Other Turtle Discussion :: Baby Snail.

[adam85491]

There is this little snail roaming around with white stuff on it and one snail looks deformed inside now..I really think that the two snails I have had a baby. What do you think? They are black mystery snails. What should I do? Thanks.

[Hoooneylynn]

Oh wow... I think you are gonna have a very hard time getting rid of them...read this:

http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewt ... ght=snails

[adam85491]

These snails reproduce sexually and I have had them for quite some time beofre I noticed anything. The one has like a hole in its trap door...are snails born as live young??? This little thing looks like a snail...but the "parent" snail has become deformed looking in its shell so I don't know. I'll let you know if it moves later on.

[Hoooneylynn]

I would think that they lay egg sacks... heres what xsavings wrote in that thread I posted:

"i heard that snails are nearly impossible to get ride of,i went back to the 2005 pages on this forum and i found a post about someone who accidentally got a snail in theyre turtle tank then a week later had like more than 50!"

Its weird to think they would lay eggs and that they would hatch that soon!

[adam85491]

Well...I purposely have these two snails...but I don't know..this thing looks like a snail so it must be...it doesnt have a big enough shell to even go into..if it is a shell...alls i know is nothing like this happened when i had one snail

[Hoooneylynn]

well, its probably a baby then... do you have it in the same tank with your turt? Your turt might eat them... so if you wanna keep him, im sure you know that!

[adam85491]

OK, I am going to determine that contrary to prior beliefs, this is a piece of the snail and simply fell out of his shell and is dead. It has the trap door and a black top..but some how it fell out of its shell and died..so instead of three snails I have one..oh well..

[octpusgirl8]

Aww too bad!

[adam85491]

Yeah..it looked like one but I still hae my big one which I think is getting beigger. The one that died was in my brothers beta tank. Do I have to completely change the water and clean the tank or will it be OK? Thanks.

[octpusgirl8]

I don't know, couldn't hurt to clean it out though, betta tanks are pretty small so it shouldn't be much of a hassle.

[adam85491]

Well...it was in his tank up until two weeks or so ago..it died in my tank.

[octpusgirl8]

Ohhh i see...thats a bit more effort isn't it then? I don't really think it's necesary, maybe if you're feeling ambitious or if it needed a good cleaning anyway.

[Ferd]

for me, there were dozens of them. the next week, they all, i mean parents too, were gone except for their shells. it was wierd. there was no chemical added. they were just gone!

[DavidY]

Many species of snails can be very sensitive to ammonia and nitrite. They really need very clean water in order to survive.

[scripta_elegans]

I can't buy snails fast enough! What kind do I need to get for the turtles not to eat them all? I want MORE of a snail problem.