Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:34 pm Re: A snail on a turtle!
I recently tried snails in my turtles' tanks and ... well, I'll tell you the sad story here.
Baby Timmy's 20 gallon tank was getting a little ... greenish, so I thought, "Oh, a couple of my small snails would make short work of that!" I gently picked up six of them and placed them into the tank. They, of course, floated on the top for a bit but I knew they'd end up at the bottom and along the sides. I went to attend to the other turtles in the garage.
Ten minutes into whatever I was doing it hit me - Baby Timmy eats anything that's floating on the top of his water. I ran back inside shouting "CRAP CRAP CRAP DANG IT CRAP" and ... all the snails were gone but one that had made it to the bottom. I literally facepalmed and stood there for a minute like that.
I'm sorry, small snails. Good thing I still have 400 of you.
(Love the picture - found the snail up there! It's tiny!)
Outside Pond Boys:
Timmy & Chewy & Ike
Outside Pond Girls:
Betty & Frick & Frack & Tina & Nyrtle-Sweetpea
Inside Tank:
Sheldon
Mork
Mindy
Nursery:
Baby Timmy & Ranger