Vallisneria Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 I just picked up 2 different sulawesi snails. Some "Towuti White Spotted Snails"(Tylomelania zeamais?) and "Rabbit Chocolate Snails". Both are very cool looking. So far I have them them separated in 2 different 20g as I wasn't sure if they would cross breed (I'm assuming like everything else they would). Last week AC had a bunch of "yellow rabbit snails" too but they were all on hold by the time I got there. So I figured I'd better snatch these guys up before they were all gone too. So does anyone else keep these? Did anyone get any of the "yellow rabbit ones"? Those looked even cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucegruve Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 i boughts 21 of his yellow ones and 21 of his chocolate ones. im going in to buy 21 of the spoted ones this week too. lol they are doing good,eating lots. but they only push out 1 baby every 1-2 months.they have live born babys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucegruve Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 oh and tuan says they cant flip them selves over if they somehow get fliped the wrong way. i have them in tanks with sand substrate,and they can flip themselves over no problem. but i guess be careful,just incase yours cant flip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted December 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 Holy man that's a lot of snails. Why so many? Starting a giant breeding operation? When you get some babies from the yellow foot ones I'd be interested in a few. I don't know about that not being able to flip over thing. I just dropped him into the tanks and some were upside down and quite easily flipped themselves over just like any other snail. I have them in with gravel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucegruve Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 ya im going to try to breed these snails,should be pretty easy from what i have read. its just going to take a long time to get my numbers up. im not too sure about the not being able to flip them selves over thing either,but tuan warned me about it so i figured i would pass it along. they seem to like the sand(because they half burry thenselves in it)but they hang around my rocks eating the algae too. they should be happy in the gravel heres a picture of the golden rabbit snails http://s1138.photobucket.com/albums/n537/SpruceGruve/snails/?action=view¤t=DSC00600.jpg#!oZZ4QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs1138.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn537%2FSpruceGruve%2Fsnails%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DDSC00605.jpg http://s1138.photobucket.com/albums/n537/SpruceGruve/snails/?action=view¤t=DSC00600.jpg#!oZZ5QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs1138.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn537%2FSpruceGruve%2Fsnails%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DDSC00606.jpg here is a group shot of my chocolate rabbit snails. http://s1138.photobucket.com/albums/n537/SpruceGruve/snails/?action=view¤t=DSC00600.jpg#!oZZ6QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs1138.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn537%2FSpruceGruve%2Fsnails%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DDSC00608.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted December 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 Thanks for sharing. I definitely like the bright color of the golden ones. I read that supposedly the chocolates have a build up of sand or mineral on their shells. That's why they have that rough sandstone texture. It can wear away when kept in an aquarium. Babies will have a smooth brown shell. So it will be interesting to see the difference once we can get some babies to grow up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troni Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 Oh snap! Lol those golden ones are wicked I've always been iffy about getting snails but those goldens I would pick up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbarabash Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Whoa you bought 42 snails lol thats why they all just dissapeared. AC got some cool stuff in recently. I'm wishing I had another tank set up to spend more monz there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucegruve Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 i just bought 25 of the black spotted rabbit snails. they already had 9 babys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted December 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 I seem to have lost one of my chocolates. I can't find him anywhere, moved stuff around the tank looking for him. He's not in the filter or outside the tank. Not even an empty shell. Its a mystery :boxed: Hopefully I'm just blind and he turns up. I do have to revise my original comment about them being able to flip over fine. I definitely have noticed a difference compared to my other snails. If they fall off the glass or a plant they do have a harder time or righting themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucegruve Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 they hide all over the place, hopefully it shows up. i noticed the black spotted have a hard time flipping over because they are so large. my chocolates are doing good besides 2-3 seem to keep falling upside down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted December 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 My houdini snail reappeared this morning. No idea where he was hiding but glad he's back. I also noticed a tiny chocolate snail baby! Pretty cool :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucegruve Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 congrats. my chocolate snails still have not had babys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbarabash Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Hmmm you guys are making me wants some of these snails.. I might have to go take a trip to AC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucegruve Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 aparrently tuan is getting in some orange rabbit snails next order. i have 25 reserved alreaddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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