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posted 12-31-2003 06:41 PM         

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my tank is totally over run with snails! i started with one and now i have over 20! they r over running my tank and multiplying everyday!!! i dont want to kill them so im going to sell some to some of my friends who have aquariums. how much would u charge for a healthy snail about as big as a nickel?

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posted 12-31-2003 11:41 PM         

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The thing to remember about snails is that if you have 2 you have 200. Snails reproduce very quickly and in very large numbers. If you want to try and keep your tank down to 1 snail without killing all of the others I would think very seriously about giving them away.

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posted 01-01-2004 10:43 AM         

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i want more than one in my tank but i have 20 spread out in 3 tanks right now and i want to sell some that r about as big as big as the nickel and i was wondering wat i should charge.

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posted 01-02-2004 12:53 PM         

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I would charge around 90 cents per snail. and if nobody wants to buy them at that price.. .then charge lower.

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posted 01-02-2004 03:15 PM         

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ummm...ewww I don't like them....

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posted 01-02-2004 04:06 PM         

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90 cents? my friends all say they wouldnt pay more than 5 cents!!!

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posted 01-03-2004 10:36 AM         

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I have this same problem and I don't know what to do!! I have about 30-40 baby snails in my aquarium, but they are so small that It's impossible to find them all!! And my adult one keeps laying eggs... but I only have one adult one in my aquarium now!! Does anyone know why it keeps laying eggs when there is one adult snail?????

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posted 01-03-2004 11:40 AM         

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snails dont need a mate to reproduce they r kibda both sexes they have both organs needed to reproduce so if u have 1 it can reproduce on its own!

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posted 01-03-2004 07:54 PM         

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Hi animalgurl, It is true that snails have both reproductive organs, but only an extreme few can reproduce by themselves.

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posted 01-04-2004 04:49 PM         

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what kind of snails? i wanted to do this for my pond and friends ponds we tried apple snails but no luck... we tried a smaller snail but they died before anything...
i was told that they are a good treat for koi and eat EVERYTHING and anything...

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posted 01-04-2004 04:51 PM         

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they r just freshwater snails

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posted 01-04-2004 04:53 PM         

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if only a few can reproduce on there own than my snail (gary) is one of them cause i only put one snail in there and now i have over 30

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posted 01-04-2004 06:09 PM         

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can you show me a pic of them? like from a google image search or ? that would be really helpful

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posted 01-04-2004 06:18 PM         

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did you name your snail gray because of the kids show spongebob

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posted 01-04-2004 06:47 PM         

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Is there some fish that can be purchased that like to eat the eggs. I know you probably don't want to buy phiranas' I know thats mean. Sorry. Snails must feel too.

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posted 01-04-2004 10:19 PM         

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Hi JsX, For the Apple Snails, they lay their eggs on plant stalks above the water line. If you'll put some Umbrella Palm, Thalia or Water Cannas in your pond you should end up with more Apple Snails than you know what to do with.

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posted 01-07-2004 06:11 PM         

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ya i got garys name from spongebob that show is great:]!!!

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posted 01-13-2004 10:20 AM         

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Yeah, I think most people know about the snail problem, which is my they wouldn't buy them off you. You'd have to give them away as fish food, probably.
Other posts on this site say that certain types of goldfish love to eat snail eggs. That way, you can keep your snail or two but the eggs get eaten before they are actually snails. Kinda like a snail abortion program.

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posted 01-13-2004 03:21 PM         

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well my goldfish dont eat the eggs cause there r 3 of them and 20 snails

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