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Post by iceprince on May 26, 2007 2:08:00 GMT
My step dad snagged me a sail from the bottom of a lake and i dont know what type of snail it is. I'll try to be as detailed as possible because i dont have a camera to show you what it looks like. It is about 1 inch and has a baby that rides around on its back. I don't know if that will help you identify it...maybe it will? Its a brown color and has a spiral shell that poits to the side and is about the an inch at the opening and gets small real fast at the tip. the body is a brown almost the same color as the shell and has tons of really really tiny spots. i hope thats detailed enough for someone to identify it. if not ill try to describe it somemore.
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Post by SnailTrail on May 26, 2007 16:41:38 GMT
Could it be a malaysian trumpet snail? Here's a pic of a few of mine:  |
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Post by iceprince on May 28, 2007 17:31:36 GMT
no its not one of those. could i be describing an apple snail? or could i be mistaken and this be a viviparus? i am at my moms house and ill be going to my dads and ill have a camera so ill take a picture. could this snail i am describing go in my molly fry tank (no salt) or my adult molly tank (salt do not know how much) or both?
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Post by SnailTrail on May 28, 2007 18:26:18 GMT
Until the snail is IDed I would keep it in freshwater. What country are you in and what lake did it come from? Re-reading your post I guess it could be a type of viviparus, have a google around on freshwater snails and see what you come up with. This might help you too: www.applesnail.net/content/snails_various.php |
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Post by iceprince on May 28, 2007 19:44:20 GMT
im in the US and he got it from lake paris. its probably a viviparus now that i see pictures. is this type of snail a cold water snail or one that my mollies could live in 72F-82F? i believe thats the temperature range. is a ph of 8.4, hardness of 150, and alkalinity of 300 desirable for these snails. would/could this fairly large snail harm my molly fry in any way. or would its baby be better in the tank?
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Post by iceprince on May 28, 2007 20:15:15 GMT
do the viviparus have a "trapdoor"? because i believe mine has one.
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Post by SnailTrail on May 28, 2007 20:18:37 GMT
They have a trapdoor and only 1 set of tentacles....they also have cute long "noses" and lots of speckles.
I wouldn't keep them with tropical fish since they are coldwater snails and there's also a risk of contaminating your tank with wild caught critters.
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Post by iceprince on Jun 6, 2007 22:29:21 GMT
i know for a fact that its a coldwater livebearer because i got the adult with one baby now i hav 6 more babies havent seen any eggs.
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