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Snail Help?

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#1 ·
Ok, so I have this snail (I have no earthly idea what kind he is, he was just in the bag with the other snail that I bought today, and I kept him. He is only about a sixth the size of my fingernail. Does anyone know how long it takes for snails to grow? Also, He is in an empty 1 gallon tank because Idk what to do with him. Do you think that will be an ok temporary home? Thanks! :p
 
#2 ·
Please post pic of the snail for ID before someone says they'll be fine in an uncycled tank or not.
 
#3 ·
why seperate it i mean you could deffinately stick it in with one of your betta;s i mean rule of thumb if the fish are surviving in the water the snail can dig it too especially on the short term i e acid tanks can erode some snails shells.
 
#8 ·
Shells alone will not suffice. Unfortunately, apple snails despite having shells for protection are still vulnerable to attacks. So are pouch snails and ramshorns. Their lack of trapdoors is also evident to how loaches and assassin snails can easily suck them out. Puffers can crush their shells. Bettas can easily suck them out.

It is called having antenna, eyes, and lung siphon (?)(I have no idea what it is called; Lupin?).
Not lung siphon. It's breathing siphon that passes to their lungs.

Cody- Thanks alot for reminding me about that picture I saw of the poor snail that was missing his one eye & antenna. :-( I think it was one of Lupin's. I'm just happy my loaches suck them right out of their shells.
My betta likes to attack the little snails that show up in his tank (never have figured out where they are coming from) but these little guys close up in their shells right away. Maybe it depends on the type of snail? IDK...
Aunt Kymmie, I don't have snails that are missing eyestalks and antennaes but they can regenerate those missing parts except for aesthetic reasons, they are smaller than the original ones.
 
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Cody- Thanks alot for reminding me about that picture I saw of the poor snail that was missing his one eye & antenna. :-( I think it was one of Lupin's. I'm just happy my loaches suck them right out of their shells.
My betta likes to attack the little snails that show up in his tank (never have figured out where they are coming from) but these little guys close up in their shells right away. Maybe it depends on the type of snail? IDK...
 
#11 ·
A picture is really a must for snail ID. I would keep it in the hospital tank until you know what it is, as some species of snails will eat your plants and others won't.

If it came as a hitchhiker, odds are that it's a pond snail, ramshorn, or trumpet snail. Pond snails are fairly plain looking...hard to describe, really. Ramshorns have shells that are disc-shaped and spiral around as you look at them from the side, like one of those old-fashioned spiral lollipops. Trumpet snails have cone-shaped shells. But, like I said, a real species ID is impossible without a picture.
 
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