lacythefulica
Archachatina marginata
My best friend is a fulica called lacy
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Jan 9, 2019 21:21:24 GMT
Post by lacythefulica on Jan 9, 2019 21:21:24 GMT
Hello! I have a question, i have read some people bathe their snails in green tea. What purpose has this? Is it for his health or when a snail is sick? Also what kind of green tea? Also, am i the only one who have these annoying small flies in the terrarium? it's not a lot but very annoying. Its like fruit flies but i dont know i don't think they are fruit flies just something like that and that small. Is it harming? And how to get rid of them? I often clean it and put fresh ground in it but yea they keep coming. Thanks for helping me out Yours snaillover Lacy
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simple
Achatina achatina
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Post by simple on Jan 10, 2019 13:12:25 GMT
I've never tried to bathe my snails in green tea but a lot of people agree that it's good for them. About the flies, if they're small, black, bad at flying, persistent and leave their see-through larvae everywhere, then it's a good bet they're sciarids, they don't harm the snails but they sure are annoying. I got rid of them by removing the substrate and food and replacing it after not seeing them for some days
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Jan 10, 2019 20:56:28 GMT
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Post by pearthesnail on Jan 10, 2019 20:56:28 GMT
I've never bathed my snails in green tea but I imagine it would have to be heavily diluted since snail skin is quite sensitive I had those black flies last summer and they were feeding off the substrate- they grew in numbers fast and were flying all over the room the tank was in and it got really bad. What got rid of them completely was throwing out all the old substrate, cleaning the tank out and putting the snails in a temporary tank with no substrate in- this allowed the remaining flies/larvae to die out
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lacythefulica
Archachatina marginata
My best friend is a fulica called lacy
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Mar 23, 2019 14:29:02 GMT
Post by lacythefulica on Mar 23, 2019 14:29:02 GMT
Hello! Thank you so much for your tips
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