Snails - Paw Talk

veggiegirl · #1 11-22-2004, 07:23 PM

Does anyone here have freshwater snails? I bought one today to help with the algae problem in my 10 gallon. It is a big gold snail, so I named him/her Goldie. This is my first fw snail.

Purplebunny · #2 11-22-2004, 07:24 PM

Snails are so cute, I had one a few years ago.. Unfortunately I cant remember much about them.. Sorry!

veggiegirl · #3 11-22-2004, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by PURPLEBUNNY


	Snails are so cute, I had one a few years ago..

Really? How long did it live?

Purplebunny · #4 11-22-2004, 07:28 PM

A few months, If I remember right.. He was lovely, I also had hermit crabs..

Millimi · #5 11-22-2004, 07:29 PM

Snails are so cool, yet yucky.

I wish you luck with them, but I know nothing about them, sorry!

Amethystbelle · #6 11-23-2004, 01:35 PM

I was thinking of getting a snail myself as occasionally get the odd bit of algae in my 10 gallon but not over keen on them so going to go for a algae eating fish instead, think they live a good year or maybe more if looked after right as remember asking on a fish site i'm a member off!

veggiegirl · #7 11-23-2004, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Amethystbelle


	I was thinking of getting a snail myself as occasionally get the odd bit of algae in my 10 gallon but not over keen on them so going to go for a algae eating fish instead, think they live a good year or maybe more if looked after right as remember asking on a fish site i'm a member off!

Thanks.

I've had many algae fish in the past, but I don't want to add one to this tank. Most of them get really large and can be mean. "Goldie" is doing good so far. I'll post pic later lol.

**kittygurl823** · #8 11-23-2004, 02:53 PM

Hey Steph, Brad and I had a couple snails in our tank last year, we had a black one and a goldish one. They were really cool! Ours didn't seem to live that long for some reason, like Steph (purple) said, I think ours only lived a few months, too.

So I'm not really sure how long their lifespan really is?

We have a pleco (algae eater) in our tank, he is huge!

We've had him for about a year and a half. We have a little gargoyle statue (ya, Brad wanted it lol) and the other night, the pleco was sitting on him, cleaning the statue, it just looked so funny, him sitting on the gargoyle!

veggiegirl · #9 11-23-2004, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by kittygurl823


	We have a pleco (algae eater) in our tank, he is huge! We've had him for about a year and a half. We have a little gargoyle statue (ya, Brad wanted it lol) and the other night, the pleco was sitting on him, cleaning the statue, it just looked so funny, him sitting on the gargoyle!

I didn't know you had fish Jackie! What kind of fish do you have?

I've had two plecos. One I had for years and years in a 29 gallon. I really liked the pleco (Spike

) but he/she ended up getting really mean and chasing the fish. I had to take it to my fish store.

I got another one a few years later, because it was super tiny. But then it grew and got mean like the other one, and it had to go to a fish store too.

I think plecos are beautiful fish. I wish they were more peaceful!

Amethystbelle · #10 11-23-2004, 04:21 PM

Do you know what sort of snail you have got as that can depend on life expectency? Most snails given right conditons and temperature can reach well over 3 years of age but there longevity all depends on the temperature of your tank as at a temperature of 25°C they will only live 12-16 months. At higher temperatures, the snails are more active because their metabolism increases with the temperature, but this also speeds up their life cycle and thus shortens their life expectancy. Ideal temperatures are between 18 and 28°C (65-82°F) according to what i have just read! Hope this is a little help

veggiegirl · #11 11-23-2004, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Amethystbelle


	Do you know what sort of snail you have got as that can depend on life expectency? Most snails given right conditons and temperature can reach well over 3 years of age but there longevity all depends on the temperature of your tank as at a temperature of 25°C they will only live 12-16 months. At higher temperatures, the snails are more active because their metabolism increases with the temperature, but this also speeds up their life cycle and thus shortens their life expectancy. Ideal temperatures are between 18 and 28°C (65-82°F) according to what i have just read! Hope this is a little help

Thanks! The tank is about 75 degrees right now. I don't have a heater in it but the room temp stays in the 70's.

Amethystbelle · #12 11-23-2004, 05:15 PM

Well hopefully your snail will live long and prosper then

veggiegirl · #13 11-24-2004, 12:33 AM

My snail is a Gold Inca snail. I found some info:
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...fm?pCatId=1089

**kittygurl823** · #14 11-30-2004, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by veggiegirl


	I didn't know you had fish Jackie! What kind of fish do you have?

Oppsie! Sorry I missed this, Steph. Yup,

we have fishies, too, a 20 gallon tank.

We have 2 really neat frogs that believe it or not, we got at Wal-mart 2 years ago! They are so cool and pretty small, and we don't really know what *kind* they are. They chill in the tank and come up for air bubbles alot. I tried to get a picture of them in the tank but it didn't turn out really well. lol! We also have our pleco, a ghost catfish, a freshwater clownfish, and another tropical fish we don't know what it is. It's orange and has a pretty colored tail.

veggiegirl · #15 11-30-2004, 09:20 PM

A freshwater clownfish? I have never heard of that! What do they look like?