Snaily Pics of Canas and Diffusas

[Lupin]

Please excuse the slight shell erosion as they were a little damaged from the acidity of the water of their original owner. They're being supplemented at the moment with plenty of calcium so their shells can repair nicely.

Downloading them via Manage Attachments...

[Lupin]

First three pics show a mother Pomacea canaliculata. She has 3-4 clutches. Second is hatching at the moment with over 150 babies. I struggled to pry her off the breeder box because her weight is pulling the clutches down the water.:swear:

[Mgamer20o0]

canas are evil

[msjinkzd]

very nice lupin :)

[Redneck Woman]

Very pretty snails!!!!:)

[H3D]

Nice pics.

[petluvr]

Always flaunting your canas:) Nice snails

[Hooked Newbie]

Mmmm... loach food! :lipssealedsmilie:

[Lupin]

Mmmm... loach food! :lipssealedsmilie:
What?!:eek: No way.:silly: Some of my baby canas can go to the loach bin though. I just got 150 more babies from the second clutch and I still have four more clutches waiting.:lipssealedsmilie: That's just in addition to about 70 babies from the first clutch.:banhim:

Rach, remember the baby cana pics I showed you? That's the female one I uploaded here. She has grown a lot.:D I adore her so much as she lets me touch her head and handfeed her.:dance:

[Lupin]

Always flaunting your canas:) Nice snails
Of course. My canas are my babies.:grinyes: They came from a clutch I got from a ditch. They're spoiled with plenty of foods I can find for them.:)

[Flaringshutter]

Gorgeous canas! Very pretty female, she's a doll.

[SchizotypalVamp]

Nice snailies lup!

[crimsonmoon]

i love them
gah ive been dying for some canas lately!

[Lupin]

i love them
gah ive been dying for some canas lately!
Good luck searching for them. They shouldn't be hard if you can find some in your local ditches.:grinyes:

Thanks, everyone! Iris, do you have updated pics of your canas and haustrums?:)

[crimsonmoon]

thanks :)
but unfortunately i live in missouri...i don't think the snails would survive the winter. :( its supposed to be snowing all week next week too! lol
but i definitely am going to be putting up some wanted ads on craigslist

[Lupin]

Well, I was cleaning up my snail tanks before Christmas Eve tonight when my sister decided to fool around with my snails. I had shouted myself hoarse from her troubles. Some canas ended up into my planted tank much to my frustration. I told her to do something constructive. She came out again with my camera and her own pink (:silly: ), Olympus. She took several pics of the snails. At least, that distracted her from playing around my snails too much.:laugh: I challenged her for some close shots of baby snails and their eyes. Here they are.:lipssealedsmilie:

[Lupin]

Canas...They've grown eh?:D

[kayla25690]

beautiful snail babies!!! Mine hatched the other day... with a little help though... gold babies to be exact

[Bettacreek]

*Squee* Babies! I absolutely adore pics of babies on the side of the glass. So cute with their little feet and little tentacles. :)

[paperdragon]

Aww, they're adorable!

Canas in the planted tanks stinks though. Ah well, not as bad as when I was 8 and my big sister murdered one of my fish by bludgeoning it with a marble.

[msjinkzd]

very nice lupin :)

[fishorama]

Cute! She must be younger to be both annoying & admiring of your hobby.

[snoopy65]

Awesome snails!

[mel_20_20]

Wow!! So cute!

[Lupin]

Cute! She must be younger to be both annoying & admiring of your hobby.
She's only 14, Nancy. I warned her to check her arms before she handles my brigs because she handled my canas first. These baby canas are very sneaky. I had some ended up stuck on my arm for quite awhile without me noticing. I can distinguish them quickly though just from the color of their shells and lack of orange mottles on their faces.:)

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year, everyone!

[fishorama]

Happy Christmas to you & your baby sister Lupes! I an both an older & youger sister, so I know. Be nice to her...

[DAVIDFBT]

I love the purple color on the snails!

[Wyomingite]

OK, my ignorance of snails and snailkind here. What are the purple ones? Are those canas? And canas eat plants, right?

In spite of my efforts to learn things through web searches, I keep finding I don't even know enough to know what to ask or what to search for. Every time I open a thread in the Invert Section, I have another question, or two, or three. I'm havin' a heck of a time associating pics with species, except for ramshorns and the Malayan turbo snails.

Hope ya'll don't think I'm a pain in the behind, but I'm serious about havin' a tank or two with inverts in 'em. Thanks for the patience.

WYite

[pik01]

hey, if you've got invert questions, the invert forums are the place to ask them! :D

I don't have any canas but as I understand it, canas don't come in purple, and they will go to town on plants. I suspect the purple ones are P. bridgesii (Mystery Snails).

And as a sidenote, MTS = Malaysian Trumpet Snail :)

[Lupin]

The first post shows all of my Pomacea diffusa (new name for Pomacea bridgesii). The name has been updated by Ken Hayes as Donya pointed out in applesnail.net.

Canas don't come in different colors except gold and brown. They are indeed voracious plant eaters in comparison to Pomacea diffusa which prefer plants with soft foliage and dead or decaying parts of the plants. Canas are banned in several countries due to their voracious appetite for plants. They can care less whichever plant they want to eat.

[Lupin]

Some of my Pomacea diffusa.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0346.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0344.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0340.jpg

Pomacea canaliculata.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0348.jpg

[Bettacreek]

What, only one pic of canas? Cheap-o! Lol.

[Lupin]

LOL! I found the one pic in my camera and haven't taken any recently yet but I'll get some then.:D

[Daniel K.]

Nice looking snails Lupin

[AquaGem]

Very beautiful snails. I love the pic where you can see all of their colors and compare them.

[Lupin]

Thanks, everyone.:) They're pampered er...more than anything else I might add. *whistles innocently* It's all your fault, Rachel!!!:headbang2:

[Lupin]

Here are some new set of pics.

LSP (peppermint)
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0372.jpg

Burgundy
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0377.jpg

Glow-in-the-dark?:rofl: Chestnut I think. I can't remember which snail got into this.lol
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0376.jpg

DSP (magenta) with plaster of Paris at the back.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0381.jpg

Another one on the rock.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0383.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0386.jpg

Five forming a circle or a star?lol
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0390.jpg

DSP was floating or stuck on the slime trail so I didn't pass the chance to get a pic!
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0394.jpg

Left: gold, DSP, two LSP
Back: gold and wild (dark striped green)
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0397.jpg

Broken eggshell on the bed. Two wilds and two DSP on scene.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0402.jpg

Babies on the hatchery. They are eating the plaster of Paris in wee bits from time to time.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0422.jpg

DSP having a fun time clinging on a lotus.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0426.jpg

Gold on his usual lounge.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0429.jpg

All wild colors and a jade in a separate tank.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0431.jpg

Another tank full of golds. Their color is dominant so I had to separate them as I don't want any more golds.lol
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0432.jpg

Nom nom nom...
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0433.jpg

Bettacreek pestered me over cana pics so here they are...:silly:

Little cana on his favorite chair. Ignore the pink eggs. They were mauled over by the babies that they fell to the tank. I have four clutches waiting.:laugh:
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0439.jpg

Smallest must have hatched sometime last week or was it two weeks ago? The other three were last month.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0445.jpg

Spire angle.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0451.jpg

Shell.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0452.jpg

Finger sucker. Nom nom nom...
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0455.jpg

Smaller female about to lay eggs I think.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/DSCN0453.jpg

[fishorama]

Very nice snails Lupin! Looks like it's time for a little birth control my friend, or are the extras loachy snacks?

[Lupin]

LOL..Someone is interested in getting the canas. I'll spare a few for loachy snacks.:)

[snoopy65]

Nice looking snails!

[Hollygirl]

VERY nice! Thanks for sharing.

[Lupin]

Thanks, guys. I know it seems so dull to update same boring pics.:uhoh:

[Bubbles2112]

This was very nice to see all your pictures! Thanks for sharing them!!!