Some of the snails do look pretty cool though... Have some of these: please log in to view this image (Also got some yellow tylos that look very similar only yellow bodies... And some that are black flecked with gold) My netites look pretty cool too. Below picture looks like what mine look like. please log in to view this image I've also got some faunas atar that are a decade old which is pretty impressive for snails. (I know they're that old because that species won't breed in freshwater) please log in to view this image I used to have lots of spixis but they died out. Would love to get more but can only buy instate, illegal to ship spixis across state lines. Mine bred like crazy until I took a plant out I didn't like. Don't think they wanted to breed on anything else. please log in to view this image Also used to have some Brigs that my horny spixis used to try humping. please log in to view this image
Depends on the snail... The ones with long conical shells move really slow. My spixis used to move real fast though. They could cover the 6ft across the front wall of the aquarium in under 5 mins.
I saw a huge sea slug on holiday. Wondered what it was at first until I got close. Was about 10 inches long and weird looking. Im guessing it was a slug anyway, it was slug like and had no shell so
Only if you overfeed them. People that have a problem with too many snails in their tank usually overfeed their fish. None of snails I posted above are problematic breeders. Tylomelania (top picture) breed slowly, they're live barers... Instead of laying eggs the females give birth to live young. They also sell for several dollars each... So if you have too many can sell them... Funny enough, the common name for tylos is "rabbit snails". Nerites (second picture) will.lay lots of eggs in freshwater, but the larvae need brackish water to develop when young and saltwater to develop further. Faunus only breed in salt water. Spixis. They don't breed overly fast. They can in time take over a tank, but they eat pest snails. You know things like the little common pond snail and ramshorn's... Spixis will eat small snails of pest species and keep their numbers down. Again, you can sell them a few quid each, so if you have a spixi problem that's a good thing. Brigs, the last picture I posted can lay a couple hundred eggs at a time once a week. This isn't as big a problem as you might think though. A) they only lay eggs outside water and their eggsacks form a styrofoam type type consistency that's easy to break off and toss. B) eggs won't hatch unless kept in warm humid conditions. C). They won't lay eggs unless you leave a couple of inches minimum at top of aquarium free of water. Some pest snails like ramshorn's and pond snails will breed fast if you give them too much food... But you keep their numbers down by getting spixis or assassin snails. (Snails that eat other snails). I don't have assassins because they would eat my ornamental snails. They team up to take down even large adults.
Charity trek next weekend. ordered some cheap hiking boots, getting them at weekend then have a week to wear them in should be fun
Will bend them and just wear them around. Should be fine. Cushioned insole and have big socks so shouldn't get blister. Dont think theyre leather... only £13 lpl
