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toxiceagle2007 · Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:03 am Post subject: Apple Snail

Does anyone else have apple snails? I was wondering if they will produce any baby snails. The more free food, the merrier. My guppy population seemed to about triple in a day or so!
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STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:27 am Post subject: Re: Apple Snail

I have been wanting to get some snails, but what I want to get are the trapdoor snails, apple snails have to come up for air after a while, but the trapdoor snails don\'t, they get thier oxygen from the water, also their offspring come out live and not in egg form like others, and one last thing that I like, if you see your snails hanging around the surface of the water, it is time to change the water:D Very Happy

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yaya · Level 4 Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 558

i always buy apple snails but usually the turtle eat them in a couple days...so never seen baby\'s yet but i try to.. i put 2 snails in my feeder fish tank..it\'s been 1 month already and no sign of anything....still hoping:D
but if u look around(in another post,don\'t remember where)someone got baby and post a pic of the eggs...i pretty sure it was apple snail...
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toxiceagle2007 · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:02 am Post subject: Re: Apple Snail

My turtles don\'t seem to interested in the apple snail or the black mystery snails lurking around. I put in 3 black mystery snails in the tank about a month ago and they\'re still kickin.....i thought I was giving them a gourmet treat, but I guess it wasn\'t up to par Razz

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STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:44 am Post subject: Re: Apple Snail

That\'s ok, the snails will eat anything that your turtles drop, so it is still a good deal, whether they get eaten or not:D
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reptileman · Level 4 Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 1174

Sadly, my turtle hit a growth spurt, growing as big as my apple snail, and ate him. My pleco too! I'll just need to buy a bigger pleco. or maybe three or four smaller plecos.

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 3:21 pm Post subject:

Yeah, you know what they say, "there is power in numbers", or at least safety Laughing

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yaya · Level 4 Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 558

that is not true with a turtle Laughing

even if i got 6,7 apple snails(black mystery snail are apple snail too,just a different kind) if ur turtle is bigger,they will be eat in no time...
they only thing who's survive with my turtle is those "false siamese algea eater"...they just too quick for the turtle....(but they get leasy when they got too big)
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reptileman · Level 4 Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 1174

Stray, I love your avatar of crush from finding nemo! Very Happy

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:29 am Post subject:

Thanks, I made you one of your own, but you never put it on...didn't like it???
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