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	Snail Identification
leongreenway Enthusiast Posts: 205 Kudos: 199 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Feb-2005	Can anyone recommend a snail identification site please, I have one in my tank (probably more), it doesnt appear to be a malasian, Apple, or common Pond snail. Cheers Leon
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
katieb Fish Addict Posts: 697 Votes: 69 Registered: 03-Jul-2004	www.applesnail.net I'll do graffiti, If you sing to me in French.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
leongreenway Enthusiast Posts: 205 Kudos: 199 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Feb-2005	As previously stated mate, NOT APPLE Snail
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
katieb Fish Addict Posts: 697 Votes: 69 Registered: 03-Jul-2004	Applesnail.net has whole section on snails that arent Apple snails. Maybe your snail is in there, mate I'll do graffiti, If you sing to me in French.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	To make it easier [link=http://applesnail.net/content/snails_various.php]http://applesnail.net/content/snails_various.php" style="COLOR: #00C0C0[/link] There's the exact place on applesnail.net that you need to look at.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	And considering you ruled out a lot of the common ones, its probably a ramshorn of some type. For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
leongreenway Enthusiast Posts: 205 Kudos: 199 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Feb-2005	Thanks alot guys, I will av a look
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
leongreenway Enthusiast Posts: 205 Kudos: 199 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Feb-2005	Thanks that was quick and easy.... looks like its a Physa spec http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y169/leongreenway/snail.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y169/leongreenway/snail.jpg
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Definitely a very common pond/pest snail. Although I do like the spotted shell and actually collected some from the stream to keep with my tadpoles when I had them.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27


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