M6S1K3 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Not sure what kind this big ol' snail is maybe an elephant? If that makes sense. But for the past few days he has been climbing out of my tank and down the side (out of the water) can they breath air and live? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Zebra turbo snail. Mine have never crawled out of the system but there's always a wacky snail or two. I'd doublecheck all water parameters though, just in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woods Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I have always seen them referred to as Zebra Turbo snails for the striping on their shells. I have no idea about breathing out of water but it must be able to do some or it wouldn't survive its newly acquired like of a wandering adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M6S1K3 Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 Thanks. I thought that might be what it is but mines like 3." and everything I read says 2" max. Either way. Yea all parameters are spot on. I think he just got bored. His shell was bone dry like he had been out for a while. It took a minute to coax him off the glass without hurting him (he still had suction and fight) I dropped him back in and he's zooming around eating. Weird. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woods Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I have a shell of one that was about 5" and have some in my tank currently that are close to 2.5 so I would consider your sources to be quite wrong... I have seen many over 2". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M6S1K3 Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 Yep. Live aquaria, reef2go.... I was just researching types and checking their stats Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I have a shell of one that was about 5" and have some in my tank currently that are close to 2.5 so I would consider your sources to be quite wrong... I have seen many over 2".+1, I have 3 that are over 3" in my system. Make sure you're looking at zebra turbo snails and not just the regular turbo snails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M6S1K3 Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 But if I've learned one lesson it's don't fully trust anyone or anything entirely. Everyone's system, fish, corals, problems, expertise...is different. I was merely pointing out why I wasn't sure what kind it was at first. That's all. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 But if I've learned one lesson it's don't fully trust anyone or anything entirely. Everyone's system, fish, corals, problems, expertise...is different. I was merely pointing out why I wasn't sure what kind it was at first. That's all. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I would just trust me implicitly. [emoji12] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M6S1K3 Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 Haha ty you have yet to steer me wrong. So in a way. I do haha Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasReef Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 But if I've learned one lesson it's don't fully trust anyone or anything entirely.That's all. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Amen to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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