Lennie Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) Hey guys, Today, I’ve noticed something on Rick’s antenna. I got him last sunday, and he has been very active, eating very well. Offered some snellos and he munches on decaying plant matter and stuff. Does this look something like a tumor? Or is it a deformity due to a previous injury? He has been kept in only snail tank in the lfs, and the only fish I have is also pygmy cories, which cannot directly cause any harm to him I believe. But idk his journey before the lfs of course. water parameters are gh7, kh19-20, ph 8.0-8.2, temp:24C, ammonia0, nitrite 0, nitrate 20. also the darker blue part started growing in my tank since last sunday, but I always see different shell pattern on my snails but they are always healthy, so I assume this darker blue tone is also fine. it somehow even looks like a baby snail hanging there. tried my best to take some pics: @Chick-In-Of-TheSea @Guppysnail Edited February 10, 2023 by Lennie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/10/2023 at 5:15 AM, Lennie said: Hey guys, Today, I’ve noticed something on Rick’s antenna. I got him last sunday, and he has been very active, eating very well. Offered some snellos and he munches on decaying plant matter and stuff. Does this look something like a tumor? Or is it a deformity due to a previous injury? He has been kept in only snail tank in the lfs, and the only fish I have is also pygmy cories, which cannot directly cause any harm to him I believe. But idk his journey before the lfs of course. water parameters are gh7, kh19-20, ph 8.0-8.2, temp:24C, ammonia0, nitrite 0, nitrate 20. also the darker blue part started growing in my tank since last sunday, but I always see different shell pattern on my snails but they are always healthy, so I assume this darker blue tone is also fine. it somehow even looks like a baby snail hanging there. tried my best to take some pics: @Chick-In-Of-TheSea @Guppysnail Looks like a diatom (bit of algae) to me. I would not take any action. As he brushes past items in the tank, it should come off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Darker blue shell = healthier shell. It means Rick is getting better nutrition that he’s had previously. He likes your menu! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 The darker blue is just new growth with new foods and water. The little lump I would not be concerned over. With mystery snails the only things we can do are food and water quality. Medication is not an option. I’ve seen a few odd things with antennas and it has never been an issue. As long as he is active and eating he is ok. Rick is very adorable. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted February 10, 2023 Author Share Posted February 10, 2023 Thank you so much guys @Chick-In-Of-TheSea @Guppysnail Here I got Morty. I’ve just drip acclimated him. They were not doing well in the store, so hopefully he likes his new home. He seemed a bit too weak. he got his first snello! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 They do not get much if anything at the store to eat. Stores feed fish sparingly so little to nothing left for the snails to munch since they are much slower finding food. I’m glad you gave him a living home. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted February 10, 2023 Author Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/10/2023 at 3:45 PM, Guppysnail said: They do not get much if anything at the store to eat. Stores feed fish sparingly so little to nothing left for the snails to munch since they are much slower finding food. I’m glad you gave him a living home. That’s so true. His shell looks too thin. Is that its organs inside that I am seeing? Not a parasite or sth right? also he dropped that pink thingy on left I have no clue what that is even, they were on crushed coral subsrate. Weird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted February 10, 2023 Author Share Posted February 10, 2023 My boy is ready to fight the world for his snello 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Looks like a piece of gravel or decoration 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) The pink thing is probably gravel or something red he ate at the lfs. As @Chick-In-Of-TheSea said. Of no concern. what you are seeing here is the end of the digestive tract. The brown is the fecal matter which you will see soon as it continues its path out of the body. Do not be alarmed at rainbow poo. Their digestion is very poor and why they need to eat so much. The poo is the color of whatever they eat. Blanch some red yellow and green bell pepper strips and you have a festively decorated tank 🤣 Edited February 10, 2023 by Guppysnail 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Or carrots, sweet potato, pumpkin! Orange confetti festival. I hope you will be able find Summer the magenta snail over there in Turkey to join Rick and Morty. Morty loves the Snello! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted February 10, 2023 Author Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/10/2023 at 4:07 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: Or carrots, sweet potato, pumpkin! Orange confetti festival. My rabbits do lots of orange poop when they eat carrots :D!! On 2/10/2023 at 4:07 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: I hope you will be able find Summer the magenta snail over there in Turkey to join Rick and Morty. Morty loves the Snello! I hope so! Still happy to find Morty for Rick 😄 I love snails too much, But I haven't kept mysteries for ages. Hope everything goes well and they get their strong shell and good life asap. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/10/2023 at 8:23 AM, Lennie said: My rabbits do lots of orange poop when they eat carrots :D!! I hope so! Still happy to find Morty for Rick 😄 I love snails too much, But I haven't kept mysteries for ages. Hope everything goes well and they get their strong shell and good life asap. They are so fun to watch, doing silly stuff like parasnailing down from the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted February 10, 2023 Author Share Posted February 10, 2023 @Chick-In-Of-TheSea @Guppysnail yea, pink thing was poop. It literally pooped neon pink all the way down to glass as you can see below. Morty is a unicorn guys. He was not moving at all in the store. I’m so happy he is exploring nonstop since I got him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/10/2023 at 9:33 AM, Lennie said: @Chick-In-Of-TheSea @Guppysnail yea, pink thing was poop. It literally pooped neon pink all the way down to glass as you can see below. Morty is a unicorn guys. He was not moving at all in the store. I’m so happy he is exploring nonstop since I got him. He's very cute! ♥️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 I suspect he was hungry enough to rasp gravel and decor for biofilm and got some of the coating. He is adorable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Your aquascape is really pretty too @Lennie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The endler guy Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/10/2023 at 5:56 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: Looks like a diatom (bit of algae) to me. I would not take any action. As he brushes past items in the tank, it should come off. Something similar, I have white sand so when is saw some small white dots on my cories I got scared, luckily they were just dirty! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 On 2/10/2023 at 5:15 AM, Lennie said: also the darker blue part started growing in my tank since last sunday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 @Chick-In-Of-TheSea yours snail looks like black rabbits! It is very dark, looking almost full black. Or is it the picture? Rick seems to have a bit lighter foot color, more dark greyish. Your poor guy had a similar shell with Morty. Glad to see it is doing well now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 This snail has a black foot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 Update: That was probably a diatom just like you said @Chick-In-Of-TheSea, I couldn't see it on Rick's antenna again today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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