Theplatymaster Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 @Cinnebuns@Chick-In-Of-TheSea i am on the market for a new mystery snail, but i am trying to figure out which color i want before i go buy one, so please post a picture or two of your mystery snail(s) so i can get a good look at some of the different colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confetto Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 This is Zamboni. He's kind of a plain-ish mystery snail, but he has cute freckles. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smm333 Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 I had a gold and an ivory have babies. They were all gold but a few are this real light yellow. I love them! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 The assorted colors pic is from lifewithpetsgci.com I believe. That’s where I got my snail food kit (contains ingredients to make a recipe) and tank lids. This pic has a gold one that was born with stripes. It’s the only striped gold one I have. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 3/3/2023 at 5:16 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: what color is this one? i like it. On 3/2/2023 at 8:47 PM, Confetto said: This is Zamboni. He's kind of a plain-ish mystery snail, but he has cute freckles. Zamboni, i love that name 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Rick is a blue, Morty is a gold. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 3/3/2023 at 6:20 AM, Theplatymaster said: what color is this one? i like it Blue with a black foot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 3/3/2023 at 7:58 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: Blue with a black foot its called a foot? i just thought it was their shell and their body, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 3/3/2023 at 9:08 AM, Theplatymaster said: its called a foot? i just thought it was their shell and their body, Yep! A foot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 3/3/2023 at 9:09 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: Yep! A foot! English can be a weird language sometimes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjoma Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 (edited) My jade snail "Boop" My ivory snail "Valentine" My golden snails "Clem" and "Worm" My magenta snail "Rosy" My chestnut snail "Snailene" My blue snail "Blueby" Edited March 3, 2023 by Ninjoma 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miska Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 I got two Magenta Mysteries from Aqua Huna and I love them. I just moved them to my 36. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 thanks all for your pictures, i will probably go to the LFS this weekend and just watch the snail tank for an hour and see if i can get a active one in the colors that i like. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 3/3/2023 at 9:09 PM, Theplatymaster said: thanks all for your pictures, i will probably go to the LFS this weekend and just watch the snail tank for an hour and see if i can get a active one in the colors that i like. Get two! Let them be friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 3/3/2023 at 1:22 PM, Lennie said: Get two! Let them be friends. im not sure if that will fit my budget, and @Chick-In-Of-TheSeahas said they have high bioloads, so i dont know if my tank can support 2, though i use lots of plants and do many water changes, if im lucky i could get a pair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 3/3/2023 at 9:24 PM, Theplatymaster said: im not sure if that will fit my budget, and @Chick-In-Of-TheSeahas said they have high bioloads, so i dont know if my tank can support 2, though i use lots of plants and do many water changes, if im lucky i could get a pair. They have a high bioload indeed. They eat and poop a lot. But also they are very active and they are big in size. I think they are more suitable for 20g+ personally. They are everywhere in the tank in minutes, pretty fast! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 3/3/2023 at 1:47 PM, Lennie said: They have a high bioload indeed. They eat and poop a lot. But also they are very active and they are big in size. I think they are more suitable for 20g+ personally. They are everywhere in the tank in minutes, pretty fast! ive got a 20gallon tank. i still think ill just get 1. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 3/3/2023 at 9:49 PM, Theplatymaster said: ive got a 20gallon tank. i still think ill just get 1. Whatever floats your boat bud! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 3/3/2023 at 1:49 PM, Lennie said: Whatever floats your boat bud! the reason id get 2 would be to breed them, id want to study the genetics of it. (also give me another livestock to bring into my LFS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 3/3/2023 at 9:51 PM, Theplatymaster said: the reason id get 2 would be to breed them, id want to study the genetics of it. (also give me another livestock to bring into my LFS) It would be a pure luck based, unless your lfs will let you hold the ones you like, so they need to come out of their shell and lean forward so you can see their backside to see whether they are males or females, which I assume unlikely to be let to do so in a store 😄 like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 3/3/2023 at 1:57 PM, Lennie said: It would be a pure luck based, unless your lfs will let you hold the ones you like, so they need to come out of their shell and lean forward so you can see their backside to see whether they are males or females, which I assume unlikely to be let to do so in a store 😄 thats why it will take a while to choose one, id only get one id see climbling up the glass, they have a bunch of shells on the bottom of the tank, and im unsure how healthy those snails are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Yea. Sad story. It was the case when I got Rick and Morty too. Morty's tank was full of dead shells. Highly advice to prepare a snello before getting one, if possible. They were starving when I got them home, both directly attacked to snello in minutes after acclimation! Can't believe how much they have grown in less than a month. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 (edited) On 3/3/2023 at 2:03 PM, Lennie said: Highly advice to prepare a snello before getting one, if possible. They were starving when I got them home, both directly attacked to snello in minutes after acclimation! i dont have the ingrediants for that food, i have repashy but not the calcium carbonate (does this go by a different name that i dont know?) or the frozen foods ( can i substitute with FD?). @Chick-In-Of-TheSea Edited March 3, 2023 by Theplatymaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 (edited) On 3/3/2023 at 3:00 PM, Theplatymaster said: i dont have the ingrediants for that food, i have repashy but not the calcium carbonate (does this go by a different name that i dont know?) or the frozen foods ( can i substitute with FD?). @Chick-In-Of-TheSea Not sure what you mean by FD. Have a food on hand containing calcium (ie: Hikari crab cuisine). You can give them sinking fish food for protein. And you can give algae wafer or boiled veggie for the vegetable. The thing that will last the longest in your tank is the boiled veggie. They eat the prepared foods pretty quickly. The protein is for their operculum. The calcium for their shell. And the veggie for vitamins and nutrition Edited March 3, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 @Chick-In-Of-TheSeai have hikari crab cuisuine, mini-algae wafers, and xtreme bottom wafers which all contain some vegetable matter, do they have a preferred vegetable to be fed in an unprocessed form? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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