Regular Member Charms Posted July 13, 2011 Regular Member Share Posted July 13, 2011 I found thess while cruising aquabid.com... Can someone please tell me what type of snails these are? Cause I totally want some!! But wanna know exactly how big they'll get first. I googled orange eye mystery snails but didn't really get the scientific name from it... THANKS!! 5 ORANGE EYE BRIGGS MYSTERY SNAILS RAINBOW MIX! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member tithra Posted July 13, 2011 Regular Member Share Posted July 13, 2011 At the chain stores "mystery snail" is typically an apple snail, but that's all I know. Those don't look like any apple snails I've ever seen (but I also haven't seen enough to say one way or the other! ) The purple ones are really neat looking though! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member number20121 Posted July 13, 2011 Regular Member Share Posted July 13, 2011 Apple snails come in different colors. The ones you usually find at LFS are golden, black (brownish-black), ivory and blue. Blue is kind of a pale blue-ish gray. I haven't seen the offered variety yet though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member devilduck Posted July 13, 2011 Regular Member Share Posted July 13, 2011 Look like apple snails to me I've always thought about getting one in ivory or purple, but I kinda like them in yellow too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member haley_tichonuk22 Posted July 13, 2011 Regular Member Share Posted July 13, 2011 OOOOOOOH!!!! I want some haha The colors are so unique from the normal pet store ones 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Splash of Color Posted July 13, 2011 Regular Member Share Posted July 13, 2011 They are so cute! I like the purple coloration. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted July 13, 2011 Admin Share Posted July 13, 2011 Now those are cool snails 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Rhonda Posted July 14, 2011 Regular Member Share Posted July 14, 2011 I kept them a few years ago. I had magenta (some with stripes and some solid in color), jade, ivory, gold... I never tried keeping them with goldfish... I had moved to another house and decided to rehome them all. They are called pomacea bridgesii. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Quasi Posted July 14, 2011 Regular Member Share Posted July 14, 2011 cool colors. I love blue and purple. Must keep those in mind for a tank without snail eating gf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Charms Posted July 15, 2011 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 15, 2011 Where do you guys get your snails from? The lfs never has any that even look healthy and they are bigger... I would like to get a few babies or juveniles in some of the funky colors. Any recommendations? I'm not finding any 'snail breeders' online really, and the few online store only have the gold color. Is aquabid.com a reputable place to get animals from? I've never ordered anything live online before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member kortniee Posted July 15, 2011 Regular Member Share Posted July 15, 2011 I had some awesome colored snails back in the day... A dark purple one, a blue one, an ivory one, and a brown one. Link here. The place I bought them from was awesome, but the webpage seems to not exist anymore. It's been a while. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Charms Posted July 15, 2011 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 15, 2011 Thanks for looking for the web page for me... and OMG! They are super cute!! I'm cycling my tank now and am planning on ordering plants this Saturday. What type of set up do you have them in? Anyone have some tank/plant recommendations?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member devilduck Posted July 15, 2011 Regular Member Share Posted July 15, 2011 I don't know about the US, but in the UK we can get them on ebay 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.