LMAO! I remember the days when we would post snorno pics.:rofl: :rofl:
erv:
... and Spixis ARE the Ron Jeremy's of the Snorno world!
The one observation I have made is that spixi males prefer their females big. They tend to prefer mating with Briggs than their own species- I'm not sure if there is any stress for the female brigg being jumped on by a hormone fueled spixi- but the larger the female the more interested my male spixis seem to be.
This would be perhaps the only problem from keeping them together- the females being stress from excess copulation.
(BTW from what I've read: in the Spixi/Marisa hybrids the male is always a spixi and the female is always a marisa- never the other way around- spixi males are real hornballs... you can safely keep female spixis with marisas without significant worry about hybridization... although I suppose... never say never)
It should also be noted that Briggs are often kept in planted tanks and Spixis have a reputation as plant-nibblers, especially when young. I've found my spixis do very little damage to vegitation though and this isn't a worry- just give 'em veggies and they won't hurt your plants. (but have a backup plan just in case).
Because Spixis and Marisa can hybridise though- some Spixis may have some Marisa genes in them- Marisa ARE plant killers. Make sure your spixis are pure spixis if you're putting them in a planted tank.
My snails are in a planted tank (along with Tylos and Faunus both reported by some to eat plants) and I have very little plant damage as long as I keep on top of giving the snails veggies.