Never heard of these snails before...

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I was cruising aquarium site and found these snails.

Anybody have these or know anything about them?
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They seem really cool. there isn't much info out there on them that i can find... besides random people saying they burrow like MTS, but they don't reproduce as fast...

Here's something the the rest to copy/paste
[h=2]Thiara winteri[/h]

 

authmal

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There were threads on here about them in '09, so they're not completely unheard of. They're just rare in the hobby.

 

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I think I might order some if I can find some more info, at the very least they look unique. Thanks for telling me about the older post.

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I had a couple of thiara snail's a year ago, a seller sent me them when I bought some tylos. They're just like mts they love to bury in the sand and come out at night. Mine sadly didn't survive as at the time I had gravel and they struggled to get through it. They're cool looking snail's

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Wow, they do look pretty cool.

Too bad they wouldn't survive in my substrate since it's too big for them to get around.

 

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Fish_Bone said:

I think I might order some if I can find some more info, at the very least they look unique. Thanks for telling me about the older post.

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I only found it because I went "WTF is that?" and copied/pasted into google, and some of the results pointed to older threads here. :woot:

They do look pretty cool, but if only the wild caught have the spikes, and subsequent generations have smaller/fewer, I'm not sure I'd want to invest in them at that rate.

 

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Yeah the erosion of the spikes made me question buy em. Sounds like people have problems feeding them and they die. Also noticed there is no clear care instructions...

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That's what I found when I researched it yrs ago, like MTS but stockier and lose spikes after captive breeding. And the big price tag kept me away.

 

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If they are kept in all natural potting soil instead of gravel, the spikes should remain there right?
I never tired using potting soil as substrate, but I want to give it a try one day.