Opaeula.co.uk

A dedicated forum and online store for the Opae ula shrimp! 

Anything and everything not related to Opae ula can go here!
 #1653  by Priscilla
 
Hi guys!

A few weeks ago, I bought a marimo ball and a tiny ramshorn snail came along with it.

I've been keeping it in another small container with distilled water.
It grew and I don't know how, I have baby ramshorns around the tank now.

But why did my first ramshorn come out of the shell? It is worrying me.
Will it die? :cry:
 #1656  by odin
 
How strange! im not to sure to be honest... I do know that you will need to add somthing to buffer the water or add some ocean rock or the snails wont be able to maintain their shells and they will start to break down due to the acidic water. You could drop some cuttle bone in their to help. The issue with most snails is they breed like rats :laugh:
 #1660  by Ann
 
Priscilla wrote:Hi guys!

A few weeks ago, I bought a marimo ball and a tiny ramshorn snail came along with it.

I've been keeping it in another small container with distilled water.
It grew and I don't know how, I have baby ramshorns around the tank now.

But why did my first ramshorn come out of the shell? It is worrying me.
Will it die? :cry:
I'm sorry about your little snail. Hope all goes well.
Ann
 #1668  by Priscilla
 
Hi odin and Ann,
My ramshorn died :cry:
I'm going to try and raise her babies now. But they're so tiny and I'm afraid of doing a water change as I might suck some of them out.
Hope they'll all survive!
 #1671  by odin
 
You could use an syringe like this one to remove and add water.
A252_1.jpg
A252_1.jpg (22.65 KiB) Viewed 9418 times
Sorry for the loss :upset:
Last edited by odin on 15 Oct 2016 16:35, edited 1 time in total.
 #1673  by Ann
 
Priscilla wrote:Hi odin and Ann,
My ramshorn died :cry:
I'm going to try and raise her babies now. But they're so tiny and I'm afraid of doing a water change as I might suck some of them out.
Hope they'll all survive!

Oh, I'm so sorry. I'm sure that you will make a good surrogate mommy to the babies.
Ann
 #1686  by Priscilla
 
Ann wrote:
Priscilla wrote:Hi odin and Ann,
My ramshorn died :cry:
I'm going to try and raise her babies now. But they're so tiny and I'm afraid of doing a water change as I might suck some of them out.
Hope they'll all survive!

Oh, I'm so sorry. I'm sure that you will make a good surrogate mommy to the babies.
Ann
Lets hope for the best! :grin2:
 #1687  by Priscilla
 
odin wrote:You could use an syringe like this one to remove and add water.

A252_1.jpg

Sorry for the loss :upset:
Thanks, I removed and replaced some water already. :sidesmile: