Blue Trumpet snails???

[tmtpowers]

Today I went and picked up some trumpet snails for my planted aquarium seeing that the bottom is play sand. Well I got the little guys home and they are blue!! I mean BLUE! And yes, I'm talking about their actual skin. What kind of trumpet snail are these guys! Very neat looking but they have me baffled!

Oh, on a whole different note. Why does play sand say not to use the sand in a aquarium? I've read so many places where people have used play sand so I went ahead and tried it out in my planted aquarium (its been 24 hours) and so far, nothing seems different in anyone behavior though my ADFs are lighter in color which I suspect is due to them trying to fit into the new color substrate since before they were all dark and I had dark substrate. Nothing else different except my pH is lower but then again I just added a CO2 injector...

 

[Mr SnailZ]

I've never heard of a blue trumpet snail. You wouldn't be able to take a pic would you. What color is the shell?

 

[RockabillyChick]

it says not to use in aquariums so they can cover their butts legally. if something *were* to happen to your tank, you can't sue them.

 

[tmtpowers]

Thats what I was thinking rockabillychick. Thanks for confirming this!

As for a picture, I doubt I can get one. First I would have to find the bugger who is now in the sand and he is quite small. Secondly, he is tiny! I'll wait tonight and see if he comes out and see if I can get a decent picture.

 

[Mr SnailZ]

Thanks, if you could get a picture that would be awesome. I'm very curious as to what this snail is. I'm kind of a snail addict.....=)

 

[tmtpowers]

LOL I know the feeling. I have canas, trumpets, this unknown snail (I've been told he may actually not be a trumpet but a different snail...), a ramshorn, a Florida Apple, a Hamstrung (sp?), and several mystery snails.

I looked for the little guy tonight but didn't find him. I'll try again tomorrow. He has a blue shell but so do the others. The others body is blue but their heads are black. The closer their shell gets to their opening, the more green it looks. Anyways, I'll keep looking for the blue headed fellow.

 

[Mr SnailZ]

lol well keep me updated! I started with just a couple of gold brigs from petsmart to keep a betta tank clean, now I have hundreds and hundreds of snails of all kinds. Crazy isn't it! Better then crack I guess....=)

 

[tmtpowers]

Sorry I haven't gotten the picture yet. I've been busy planning for a fishing trip tomorrow and working extra hours so its been a bit crazy. I've looked for him a few time but have yet to find him again. I have others (maybe older?) that have blue shells towards the end and you can tell that further down their body they are blue but there is no way to get a picture with their size. I can get a picture of their shell but I doubt the blue will show the blue that's further down their body. Anyways, I'll keep looking to see if I can't find that one.

 

[tmtpowers]

I tried

I tried to get a picture of the other snails that are showing the blue shell and some blue skin. Not much luck with my camera. Anyways, here is one picture that you really can't tell what you are looking at LOL. If you look closely, you'll see the blue on the shell though. Sorry I couldn't do better.

 

[tmtpowers]

One more time

I went back and took a few more photos. None do any justice but maybe you'll somewhat see what I'm talking about. If you look closely to the one that is on the far left, you'll notice a more baby blue. I think this is the one with the blue head however, he/she wouldn't come out for me