I've had these guys before I started my aquarium last summer. I was looking for a good Algae Eater for my tropical turtle tank, something that my turtle would hopefully ignore. I bought a Yellow spotted rabbit snail. My LFS just got them in, didn't really know much about them, neither did I. Anyway, the snail was great, and when I set my new tank up, she (yes she) went in there too. She was so much fun to watch that when I saw my LFS had 1 of the Orange variety, I quickly snagged him (I believe) up as well.
Needless to say, these snails are great, and large, about 4" in length. They have gills, and are live-bearers, but that's where they're the coolest. They only give birth to one baby every month or so, and they grow really slow. They aren't hermaphrodites and have sexes. My Orange is a male I believe because he never gave birth. My Orange Spotted female has given birth to 6 offspring I think. They're all about half her size and the oldest is about a year old. She stopped breeding about 6 months ago because she didn't have anyone to breed with, the 6 before were from sperm stored from at the LFS. I'm waiting for the 6 young ones to start breeding, but I don't know when that will happen!
Anyone else keep these snails?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1gLQy0IAw&feature=g-upl&context=G2140409AUAAAAAAAFAA
Video of my Orange guy moving around.
Orangey and one of the babies.
Big girl and Orangey
Orangey with lots of MTS
Juvenile
Babies
http://www.garfishindo.com/snail.html
This is a great link that shows pictures of most of the species.
Needless to say, these snails are great, and large, about 4" in length. They have gills, and are live-bearers, but that's where they're the coolest. They only give birth to one baby every month or so, and they grow really slow. They aren't hermaphrodites and have sexes. My Orange is a male I believe because he never gave birth. My Orange Spotted female has given birth to 6 offspring I think. They're all about half her size and the oldest is about a year old. She stopped breeding about 6 months ago because she didn't have anyone to breed with, the 6 before were from sperm stored from at the LFS. I'm waiting for the 6 young ones to start breeding, but I don't know when that will happen!
Anyone else keep these snails?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1gLQy0IAw&feature=g-upl&context=G2140409AUAAAAAAAFAA
Video of my Orange guy moving around.
Orangey and one of the babies.
Big girl and Orangey
Orangey with lots of MTS
Juvenile
Babies
http://www.garfishindo.com/snail.html
This is a great link that shows pictures of most of the species.
