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Post by Jorb on Feb 26, 2006 1:15:29 GMT
 Hello Just wondering if its ok to put marginata's in with fulicas?
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Post by Kevin on Feb 26, 2006 1:17:23 GMT
Its ok to keep those species together, they wont cross-breed either.
If either the fulica or marginata are wild caught then they may spread parasites or illness to each other though.
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Post by Jorb on Feb 26, 2006 1:19:39 GMT
Thank you ;D
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Post by section8angel on Feb 26, 2006 12:20:16 GMT
It might not work well though, fulica prefer it drier and margies like it pretty wet. I had mine together but had to move the fulica out again for that reason. Yours might be fine though You just have to try it and see. With the wild caught bit, most people keep wc's on their own for a while then put them in with the captive breds, other people just keep the wcs in a tank together. |
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Post by Jorb on Feb 27, 2006 0:25:41 GMT
I've just orderd the marginata from an online shop and it didn't say if it was wild caught or not I just assumed it would be captive bred...
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Post by Kevin on Feb 27, 2006 0:36:28 GMT
I've just orderd the marginata from an online shop and it didn't say if it was wild caught or not I just assumed it would be captive bred... Could you post a link to the online shop? If its any of the ones I know about I may know whether the ones they're selling are cb or wild caught. |
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Post by Jorb on Feb 27, 2006 0:47:07 GMT
It's called natural world experience.com
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Post by Kevin on Feb 27, 2006 0:48:21 GMT
It's called natural world experience.com They're wild caught. |
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Post by Jorb on Feb 27, 2006 0:50:16 GMT
Oh is this bad?  |
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Post by Kevin on Feb 27, 2006 0:57:47 GMT
Oh is this bad? No, if you were planning on keeping them with your other snails it may be best to keep the marginata seperate for a whille first, Why dont you join the forum Jorb? |
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Post by Jorb on Feb 27, 2006 1:19:00 GMT
I have stalked this community for a while actually but only having one snail (my other one died  ) it seemed a bit silly to join. I am trying to start a collection now though |
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Post by Jorb on Feb 27, 2006 1:21:48 GMT
Oh do you know how long I should keep it separate for please?
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Post by Kevin on Feb 27, 2006 1:31:52 GMT
Oh do you know how long I should keep it separate for please? Im not sure how long to recommend? maybe a couple of months?, others on here may have experiences with keeping wild caught snails with captive bred ones, and suggest keeping them seperate longer?, or for less than a few months? I keep some wild caught margies in with some captive fulica, they've been together for months and are ok, they're all active, I kept the margies seperate for a few months first. |
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Post by sezzy5889 on Feb 27, 2006 11:25:04 GMT
I'd say a month would be ok, just check their poops for parasites or any little wriggly things and make sure they are eating well :-)
How big are your fulica? the margies from NWE are pretty big, i wouldn't recomend keeping them with snails a lot smaller as they may crush them
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Post by section8angel on Feb 27, 2006 18:23:02 GMT
I only kept my one from NWE seperate for a week as I thought it might have been with them for a while, but if you want to be totally safe then go with what the others say I keep 2 wild caught snails with captive bred ones and there hasn't been any problems so far, and one has been with them for months and months. My biggest two (11cm+ and 16cm+) are in with 3 other snails of 5-6cm and are fine, the others actually went in with them when they were about 3-4 cm and have been fine. I know some people have had bad experiences with mixing small and large snails, but then others haven't so it's up to you. Go ahead and join! One snail is no excuse lol there are people on here who joined when they had no snails |
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Post by Val on Feb 27, 2006 22:12:31 GMT
I have stalked this community for a while actually but only having one snail (my other one died ) it seemed a bit silly to join. I am trying to start a collection now though Not at all, when I first joined I hadn't got any snails at all but was planning on getting some at least you have one.  Val |
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Post by trogador on Mar 1, 2006 1:38:40 GMT
Just joined ;D
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 1, 2006 11:42:28 GMT
yay, welcome :-)
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Hello
) it seemed a bit silly to join. I am trying to start a collection now though 
