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Post by kookosmeloni on May 20, 2016 13:45:43 GMT
Snails typically like to burrow into the soil, so I wouldn't put fake grass in there. However if you just put soil on the bottom and some fake plants on top of it, you'll get some color in the tank. You can also place some sticks and PLASTIC plant pots in there to make it look nicer. This way the snails will also have something to climb on and hide in if they feel like it.
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Morgoth
May 20, 2016 11:50:22 GMT
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Post by kookosmeloni on May 20, 2016 11:50:22 GMT
The pictures are once again taken with my phone's camera so they're not going to be great.
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Morgoth
May 20, 2016 11:44:44 GMT
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Post by kookosmeloni on May 20, 2016 11:44:44 GMT
Morgoth is a G. portentosa hybrid. Looks like a regular hisser, but there's apparently something else in him as well. He's an older roach and a bit grumpy. Here's where I'll be posting pictures of him and his habitat. Right now he lives alone in a big tank that I originally bought for my snails but turned out it didn't have a lid so I just put Morg in there. He seems to like his new home more than his old one. Here's where he lives And here's the roach himself
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Post by kookosmeloni on May 20, 2016 10:11:02 GMT
All additive free cuttlefish bones have the same amount of salt in them. It's in them naturally and isn't harmful to the snails in any way.
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Post by kookosmeloni on May 19, 2016 19:45:46 GMT
Ukko Here's the couple's little tank
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my snail
May 18, 2016 18:07:22 GMT
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Post by kookosmeloni on May 18, 2016 18:07:22 GMT
Those are some nice photos. What type of camera did you use for these?
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Post by kookosmeloni on May 18, 2016 18:04:09 GMT
I got the babies in the mail today. They were alright, just a little cold. This is Francis And this is Todd
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Post by kookosmeloni on May 17, 2016 8:51:46 GMT
Here's some more of Akka.
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Post by kookosmeloni on May 17, 2016 7:29:28 GMT
Hey, as you might've noticed, I've not been as active on this forum as I used to be. It's mostly due to not being able to keep snails, so I've had very little to talk about. Anyways, this is where I'll be posting pictures of my slimy family members. Let's start off with the slugs. I'm currently keeping two Limax cinereoniger. They're quite big, handsome fellas. As I'm bad at naming things, they're called Ukko and Akka. There's both of them, obviously. Here's Ukko. I'll be getting snail mail either today or tomorrow. There's gonna be two white jades and I'm excited.
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Ants
May 16, 2015 11:19:59 GMT
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Post by kookosmeloni on May 16, 2015 11:19:59 GMT
Yeah, I was a dumdum and put some apple in the tank last night and in the morning I noticed a huge colony of ants in there. Put some traps around the tank but there's still a few of those little brats in the tank. I was just a bit worried they'd hurt the snails or something but they don't seem to even notice the huge piles of slime that live in the glass house.
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Ants
May 16, 2015 10:46:19 GMT
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Post by kookosmeloni on May 16, 2015 10:46:19 GMT
So uh, I've always had a "little" problem with ants in my home, but recently they've found their way into one of my snail tanks. I can't find if this stuff has happened to anyone else. Can the ants be dangerous to the snails and if so, how do I get rid of them?
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Slimies
Jan 19, 2015 13:10:40 GMT
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Post by kookosmeloni on Jan 19, 2015 13:10:40 GMT
Goddammit... Now the big ones are going. It could've just been the age, but Soini was only about two years old. I have no idea what's wrong with the snails. I was a bit surprised to find my big guy dead, he didn't smell that bad, so I guess he hadn't been dead for too long. And so far the dead ones have been the jades. Sorry... I'm just a bit shocked. I mean, I started cooking, that's how much I cared for him. I just have nothing to say right now. Sorry, I'm a mess right now.
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Post by kookosmeloni on Nov 27, 2014 22:50:59 GMT
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Post by kookosmeloni on Nov 24, 2014 22:40:56 GMT
It could've been something else that killed the snails, but the larvae were definitely eating the snails. One could also see something that resembled a web of some sorts inside the empty shells... So they were probably fungus gnats? I might have some of them about and could try to get a good pic, but if I don't I could try and fish up a pic from the internet. The only thing that really bothers me is that how and/or why did the flies decide to lay their eggs on only the other baby box and not the other one at all, since there were about 60 babies(some of them were meant to be food for my reptiles) and only half of them were dead. Also, Frankie was in neither of the boxes with the babies, but had a tank of her own. At least she was healthy and a few days before she died, she just stopped eating, but this is really common. Many of the snails also stopped eating calcium.
This is so confusing for me :'D
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Post by kookosmeloni on Nov 24, 2014 17:54:00 GMT
I really thought so too, until now- The snails were really tiny tho, so maybe that was the issue.
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Post by kookosmeloni on Nov 24, 2014 17:08:59 GMT
Today, when I was cleaning the snail tanks, I found at least 30 of my jade babies dead due to a huge fruit fly invasion. Unfortunately I also lost my little Frankie, which is a shame. The flies had been laying their eggs in the snails' food and so the little maggots started eating the babies alive- I managed to save half of the little snails and put them in a really secure little box. I think I just need to be more careful from now on.
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Post by kookosmeloni on Oct 14, 2014 9:14:40 GMT
Yeah, that scruffy one is his mom
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Post by kookosmeloni on Oct 11, 2014 20:34:32 GMT
My jade decided to lay some eggs a couple weeks ago and they've all hatched now- Does anyone know how old the babies have to be, so I could determine the skin color?
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Music?
Oct 11, 2014 11:00:14 GMT
Post by kookosmeloni on Oct 11, 2014 11:00:14 GMT
I agree, I've been listening to that one for quite some time and it never gets old-
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Music?
Oct 11, 2014 9:06:12 GMT
Post by kookosmeloni on Oct 11, 2014 9:06:12 GMT
I've been listening to a lot of Mindless Self Indulgence lately- I'm not gonna leave any links to the songs now, because their lyrics are really harsh and not exactly kid-friendly
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Post by kookosmeloni on Oct 7, 2014 11:13:58 GMT
Yeah, they're wc- Our backyard is full of them and it's quite annoying when they decide to eat all of my cabbages and everything else they find.
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Post by kookosmeloni on Oct 6, 2014 10:57:46 GMT
As far as I know, he has blue eyes and pointy ears- Anyway, I've got more pics of him right here:
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Post by kookosmeloni on Oct 4, 2014 15:25:56 GMT
He's a mix breed- His dad is a siberian husky, his mom has 50% german shepherd, 25% labrador and 25% old england sheepdog. I've got some more pics of him on my laptop at home, but I'm currenlty at my dad's place so---
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Post by kookosmeloni on Sept 30, 2014 15:19:14 GMT
Meanwhile: This is why I've been so inactive lately
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Post by kookosmeloni on Sept 23, 2014 14:59:24 GMT
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