from yesterday (or maybe you've not logged in to see). Get moving now if you want more!!! I've one en route myself.  ;D

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