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Post by inky on Dec 11, 2011 3:41:59 GMT
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Post by axoloa on Dec 11, 2011 4:43:02 GMT
cute picture  what kind of snail is it that you have? from looking at the actual snail, it looks like a Helix of some kind not aspersa though i dont think :-? |
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Post by vallery on Dec 11, 2011 5:58:35 GMT
Nice work Geckonatar. Hope you frame your work.
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Post by inky on Dec 11, 2011 7:49:52 GMT
It's an aspersa, but as it was my first snail, it's kind of hard to see XD
And ty vallery!
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coyote
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Post by coyote on Dec 11, 2011 9:08:15 GMT
I thought your snail doodle was quite nice!  |
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Post by inky on Dec 11, 2011 9:18:29 GMT
Ty XD
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Post by axoloa on Dec 11, 2011 15:03:02 GMT
It's an aspersa, but as it was my first snail, it's kind of hard to see XD And ty vallery! Ahh it is an Aspersa cool I meant that I couldent tell by the photograph by the way the drawing is realy cool (in the photograph, your snail has a very nice shell. I can see that it must be well taken care of with plenty of calcium) I can honesly say, its the most beautiful Aspersa I have ever seen by far. hense why I was questioning if it was actualy an Aspersa |
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Post by 4sticks on Dec 11, 2011 18:11:47 GMT
i love the doodle one!!! you should be bored more often, the internets need more snail drawings |
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Post by inky on Dec 12, 2011 6:56:04 GMT
Ty, 4sticks! I'm planning to make a few more snails, but right now I'm actually painting baffbot's shell  And @axoloa Thanks! I feed it calcium, but he's a wild caught. So he won't live much longer, I'm afraid.  But I'm going to breed him, on my birthday I'm getting a metre long tank with all the essentials (thermostat, heat pad, etc) so I hope to get more shells like his! I'm going to try to bring albino into the family though =3 |
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Post by axoloa on Dec 12, 2011 11:14:17 GMT
sounds great you never know, you may get lucky and he may just last longer than you predicted now that hes in captivity Albino aspersas are very very rare :-? it would be awsome if you could get some however, so I wish you lots of luck in doing so |
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Post by coyote on Dec 13, 2011 3:12:32 GMT
Aspersas don't need supplemental heat. They prefer cooler temperatures, doing best between 10º and 18ºC (50º to 64º F). Anything higher than that runs the risk of sending them into estivation and dormancy. Your new tank may have a heat pad but you won't need to use it with aspersas.
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Post by inky on Dec 13, 2011 6:45:57 GMT
Ah, ty coyote. I was planning to get more than just aspersas, but, you know... Right now I only have that type.
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Post by coyote on Dec 14, 2011 4:46:26 GMT
If you get other species, you will need to make sure that they are all compatible, habitat-wise. GALS types and aspersas wouldn't do well together, because if you have the tank warm and humid enough for the GALS it's too much for the aspersas, and if you set it up for the aspersas, the GALS will be miserably cold and probably too dry as well.
Aspersas, Cepaeas, Otalas, Oxychilus, etc., can reasonably go together in the same tank and eat pretty much the same things, but species not native to Europe who need warmer and more humid tanks should be by themselves in a separate tank.
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Post by axoloa on Dec 14, 2011 5:20:51 GMT
If you get other species, you will need to make sure that they are all compatible, habitat-wise. GALS types and aspersas wouldn't do well together, because if you have the tank warm and humid enough for the GALS it's too much for the aspersas, and if you set it up for the aspersas, the GALS will be miserably cold and probably too dry as well. Aspersas, Cepaeas, Otalas, Oxychilus, etc., can reasonably go together in the same tank and eat pretty much the same things, but species not native to Europe who need warmer and more humid tanks should be by themselves in a separate tank. Just adding to to Coyotes reply.... the Oxychilius may choose to nibble on eggs and and young juvenile/baby snails of a different species if reasonably smaller than them. So with this, it would be wise to not keep the Oxychilus with the others mentioned by Coyote (if you wanted high quantities of eggs to be laid and sucessfully hatch in the same enclosure) |
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Post by inky on Dec 14, 2011 5:40:42 GMT
I just want a cepaea... they have beautiful shells. By the way I'm aussie |
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Post by axoloa on Dec 14, 2011 11:41:05 GMT
I just want a cepaea... they have beautiful shells. By the way I'm aussie your Aussie meaning your name is Aussie or your Aussie meaning your Australian??? Sorry for not understanding this :/ |
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Post by pinkunicorn on Dec 14, 2011 14:54:02 GMT
I read somewhere that aspersas can live up to 10 years, so I doubt you need to worry about Baffbot dying anytime soon! Just keep him well-fed with varied diet and calcium and he'll do just fine.
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Post by coyote on Dec 14, 2011 20:46:12 GMT
Geckonator is Australian.
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what kind of snail is it that you have? from looking at the actual snail, it looks like a Helix of some kind 
But I'm going to breed him, on my birthday I'm getting a metre long tank with all the essentials (thermostat, heat pad, etc)