Rabbit Snails Yay or Nay?

[Sandra the fish rookie]

I have mystery snails, pond snails and nerite snails. I wanted something a bit different. I was looking at rabbit snails. Does anyone have them? What do you think of them?

[Guppysnail]

They are crazy looking. I’ve never had them but was considerblack devils at one point can’t remember why I didn’t. Probably got distracted….SQUIRREL 🤣

[GardenStateGoldfish]

I like them a lot! If your wanting them I would say do it, they do breed but verrrrrry slowly. They are cool to watch but they are on the lazier side. They are not as active as mystery or nerite or pond snails 

[anewbie]

Sure go for it....  

[Sandra the fish rookie]

Flip Aquatics has them.. I have never seen them at my LFS. Aqua Huna does not have them. Not sure who else has these snails.. but they are neat looking.. 

[Tedrock]

Allow me to give you a little guidance on rabbit snails.  First they like it warm at 80.  Second water needs to be hard or treated to be constant hardness. Crush coral mixed into the substrate in 3 parts sand one part coral.  If you don’t do this their shells will decay from the tip up and you can’t repair the damage.  This a bigger problem for rabbits.

If you have any other questions let me know and I can share more info.

goodluck!

Edited August 28, 2021 by Tedrock

[Fonske]

I like my female rabbit snail a lot, she is orange-body and dark shell just like the @Tedrock's.  She loves blanched carrots and zucchinis. She is very active at times but can be completely inactive for weeks. When I just got her, she used to give birth to a cutest tiny baby rabbit once a month for 7 months or so. 

[Odd Duck]

@Tedrock @Fonske I’ve heard rabbit snails will sometimes eat live plants.  Have either of you experienced this?

[Sandra the fish rookie]

@Tedrock OMG your rabbit snails are BEAUTIFUL!! I am nervous but decided to give it a try anyway. My water is VERY hard strips are purple and API KH is 22 drops.. , and I do have crushed coral in my substrate and in my HOB filter. My PH is a steady 7.3 KH 5  my temp is 78.9-79 degrees. I have a mystery snail in my other tank, and noticed that he had some damage to his shell way back.. and my KH was super low (my 5 gallon I could not even get a reading!) that is when I added crushed coral to ALL my tanks substrate and HOB filters its stable at 5-6 in all the tanks.

What do they like to eat? I have 2 pleco's and they love veggies so I am hoping the rabbit snails do to. 

Do you acclimatize them (to water or temp)? or do you plop and drop?

I ordered them and they will ship out Monday.  

[Fonske]

On 8/29/2021 at 2:12 AM, Odd Duck said:

I’ve heard rabbit snails will sometimes eat live plants.  Have either of you experienced this?

No. My rabbit never expressed any interest in eating plants. She eats a bit of algae off the tank walls and a lot of blanched veggies. 

[Theresa W]

Wow, those are nifty! Now I want some too! 

[Odd Duck]

On 8/28/2021 at 9:38 PM, Fonske said:

No. My rabbit never expressed any interest in eating plants. She eats a bit of algae off the tank walls and a lot of blanched veggies. 

Thanks for the info.  I’ve shied away from them because I’d heard this but I do love the colors available.

[TankofFish]

warm water 80 degrees or a little more is why I dont have them

[Sandra the fish rookie]

@Tedrock and @Fonske They are arriving today! I usually "plop and drop" but wanted to know if Rabbit Snails are more sensitive and need acclimatization?? 

[Tihshho]

I'd recommend drip acclimating them. Rabbits can go into a weird funk and stay in their shell for long periods at first if you don't go through and drip. Issue is, if they stay in too long you end up losing them.