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Title: Mutant Trumpet Snail?


Synirr - June 24, 2006 08:36 AM (GMT)
I wanted to share with you guys a snail that popped up in one of my tanks recently. It looks like his shell is clear, but his body is pigmented; this guy just spontaneously emerged in there, all the original snails were of normal colour. At first I thought calcium deficiency, but as you can see all the others are fine, his shell is intact, and it's not flaking or milky, just clear-like. Before you ask, I'm certain there's a snail in there, hehe, not just a dead empty shell.

Here are some pics. They are eating what's left of a fish skeleton by the way, one of my last remaining white cloud mountain minnows apparently passed away the night before, and that's all that was left by morning. Behold the power of snails! :D
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Jayesh - June 24, 2006 11:27 AM (GMT)
He's really beautiful, I would like one like that. Also there's a wierd ramshorn snail in the pictures too. How many snail species have you got?

Robyn - June 24, 2006 11:18 PM (GMT)
He's pretty. I don't know why he's green/blue.

Synirr - June 25, 2006 03:17 AM (GMT)
QUOTE (Jayesh @ Jun 24 2006, 06:27 AM)
He's really beautiful, I would like one like that. Also there's a wierd ramshorn snail in the pictures too. How many snail species have you got?

I've got MTS, ramshorns, and one big trapdoor snail. I'm mostly a fishkeeper, the snails are just a byproduct of bringing live plants into my tanks and I don't mind the MTS and ramshorns as they leave my plants alone, but I couldn't help but notice the oddball when it showed up :). I'm hoping it will breed (like they always do, hah), and I'll be seeing some more soon.

SadieMay - August 19, 2006 12:30 PM (GMT)
Would that be considered an albino? The blue/green being a reflection from the water?

Robyn - August 20, 2006 02:00 AM (GMT)
It looks like it's actually green to me and not just color from elsewhere. The original poster would know.




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