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Posted	Apple snails
06-10-2006 21:20 by Tamara	one of my snails just lies upside down and okes his face out slightly, if i go to move him he goes back into his shell. I'm just concerned as the others are fairly active. He also expelles what could be snail poo but i'm not sure as it looks more like mould or something. Any expert advice would be usefull.
06-10-2006 21:21 by Cichlid Fury	there are various remedies available to remove snails from your tank but i heard the best bet is to just crush them then take them out this will avoid the water pollution
06-10-2006 21:40 by telboy	CF i think you got the wrong end of the stick mate,i think tamara wants to know how to save her snail not kill em off! especially as its an apple snail they can cost a £1 or so each?? how old is the snail tamara? im no expert but i think they only live for a year or two! i was gonna ask if youve added any meds recently but you say its the only 1 thats not looking right!dya have any fish in the same tank? maybe its beenravaged by a fish? i put 10 red ramshorns in 1 of my tanks last night,checked on em this morning only to find that my fish had sucked em all outta the shells + eat em all !!! oh well ya learn by ya mistakes eh????
06-10-2006 21:55 by Cichlid Fury	sorry didnt read it proper. what do people keep snails for? algae control?
06-10-2006 22:04 by telboy	yes i think so also there are some very pretty snails some can get very big!but ive found that the amano[algae] shrimp are the best clean up crew for trop tanks< i was given half a doz + now the sand in their tank is absolutely spotless,just make sure you dont put em in with fish big enough to munch em! im hoping they will breed so i can add some to all my tanks they cost bout £10 per doz on ebay!!!
08-10-2006 07:30 by Redshark1	Apple snails die eventually. The only time I have this problem is when old snails are dying. I have something called a nerite or tiger snail. It is the best algae eater I've ever had (way better than any other snail I kept). You can actually hear it scraping the glass. It leaves the glass almost totally clean but there is one drawback. It seems to leave occasional single white blobs of about 1.5mm which I assume are eggs. They are stuck on like super glue!
08-10-2006 11:59 by Redshark1	See new thread 08 Oct on tiger snail for more info and pics
08-10-2006 13:29 by Tamara	Sorry CF i didnt read further down to see you had made a mistake and just sent you a message telling you that you a very bad person! I don't kill stuff anyway so it made me cringe a bit seeing you suggesting "crushing" my snails!
08-10-2006 13:34 by Tamara	Those Tiger snails sound interesting Red, will check them out. Telboy thanks. I've only had my apples for about two months if that, they have laid eggs but i think my boyfriend drowned them as he didnt know what they were and put them in the tank, poor babies. I have treated the tank recently but the snail was like this before that. I really cant think what it is. The snails are on their own now as ive moved my fish to another tank.
08-10-2006 14:04 by von	Apple snails will only live a year or 2 if you're lucky, the higher the temp in the tank the shorter the llife span, i used to breed them and found the water became very polluted with slime and they poo a lot! sounds like your snail is passing on from old age.
08-10-2006 17:16 by Tamara	I've only had him a couple of months! mind you he is the scrappy looking one, had shell damage when i got him. Time to let go i think!
08-10-2006 19:39 by Tamara	Forget about it, i think the snail was playing mind games with me.. it is darting round the tank after being virtually motionless for weeks!!
09-10-2006 09:19 by von	glad to hear it!

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