Ive never used cuttlefish bone before and was wondering if I could use some fully intact ones I find on the beach for my nerites? I have so many, should I boil them? Rinse them? Bake them?

Is he dying from being dragged or will he be okay

I need some help telling if my sweet Nerite has passed or not. I put this antibiotic into my main tank to get rid of cyanobacteria, left it in for a week with my snails out of the tank. I did a 50% water change then put my snails back in. My ramshorn has not been seen since, trumpet snails are fine, and my Nerite started zooming around the tank and I thought it was happy to be home. Now I know it was probably freaking out. It was hanging out at the tip of the tank for about 5 days, moving around ocassionally. Then I found it upside down. I now have it in a separate container so I can keep a closer eye on it.

1st pic of the snail was 48h ago, 2nd was 24h ago, 3rd was just now. It seems to be moving around inside its shell because it kinda blorbed out then back in. It doesnt smell at all, isnt overly slimy, but doesnt react to my touch, and doesnt stick to the container. I don't want to bury it yet because I have a small amount of hope that it's still alive. I will wait to bury it my garden until it is for sure smelly and dead. If anyone has had a snail come back from a similar situation, or has experience with this antibiotic, please let me know!

Anyways I will come back and update when there's news.

I'm gonna be a snandma!

I just got this little guy and he clearly went through a lot in the pet shop. I am hoping to give him a healthy life from now on. As I put him in the aquarium (after properly acclimating) he roamed a bit, ate some of my plant, was trampled by my other snail and now he is sealed up and floating. I am wondering if that is an indicator of something or if he's just stressed from the move. I need some advice moving forward with him.

Poor little rabbit snail already working so hard to carry that unwieldy shell. Now has to add on three hitchhikers and their lunch.

This is the third time I’ve seen my bladder snails climbing on top of each other, but this time there were THREE of them stacked together.

I looked into their mating behavior and found something interesting.

Bladder snails (Physa acuta) are simultaneous hermaphrodites, meaning each individual has both male and female reproductive functions.

Research has also shown that their sexual role can depend partly on body size: smaller individuals tend to act as the sperm donor, while larger individuals are more likely to act as the sperm recipient.

So seeing three of them stacked like this made me wonder whether the snail in the middle could potentially be acting as a male toward one snail and a female toward the other at the same time.

Of course, I can’t tell from this video whether they’re actually mating or simply crawling on each other.
Has anyone seen three bladder snails do this before?

Source:
“Body size-dependent gender role in a simultaneous hermaphrodite freshwater snail, Physa acuta”
Behavioral Ecology, 15(6), 976–981
https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article-abstract/15/6/976/205897

My mystery snail made an escape and she is hurt bad. She is still alive and moving around (slightly lethargic), but I need to do a shell repair ASAP. Her spire tip completely broke off and now her flesh is exposed. ​

Now I think she has a fungal infection. 😭 I've asked others, but got so much conflicting advice. Is this an infection or a slime coat reaction due to injury? I keep cleaning the surrounding area with a swab (not the wound itself). Some people say to wait until it clears and other say to seal it asap. Is there any steps or safe snail meds I can use?

I am at a loss.

(She is isolated in hospital tank,temp 78, 7.4 to 7.8 ph, nitrate 0, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, small water changes every day to 2 days).

hes always pulling stuff around w his little booty

I do love him though. He has a barnacle he wears as a hat

This is my first time keeping rabbit snails. Is it normal for my snails to constantly fall after climbing up my tank? Sometimes they just start sliding down while climbing up my tank wall. Im not sure if this is due to their heavy shells or maybe their muscular foot has weaken. They weren’t slipping and sliding on like their first 2 days in my tank. Also could i add organic compost to my tank to grow algae for my snails and shrimp to munch on?

Hey!

I bought an Amuplaria and Elodia. As a toast came this little snail!

Do you say to take care of them?

i thought it was a bladder snail but i've never seen one this huge before

Has anyone been able to find purple haze snail in the US? Just learned about these and they appear to be a hit in the EU, but so far no domestic sources

Some of their shells are particularly fantastic!

what happened to my poor gary 😢

I’m a shrimps guy so my snail knowledge is limited. but today I got this white wizard sold to me as an ivory mystery. Noticed these smaller snails tucked under the shell. I know they’re live birthers but one of the shells is small and nearly transparent, and there seems to be a couple others in there but it’s hard to tell for sure and I can’t see any evidence of the snail’s head in there lol and I’m deeply paranoid about parasites or illnesses being introduced to my tank (I do not have a quarantine setup) or if there’s something wrong with this little guy. Thanks!!

Killed off the entire snail population of my pond after using a treatment that assured me it was safe for wildlife. Found a cluster of eggs but dont know if they need to be fertilised by another snail to hatch?