What inverts do you keep?

Subject: What inverts do you keep? Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:37 am

Right now I have ramshells, pond snails and MTS. Im waiting on 10 apple snails and 4 cherry shrimp. Look out harlie honey Im going for the :snl1:

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The Turtle Whisperer Posts: 1914

Uh, harlie is mailing me more snails than you have currently and on order. I think you have a long way to go on the snail king title.. Wink

Subject: Re: What inverts do you keep? Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:38 pm

I have too many cichlids to keep snails....I guess I could keep some with my goldfish but I think the water is too cold.

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Subject: Re: What inverts do you keep? Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:04 am

Mike D wrote:

Right now I have ramshells, pond snails and MTS. Im waiting on 10 apple snails and 4 cherry shrimp. Look out harlie honey Im going for the :snl1:

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LOL Mike D, I guess we do need a King don't we?! You still got a long way to go though. I've got around, I can safely say 50 + Apple babies that have hatched along w/all of the adults. 4 more Apple clutches incubating, & 1 new clutch this morning. Countless Pondies & a crap load of Red Rams, a few dark brown Rams, a few tan Rams, 1 striped Ram, 2 black Rams, 2 white Rams, egg sacks from the Pondies & Rams everywhere, I think they are even in my ears ... lol 2 olive Nerites = best algae clean up crew known to man, 2 magenta Apples, 2 lite blue Apples, 2 olivie w/brown stripes Apples = just caught them mating, 14 Spixis/Zebra Apples & a crap load of clutches & don't know what to do w/them, 15 of the ivory/jades that I'm trading to saint_felony for a bunch of plants, 1 True Ivory M Apple, 1 Chestnut F Apple, 1 Golden F Apple, 3 of the ivory/jades that I'm keeping until they are old enough to sex & then only keeping 1 F, sold 3 ivory/jades a week ago. Wooooooh, I think I need a snail fettish support group!

Subject: Re: What inverts do you keep? Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:13 am

Mostlycichlids wrote:

I have too many cichlids to keep snails....I guess I could keep some with my goldfish but I think the water is too cold.

The water wouldn't be too cold for them I wouldn't think but would just slow them down. I'm afraid to put any Rams & definately the Apples in w/my GF's, they'll eat anything, & I mean anything. I did put a few larger Pondies in there quite awhile back but where never seen again! Not sure of any difference between the feeding habits of Fancies compared to Fair/Feeders, but since my Pond Snail population explosion, I've been feeding some to my GF's & they love em!

The Turtle Whisperer Posts: 1914

The only snails I've ever seen able to handle living with any goldfish are the trapdoor. Anything else, no matter the size seems to get nomed.

Subject: Re: What inverts do you keep? Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:24 am

Oh Yeah, maybe I'll get a few of them & give it a try. If they start harrassing the Trapdoors too bad I can always take em out. I can't even keep any Live plants in there w/them, they even eat & destroy Hornwort. Made a mistake months ago & put a 2 1/2 - 3" Marimo Moss Ball in there, hehehe ... never do that again. W/in an hour it was nothing but little fibers floating around. I'm hoping that someday I'll find something to put in there, I just love having live plants in all my tanks.

Subject: Re: What inverts do you keep? Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:04 am

I got half way down your post H_H and then my eyes crossed! I got scammed on the apple snails and cherry shrimp. I only got 1 snail which was DOA and 3 out of the 4 shrimp arrived alive. I asked for new snails and the seller said she was all out and the listing should have said 1 apple snail not 10. Im fighting with paypal to get my money back! I just got in 10 mystery snails from kim on AC and Im waiting on 33 RCS from an auction on aquabid. Looks like I'm starting a shrimp farm!!

Subject: Re: What inverts do you keep? Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:07 am

I just noticed you dont have any Anentome helena. Im thinking they would be in a tank all by them selfs.

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Hello ,
At this time I have spixi snail s and three cluches of baby's, Briggs in many colors couldnt tell ya how many LOL, ramshorn snails in all colors, olive nerites , mts, quilted mts, giant columbiam rams, red cherry shrimp , Blue/black shrimp, Hurastums (spelling?) I think that is all LOL I have become an invert junky and am always seeing something else I want. I would like to have many - well all other freshwater shrimps. My house is very small and tanks space is comming to an end. I have 7 tanks at this time . My newest snails are the huastums and they are tiny right now but will grow to be abseball size. I am excited to have these they are hard to come by. I feed my inverts just about everything including home made jello and seaweed salad. along with shrimp pellets flakes and fresh vegies. They also get calcium added to the tanks monthly.
I am glad to see there are other junkies here too. I know now I am not alone LOL
Hello My name is Kelley and I am an invert Junky.

Subject: Re: What inverts do you keep? Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:43 am

Hi kelley. You have snails that will reach baseball size Shocked

I thought my mystery snails would get big but that takes the cake! Your right saint I have a long ways togo. I cant seem to find my shrimp! Sometimes I can spot one or two but thats it. Will snails eat them?

Subject: Re: What inverts do you keep? Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:05 am

I don't keep snails Sad

but I am glad to see you found the Invert forum! Welcome to FWM!

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"There he goes - one of God's own prototypes -
a high powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production.
Too weird to live, and too rare to die".

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The Turtle Whisperer Posts: 1914

Snails eat anything organic they can catch, so you'll never see your dead shrimp for sure.

I have Apples now, (Cana), and they can make a 6" dead Comet vanish in about 45min. Mine are currently golf ball size, but they supposedly get in to the baseball size league as well.

Subject: Re: What inverts do you keep? Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:39 pm

I currently have 3 ghost shrimp and a 2.5 gallon tank filled with pond snails. Breeding them for Masters thesis:) About to go pick up some free MTS.
BTW, the goldfish will eat the smaller snails if you put them together.