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Old 22-09-2009, 12:47 AM   #1
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Default Any name for this snail?




Is this elephant snail, sulawasi or...something else.
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Old 22-09-2009, 03:18 PM   #2
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should be the elephant snail. because it resembles the trunk of an elephant.
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Old 22-09-2009, 07:48 PM   #3
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nope, this snail is from thailand, common name: pagoda snail, scientific name: brotia pagodula
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Old 22-09-2009, 08:43 PM   #4
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Think this guy can grow bigger than the normal Ramhorms. Saw quite a few a Y618 few days ago.
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Old 22-09-2009, 09:36 PM   #5
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Ooh...thanks!! now I learn something. They are bigger than our 20cts coin and I find them cute with their head sticking out thick and meaty. And yes!! I got this from Y618..
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Old 23-09-2009, 09:06 PM   #6
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By the way, have a good, or maybe bad, news. these snails are vv hard to breed in the aquarium. if i am right, no one has ever bred them before.

Another bad news, these snails are also not easy to keep. heard from most people that they die after half a year.
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