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Neokane
02/09/2014, 03:03 PM
Has anyone ever seen or heard of these?
They look cool and my girlfriend wants some!
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/0b/eb/ea/0bebea94f941a5ca6decd3383ae351db.jpg
Mongo77
02/09/2014, 03:19 PM
Crazy looking! Looks photo shopped.
Mongo77
02/09/2014, 03:21 PM
I wouldn't waste my money are crazy colored expensive snails. Just about every snail I've had, had its shell get covered in coraline algae after a while.
Calappidae
02/09/2014, 04:14 PM
I wouldn't waste my money are crazy colored expensive snails. Just about every snail I've had, had its shell get covered in coraline algae after a while.
It's the sad truth. Unless you'd be willing to get a toothbrush and scrape it off occasionally.
Biotopes
02/09/2014, 04:21 PM
It's the sad truth. Unless you'd be willing to get a toothbrush and scrape it off occasionally.
I'd do that for a snail that nice looking!
Calappidae
02/09/2014, 05:56 PM
I'd do that for a snail that nice looking!
Same here!
I'm still following to find out where to find one myself! :D
pagojoe
02/09/2014, 07:34 PM
I used to clean snails with a pocket knife and wire brush....The pretty snail in the pic isn't too bad about becoming encrusted, although some are. More importantly, they are usually associated with kelp, and are cold-water species from the eastern Pacific. You could probably get some fairly easily, but you'd need to run a refrigerated tank, and I'm not sure how easy it would be to grow the algae they need to survive (although I know it's been done). It would be a lot of trouble, but would make a fantastic species tank.
Cheers,
Don
Biotopes
02/09/2014, 08:17 PM
and I'm not sure how easy it would be to grow the algae they need to survive (although I know it's been done)
Ulva Lettuce might work, as well as gracilaria :thumbsup:
Neokane
02/11/2014, 04:52 PM
No luck finding these... :/
They would be sweet and worth keeping clean IMO
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