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Uh-ohhh...................
By RaiderFan92 from the RaiderFan92 department, Section Diaries Posted on Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 01:27:49 PM PST Tags: (all tags)

I think I mixed 2 um...........animal.....plant........thingies.......um.......... I DONT KNOW WHAT TO CALL IT! I JUST PUT A SNAIL AND A LILY-PAD BULB TOGETHER!

My intro says pretty much all of it. I bought a black snail at petco, came home, ploped the bag in my 10 gallon tank, watched some NFL access, then did research on snail keeping and read that snails somethimes eat plants, and thats real,er,great because I just got some new lily-plant bulbs and 1 just started to sprout a little bit.
Is the snail going to eat the Lily-plant?

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Uh-ohhh................... | 6 comments (6 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Uh-ohhh................... (none / 0) (#1)
by Nancy4Fishes on Tue May 23, 2006 at 07:10:09 PM PST

i'm no expert on snails (never had one XD), but i bet if you feed it well, whatever, erm...you feed snails, or if you have enough stuff for it to clean (eat), it probably won't bother the lillies. i'm sure if you told the snail experts on here what type of snail you've got, it might help them determine the safety of your lillies.

good luck!

ps) i know it's a terrible time to say i told you so, but remember to research a species/fish/plant/snail/shrimp BEFORE bringing it home, even if your lfs has a good return policy. sorry, i just knew no one else here would be blunt (mean) enough to point that out...

Re: Uh-ohhh................... (none / 0) (#2)
by angelhologram on Tue May 23, 2006 at 10:48:18 PM PST

It's always a possibility even with well fed snails. And by the way they like pleco wafers, lettuce, and apparently the day lilly leaves that I have growing next to my snail pond. Various yard clippings are a nice treat for them if they are outside also.
*BEFORE you buy fish make sure you understand what "Cycling" a tank means <- quoted from miskaral* ~Trying to make a difference one fish at a time~
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Re: Uh-ohhh................... (none / 0) (#3)
by RaiderFan92 on Wed May 24, 2006 at 03:07:32 PM PST

I have NOOOOOOOOooooooooo idea what kind it is, but its black. Thats it, no other info, just black with a shell.
I do have a backdoor if the snail starts messign with my plants, my parents have a tank thats about 55 gallons im geussing, its not a serious tank, just 2 goldfish.
"The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself."-FDR. True, unless your playing against the Oakland Raiders.
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Re: Uh-ohhh................... (none / 0) (#4)
by RaiderFan92 on Wed May 24, 2006 at 03:08:57 PM PST

i forgot to tell you that I can put the snail in there :), my bad!
"The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself."-FDR. True, unless your playing against the Oakland Raiders.
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Re: Uh-ohhh................... (none / 0) (#5)
by Nancy4Fishes on Wed May 24, 2006 at 03:34:57 PM PST

what, you mean you put the snail with the golds? probably a good move. do you know what the temp in the 55 is? i'm not sure if temp counts with snails, but it makes sense if it does.

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Re: Uh-ohhh................... (none / 0) (#6)
by RaiderFan92 on Wed May 24, 2006 at 05:14:39 PM PST

Ya, thats what I mean with the Goldfish and snail.
I read that snails can live in any reasonable aquarium temperature, on www.aquariumfish.com

I do almost as much research on that site as I do here, well actuall I do more searching here and more just screwing around on there!

"The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself."-FDR. True, unless your playing against the Oakland Raiders.
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