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question about aquarium snail?
Hi... i set up an aquarium earlier this month. This is the first aquarium i've had in a long while, and i have a question about a snail someone bought for me.
The snail has a yellow shell, and i'm not sure of the name of it, since i wasn't the one who purchased it. The snail's shell is about 1/2" from tip to tip.
When i got the snail, i put it carefully into the aquarium on one of my plants. It seemed to just sit there for two days, doing nothing.
This morning, i see the snail's shell laying on the bottom of the aquarium, and the animal is gone... shell is empty!
I am perplexed over what happened to the animal. I have several fish in my aquarium, almost all of them are youngsters. These are the types:
2 angel fish, about 1-1/2" from mouth to end of tail
3 green tiger barbs, youngsters
3 cory cats (one is an adult, good sized, the other two are juveniles)
3 guppies
1 algae eater
1 platy
Is it possible that my fish ate the snail?
thanks for your responses.
2 Answers
- noselessmanLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
yes, the angels or barbs probly ate it , it happens, try again if you want, and float the snail before adding it to the water. it may have gotten a temperature shock, then the fish took advantage, but theres no way to be sure, so to stay safe, i float my snails before adding them to the tank
- Anonymous1 decade ago
the snail yes the shell no it sounds like a apple snail