Black oranda
Apr 3 2005, 11:48 AM
In my tropical tank i found these snails, at first i thought it was
a pest snail. But i looked closer and it has a shell like a ramshorn
but its about 1 cm... I have about 5 or so in my tank now.
Are theses rams?, Can they live in a tank without a filter (My beta tank)
Are they any harm to my other snails (Trumpet snails and a brig) ?
smack536
Apr 3 2005, 11:58 AM
any pix?
Black oranda
Apr 3 2005, 12:08 PM
Ill get one hold up
Black oranda
Apr 3 2005, 12:14 PM
Here i scanned one

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Eh it came out small... let me know if you need another pic.
smack536
Apr 3 2005, 01:37 PM
def looks like red ramshorn to me...a little baby one!!! theyre so so cute when theyre babies!!!
yes they can live wiht a betta, but make sure to wipe off all the eggs when youclean or theyll move your betta right outta his little house...they dont need filtration necessairly....just regualr water changes
they dont bother other snails and they are pest snails!!

probably not with a betta though...easy enough to get rid of eggs
Black oranda
Apr 3 2005, 02:17 PM
Alright thanks

, Ill move them into my 5 gallon betta tank.
I don't want the tropical 15 gallon tank to be filled with rams lol .
Thanks again,
Alex
(By the way i just saw them mating

more snails on the way)
020292
Apr 3 2005, 05:04 PM
Yes becuase that is what happened to me and they might even be asexual which means they do not need a partner to have babies.
Hope i was help!!!!
smack536
Apr 3 2005, 06:55 PM
hmmm...alex...if they were mating, then they probably arent red ramshorns...they do it all by themselves...i ended up with 300+ and I orignally bought 1.
i guess im wrong!
Black oranda
Apr 4 2005, 05:11 PM
hmmm... well they looked like they were mating.
Hmmm Anyways i hope someone finds out what they are lol
Thanks again,
Alex
smack536
Apr 5 2005, 04:29 PM
Maybe they were just eating algae off each others shells?
That shell def. looks like what I had tons of....are their bodies little and scarlet red-pumpkin orange??
silver8328
Apr 5 2005, 05:36 PM
I just found 2 of them in my guppy tank. How big do they have to be before they start having babies? Mine are only _ that big
smack536
Apr 5 2005, 06:27 PM
about the size of the snail in your sig...maybe smaller....
silver8328
Apr 5 2005, 06:38 PM
OK, thanks. So I have time to do something with them before they start having too many babies.
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