A glimpse of my new snails

[Lupin]

Here are some poor shots of my assassin snail eating MTS. I didn't know the gravel I scooped for a new tank had some MTS that survived the wrath of my tiger loaches. They ended in the hands of the five assassin snails instead.:lipssealedsmilie:
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More new assassins are coming this month.:)

Miscellaneous pics of ivory mystery snail and dark striped purple.
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Here's a pic of my LFBN I've never posted before.:D She can never keep her fins in perfect shape, thanks to the male guppies.:screwy:
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/Blue_076/RSCN0601.jpg

[pik01]

ooh that's a fancy plec, and your assassins are sweet! Poor mts lol surviving the hell of loaches only to get gobbled up by assassins.

[stezatois]

that ivory is saweeeet. :D cutie plec, cant wait for my 2 lfbn to grow up now :)

[Lupin]

ooh that's a fancy plec, and your assassins are sweet! Poor mts lol surviving the hell of loaches only to get gobbled up by assassins.
Thanks. lol...I still have one pouch snail trying to evade the assassin snails. It spends most of its time clinging near the water surface to avoid the assassin snails.:headshake2:

[Fish-Addict]

Nice pics :). How do the assasins eat other snails? Do they crunch on its shell or eat it whole?

[Lupin]

They eat by sucking the body with their siphon. MTS have very hard shells, hard even for most puffers.

[bluerat]

nice pics:)

[pik01]

Thanks. lol...I still have one pouch snail trying to evade the assassin snails. It spends most of its time clinging near the water surface to avoid the assassin snails.:headshake2:

i'd do the same if i was in his position lol.

[Rbishop]

Nice pleco!

[rich311k]

Cool shots, very nice pleco.

[snoopy65]

Nice shots of the snails. That pleco is very pretty.

[Lupin]

Thanks, guys.:)

[Dangerdoll]

nice shots, Lupie!

[Lupin]

Thanks, DD, you're sweet but the assassin snail shots aren't really nice.:uhoh:

[DrNo]

Sweet plec Lupin! Snail homicide LOL

[Lupin]

I was waiting for the LFBN to flash her fins and there it was. Normally she bounces around the tank like she is wearing flouncy dress making it hard for me to get good pics.:D

[AquaGem]

very nice pics :) that pleco is pretty! Really like the ivory as well. Love how you can really see the orange body speckles.

[toddnbecka]

Shoot, you should see the split fins on my juvie longfin. He/she (not quite sexable yet) shares a 30 long with a breeding pair of chanchito's, 4-5 other BN's, and a handful of juvie L333's. I'm not sure whether it's the cichlids or the other BN's tearing up the long fins, but none of the other pleco's have a split fin anywhere.

[Lupin]

Thanks. lol...I still have one pouch snail trying to evade the assassin snails. It spends most of its time clinging near the water surface to avoid the assassin snails.:headshake2:
I take that back. The pouch snail was finally eaten yesterday. I spoke too soon. It got caught 4 hours after I took the photo but it survived the assassin snails for two days.

Todd, where's the pic of your LFBN?:D

[grannylvsfish]

sweet!!!!!!!! how big does that pleco get?? whats the name of it or do they come with names like LFBM ?

[Lupin]

sweet!!!!!!!! how big does that pleco get?? whats the name of it or do they come with names like LFBM ?
It's a bristlenose pleco (Ancistrus sp. 3 I think). LFBN-long finned bristlenose

This one is 3.5 inches at the moment. They don't grow beyond 4 inches. Males tend to be larger though.

[grannylvsfish]

It's a bristlenose pleco (Ancistrus sp. 3 I think). LFBN-long finned bristlenose

This one is 3.5 inches at the moment. They don't grow beyond 4 inches. Males tend to be larger though.
thats awesome!! I have 2 and never lay my eyes on mine. yours is beautiful!!!
and I better get some of them there assins, I really need them the rams horns and pond snails are going nuts in my 10 gallon tanks.

[toddnbecka]

If you've seen the pics in my chanchito thread you'll understand why I can't get a decent pic of the LFBN. Aside from the LFBN's total length being less than my thumb, between the breeding pair of cichlids w/fry all the pleco's maintain a low profile. They aren't particularly aggressive toward the pleco's, and the BN's do manage to clean just about every surface in the tank as far as I can see. WHen I get the basement situated and the 2 75's set up I'll be moving just about all my fish around into bigger tanks. Then I'll be able to get some semi-decent pics.

[jm1212]

interesting snails

[Lupin]

interesting snails
You know you want some.:D

[Mgamer20o0]

killer snails

[ChrisK]

Nice shots