The content I'm going to share with you today is about the inventory of tool snails/viewing snails, and someone may have done this work before, but today's content, I hope to be more comprehensive and meaningful (I used to think so), well, nonsense, start today's sharing...
⚪ Image source: sbike.cn, 51redaiyu.com
⚪ Reference: sbike.cn, seriouslyfish.com, wikipedia
⚪ Compilation: Crazy Jun
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Business card | Zebra snail
⚪ Introduction: Nicknamed Tiger Snail_Watermelon Snail, it is a primitive gastropod, snail family, river snail genus, snail series varieties, like to eat green spotted algae, is a great scraping tool snail
⚪ Shape: The thread is very beautiful and loved, and there are yellow and black lines on the shell, resembling a zebra, and like a tiger stripe, hence the name. In addition to the stripes, there are also jagged and spotted patterns.
⚪ Characteristics: Native to the estuarine soda water, it belongs to the steam water snail at the confluence of seawater and fresh water, which can survive well in fresh water, but cannot reproduce in fresh water.
⚪ Feeding: In fresh water, the adaptation can be very strong, and the poor water quality can also survive tenaciously. Prefers hard water quality, soft water is easily soluble shell, pattern fading.
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Business card | onion snail
⚪ Introduction: Alias Yangchun snail, for the primitive gastropod order, snail family, river snail genus, snail series varieties, good algae removal effect, can be used as a grass tank tool snail feeding.
⚪ Traits: Typical steam water snail species, which cannot reproduce in fresh water, and are close relatives of the same genus as zebra snails
⚪ Shape: Because the shape and shell pattern resemble an onion, it is named. The housing is nearly yellow or reddish-brown in color with jagged or dotted black spots. The screw tower is shorter, the shaft is straighter and smoother, and the lower half of the shaft shield expands outward. The outer shell is white, yellow or brown.
⚪ Feeding: miscellaneous food, like to eat algae, can be fed sedimentary feed or fish, shrimp, snails, special feed can be. As a tool snail, generally 2 60cm cylinders, 3 90cm cylinders, and 4 120cm cylinders. It should not be polycultured with snail-eating fish and killer snails.
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Business card | Mystery snail
⚪ Introduction: Alias ivory snail, it is a series of varieties of mid-gastropods, bottle snails, bottle snails, and snail shells
⚪ Distribution: Native to freshwater rivers and lakes.
⚪ Appearance: Large freshwater ornamental snail, shell color colorful, pattern changeable, colorful, flowers and green, common white, yellow, purple, blue, etc., through hybridization can produce some unexpected individuals.
⚪ Feeding: the water quality requirements are not high, the fish can live it can live, the fish can not live water quality it can also adhere to. When the PH is higher than 7.5, the shell grown is thick and hard, and when it is below 7, the shell becomes thinner, and a special calcium snail feed can be fed to supplement calcium. Miscellaneous food habits, mistakes mainly include: algae, moss, rotten grass leaves, boiled greens, soaked soft fish feed, can also be fed red worms.
⚪ Reproduction: climb to the surface of the water more than a dozen or tens of centimeters high to spawn, fish tank usually lay eggs on the fish tank cover, egg mass length and two fingers equivalent, the appearance is harder, can be easily removed, to ensure that you want to keep a few on the stay, there will be no snail more than the phenomenon of disease.
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Business card | Moonlight snail
⚪ Introduction: Alias great croissant snail_horned marigold, for the middle gastropod order, bottle snail family, bottle snail genus, snail shell series varieties,
⚪ Distribution: Freshwater rivers and lakes.
⚪ Features: The uncompromising grass tank lawn mower, some people joke that he can wipe out the water grass in the grass tank within a month, so it is called the moonlight snail.
⚪ Shape: The shell shape is very similar to the apple snail. The shell has a dark purple or light brown stripe that extends backwards along the screw.
⚪ Feeding: the adaptability to water quality is quite strong, like neutral to weak alkaline calcium content is high on hard water quality, eating miscellaneous, very fond of eating aquatic grass, so do not take the moonlight snail as an algae snail into the grass tank, otherwise regret it. However, it is not very interested in some pepper grass and shiitake mushroom grass.
⚪ Reproduction: oviparous, hermaphrodite, reproduction is very easy, especially easy to burst the cylinder, just two moonlight snails can breed. The outside is wrapped in a somewhat hard film with dozens of eggs inside. When the eggs mature, the young snails climb out on their own, without care.
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Business card | Apple snails
⚪ Introduction: Artificially cultivated by German technicians ornamental tool snails, alias flat-angled spiral snails _ red apple snails _ blue apple snails _ Golden snails _ large bottle snails, for the base eye order, spiral family, flat spiral genus, snail shell series varieties
⚪ Distribution: Europe to Central/East Asia.
⚪ Shape: Wild apple snail color is mostly gray-black, the shell rotates to the left, the maximum diameter can reach 2.5cm, the shell mouth is open, there is no mouth cover. The head has a pair of antennae, and the base has eye spots that can distinguish between light and dark. The blood of the apple snail may also be blue (red or blue due to the lack of pigment on the skin after genetic mutation, showing the color of its blood), so the blue apple snail can also be seen on the market.
⚪ Feeding: The lungs and gills of apple snails allow them to tolerate the environment of hypoxic water. During the dry season, it will bury itself in the bottom soil and close the shell to sleep. Its eggs are good fish and shrimp feed.
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Business card | Bee horn snail
⚪ Introduction: Alias bee horn snail_ small crown snail, is a primitive gastropod, snail family, stone snail genus, snail series varieties
⚪ Distribution: Estuarine soda waters in Indonesia, the Philippines and other places in Asia.
⚪ Breeding: It is a steamy water snail, which grows slowly and is not easy to reproduce. The confluence of estuaries and oceans is called vapor waters. Steamed water snails can only survive and spawn in fresh water, and eggs cannot hatch in fresh water.
⚪ Traits: An out-and-out algae removal master
⚪ Shape: The shell with long horns is very beautiful, because the black and yellow color patterns on the shell resemble cute bees, so it got its name. The ornamental value is extremely high. Bee horn snails and Easter egg horn snails are easily confused, and both shells have yellow and black color patterns, but the Easter egg horn snails have more patterns than bee corner snails.
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Business card | Easter egg horn snail
⚪ Introduction: Alias Easter egg horn snail _mine snail_Easter egg leopard striped horn snail_colored conch, is a series of varieties of primitive gastropods, snails, stone snails, and snail shells
⚪ Distribution: Native to the Asian estuarine soda waters, it belongs to the steamed waters snail species
⚪ Reproduction: Slow growth, not easy to reproduce
⚪ Appearance: The shell has branches and protrusions (a pair of small sharp corners, very cute), the color and pattern change are various, there are more variants, the shell color is rich and colorful, some are green and yellow, some are brownish red and other colors. It resembles the snail species in the ocean, and is also particularly similar to the mines in the water. It is a gorgeous ornamental snail variety.
⚪ Feeding: It is a relatively skinny ornamental snail breed in steamy water, which is more delicate in fresh water. Just into the cylinder, the adaptability to the new environment is poor, easy to die. The requirements for water quality, PH, hardness, and water temperature are basically the same as those for zebra snails. But to keep it gorgeous and beautiful, the water body should have sufficient calcium, whether it is easy to melt the shell, especially the horn.
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Business card | Stone coil snail
⚪Introduction: The alias transcolor snail_ stone snail is a series of varieties of primitive gastropods, snails, stone snails, and snail shells
⚪Distribution: Native to Asia, Taiwan, Japan.
⚪ Shape: The shell is oval, the shell surface is slightly expanded, the growth is fine, and there are neat lines. The spiral part is smaller and slightly prominent, the shell top is usually corroded, some only retain the body snail layer, the body snail layer is slightly wider; the shell surface is brown or bluish brown, with longitudinal black fine dots and horizontal triangular yellow-brown patterns. The shell mouth is semi-circular, and the inner surface is slightly shiny and off-white.
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Business card | Black Diamond Snail
⚪ Introduction: Alias military cap snail, it is a series of varieties of primitive gastropods, snails, river snails, and snail shells
⚪ Distribution: Native to estuarine soda waters.
⚪ Shape: It is very similar to the shape of the abalone snail, but the shell is black, and the tail is more prominent. And the ability to remove algae is super, likes to eat green algae on the wall of the tank, and is one of the best tool snails in the grass tank.
⚪ Feeding: Mild temperament, easy to raise. Moss removal and algae removal are very good, do not eat aquatic weeds but turn mud. The adsorption force is extremely strong, and it is forcibly pulled away by mistake, otherwise it may cause the muscle to tear and die. During the day, it will drill into the sand or aquatic weed mud at the bottom of the aquatic grass, and come out at night to forage for food, so the grass tank just planted should not be placed prematurely, especially when the prospect aquatic grass with a shallow root system such as mini dwarf pearls is planted, it should be put into this snail after the aquatic grass is rooted, to prevent the snail from turning the aquatic weed when drilling into the bottom mud, making it difficult for the aquatic weed to take root and affecting the survival rate of aquatic weeds.
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Business card | Abalone snails
⚪ Introduction: Alias hedge snail _snail_freshwater shellfish_wall snail, is a series of varieties of primitive gastropods, snails, wall snails, and snail shells
⚪ Distribution: Native to estuarine soda waters
⚪ Breeding: It belongs to the steamy water snail, and the freshwater area cannot reproduce.
⚪ Traits: large amount of food, like to eat algae, has a strong ability to remove algae, will not nibble on aquatic grass, killer snails can not basically hurt it, its algae removal effect is very obvious, is one of the favored snails in the grass tank, because the shape resembles abalone and got its name.
⚪ Shape: Strange shape, a variety of patterns, often mesh-like, much like a bucket, so it is also called a hedge snail or snail.
⚪ Feeding: Fresh water with strong adaptability and poor water quality can also survive well. Prefer hard water quality, soft water is easy to dissolve the shell or the texture becomes lighter, reducing the ornamental value. It is most active at water temperatures of 22-24 ° C.
⚪ Note: 1. When entering the cylinder for the first time, be sure to place the screw mouth down. 2. The attachment is extremely strong, it is strictly forbidden to forcibly pull away, which can easily lead to muscle tearing and death. 3. Feeding is recommended to change the water regularly to ensure that the water quality remains neutral and avoid the situation of weak mobility and low appetite due to environmental discomfort
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Business card | Golden snail
⚪ Introduction: Alias, for the middle gastropod order, bottle snail family, bottle snail genus, snail series varieties
⚪ Distribution: Native to Argentina, South America.
⚪ Traits: It is closely related to the invasive species Fushou snail in southern China, and the lung capsule can make the snail float after inflating, and the exhaust will sink rapidly in case of interference. The shell is golden yellow in gold, hence the name.
⚪ Shape: The snail body is composed of five parts: head, foot, internal organs sac, mantle membrane and shell. The head is cylindrical, with a pair of anterior and posterior tentacles, and the eye point is located at the base of the posterior tentacle. The shell is right-handed, large and rounded, with a smooth surface and a yellowish brown or golden yellow. A membrane-like respiratory sac that breathes oxygen directly from the air.
⚪ Feeding: Prefer fresh water with fresh water quality and sufficient bait, the water temperature exceeds 35 °C, the growth rate decreases, and it can withstand 5 °C-45 °C water temperature. It is mainly planted, such as duckweed, vegetables, melons and fruits, corn, bran, etc., especially likes to eat sweet foods. Eggs are usually laid at the wall of the tank, and if they are not fed, they will eat the snail eggs or newly hatched snails. Juvenile snails are mainly fine, humus and refined feed. Its speed of eliminating aquatic weeds can be called a lawn mower, so it must not be raised in a grass tank. Golden snails generally inhabit shallow water areas near pools, or are adsorbed on the stems and leaves of aquatic plants, and some simply float above the water surface, and can leave the water body for a short life.
⚪ Reproduction: Egg-born, gray-blue eggs often attach to the shore.
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Business card | killer snail
⚪ Introduction: Alias bee pagoda snail _ assassin snail _ bumblebee snail _ Helen snail _ ribbon pagoda snail, for the neogastropod, moth snail family, pagoda snail genus, snail shell series species
⚪ Distribution: Native to Asia.
⚪ Traits: The shape is unique, resembling a pagoda, does not eat aquatic weeds, does not attack fish, and preys on other snails and animal carcasses for a living, so it is also called a killer snail. Is a good snail removal tool.
⚪ Appearance: The shell is thick, black and yellow, there is a color pattern similar to the stone pattern, the soft part is mostly grayish white or yellow gray, and there are irregular black spots on the tail. It has a special effect on the bottom sand flipping and activating the bottom bed. The front of the soft body has a long nasal tube. The shell, like other tower snails, is a pagoda type, and the special feature is that the shell pattern is yellow and black, which is very beautiful.
⚪ Feeding: Special habits, often sneaking into the bottom bed during the day, and foraging for food at night. It does not eat algae, but prefers to eat other snails and animal carcasses. It can prey on mysterious snails, apple snails, Malay snails, wild small snails and a variety of small ornamental shrimp. The aggression of soda snails with strong algae removal, such as zebra snails, bee horn snails, and abalone snails, is relatively limited. The mobility and food intake are limited, such as for controlling the snails in large aquariums, and the effect is not obvious. Miscellaneous food, algae, snails, residual bait, comers do not refuse, is a rare freshwater snail species. It is easy to raise and has a habit similar to that of the Malay snail, feeding on other snails, algae and fish and shrimp residues. Sometimes it is hidden in the bottom sand, revealing half of the shell, which has a good effect on the loosening and activation of the bottom bed.
⚪ Breeding: 30-200 eggs are laid each time, mostly in more hidden areas such as gaps and sunken wood. The eggs are a single square pouch containing a small egg.
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Business card | Malay snail
⚪Alias tumor pseudo-black snail, for the basal eye order, snail family, pseudo-black snail genus, snail shell series varieties
⚪ Distribution: Native to Asia and Malaysia.
⚪ Characteristics: Small size, like to drill into the bottom sand, activate the cleaning of the bottom bed, reduce the deposition of food residue in the anaerobic layer, and is often used as an auxiliary tool snail for shrimp tanks.
⚪ Feeding: Easy to raise, very skinny. Not eating aquatic weeds, preferring to eat algae, special feed or cooked vegetables, is an important water ecological role. It is a master of garbage cleaning at the bottom bed, which is unmatched by other snails.
⚪ Reproduction: fetal, hermaphroditic, easy to reproduce, can produce 5-8 small snails at a time, breed several times a year.
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Business card | Meteor Pagoda Snail
⚪ Introduction: Alias meteor snail_bamboo shoot snail_pagoda snail_hexagonal snail, is a series of varieties of basal eye, snail family, Sichuan spiral snail genus, and snail shell series
⚪ Characteristics: The snail shell has yellow and black stripes or white purple stripes on it, which is very beautiful. It is a hermaphrodite and allogeneic mating snail, and any two meteor pagoda snails can be mated and bred.
⚪ Reproduction: The eggs are transparent and lumpy, and the hatched snails will burrow into the bottom sand and grow to about 0.5 cm after a few months.
⚪ Feeding: Easy to raise, like water flow and bottom sand, do not eat aquatic grass, can remove the algae in the aquarium
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⚪ Body length: Adults can reach 9-12cm
⚪ Distribution: Sulawesi near Borneo (above)
⚪ Appearance: A large snail breed from Sulawesi, the shell is slender pagoda-shaped, with colorful colors, very peculiar, because of its cute appearance like a rabbit, also known as a rabbit snail.
⚪ Habits: Prefers high water temperature, eats a very mixed diet, including algae and sedimentary feed, and also eats rotten plants and some aquatic plants and young shoots. Therefore, it is not very suitable for grass tank culture.
⚪ Reproduction: Oviparous birth, the breeding method is very special, each offspring will be wrapped in an egg sac, relying on the secretions in the mother's uterus to obtain nutrients. By the time the snails hatch from the eggs, they have developed and even their shells have become very hard. Some larvae of rabbit snails are able to grow to nearly 2 centimeters in length in the mother, which is a record of snails.
The following are some of the Sulawesi rabbit snail breeds
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【Baccarat rabbit snail】
【Colunda Rabbit Snail】
↓(not sure name)
↓ (not sure of the name) Huang Boso rabbit snail?
【Yellow antenna rabbit snail】
【Maculata rabbit snail】
↓ Spawning
(Huge)
【Golden Spot Rabbit Snail】
【Golden Rabbit Snail】
【Yellow rabbit snail】
【Orange rabbit snail/kumquat rabbit snail】
↓ Orange rabbit snail larvae
↓ Orange rabbit snail adult
【Black rabbit snail?】 (Name to be determined)】
【Starry Rabbit Snail】
【Blue-eyed rabbit snail】
【Chocolate Rabbit Snail】