I need some snails, but what kind?
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The baby spixis apparently eat the plants but they outgrow that habit as they mature. Rachel and a few others said that anyway.
Well, Rachel and a few others apparently don't realize they have hybrids.
What about certain colored Ramshorns? Breeds without effort, and the rarer colors like gold, white, pink, etc can fetch a decent price.
What about certain colored Ramshorns? Breeds without effort, and the rarer colors like gold, white, pink, etc can fetch a decent price.
Selling and breeding more rare animal is something that interested me.
I like to sell more exotic animals for profit because without people like me local people will have to way to experience what is sold away from the pet stores. You would be surprised how many people do not use forums.
I'm not trying to get rich off snails, but when I can sell a few of them and upgrade something on my tank or to buy something else that interest me it's well worth it. People could say the same thing about no profit in plants, I have done very well with this and has paid for most of my aquarium setup.
Cherry shrimp sell for $3 per shrimp at the petstore who want to buy from me. 50 babies = $150. pretty good profit. The only money I spend on the shrimp is water changes.
I don't know anyone away from here that has heard of assassin snails. Once they multiply, I could make a pretty good profit and give people experience to a very unique type of aquatic snail they never knew existed.
Nerites sound interesting, but they go for about $5 per snail, not sure how much they reproduce? Some petstore can already order them in anyway.
After I sell most of the remaining ram snails and get my tank settled in to move my Nerites to my main tank, I will probably be buying some assassin snails. Rabbit snails are very cool snails, but the size is a little too large.
I asked here to see if there was snails out there that I never heard of that might be cool to breed, But I will do the assassin snails
What's more cooler then a killer snail? lol..
I like to sell more exotic animals for profit because without people like me local people will have to way to experience what is sold away from the pet stores. You would be surprised how many people do not use forums.
I'm not trying to get rich off snails, but when I can sell a few of them and upgrade something on my tank or to buy something else that interest me it's well worth it. People could say the same thing about no profit in plants, I have done very well with this and has paid for most of my aquarium setup.
Cherry shrimp sell for $3 per shrimp at the petstore who want to buy from me. 50 babies = $150. pretty good profit. The only money I spend on the shrimp is water changes.
I don't know anyone away from here that has heard of assassin snails. Once they multiply, I could make a pretty good profit and give people experience to a very unique type of aquatic snail they never knew existed.
Nerites sound interesting, but they go for about $5 per snail, not sure how much they reproduce? Some petstore can already order them in anyway.
After I sell most of the remaining ram snails and get my tank settled in to move my Nerites to my main tank, I will probably be buying some assassin snails. Rabbit snails are very cool snails, but the size is a little too large.
I asked here to see if there was snails out there that I never heard of that might be cool to breed, But I will do the assassin snails
What's more cooler then a killer snail? lol..
wake up on the wrong side of the bed? LOL
from what I understand and what I have experienced, its virtually impossible to know if you have a hybrid or not. Mine will munch leaves when they are babies, but they don't as adults. Have you kept these snails vampie?
Actually yeah. The beer I had in the morning didn't help. The fact that I completely forgot I had a job interview at noon, and consequentially showing up late and slightly dizzy wasn't fun either. Go me!
Admittedly, my experience with Spixis was rather short and was a long time ago. I just don't see how Spixis that eat plants as babies can be pure when there are Spixis that don't eat plants at any point of their life.
I have had them both ways, from the same stock. Some do, some don't. I don't think a blanket statement saying they must be hybrids can be accurate. They have never eaten a whole plant up, just mainly nibbled the edges, not at ALL like ramshorns (marisas) or my canas or haustrums which devour the entire plant, stem roots and all.
Sounguru
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No profit in Assassins either unless you want to run a huge operation. Cost of feeder snails, plus low egg production, plus slow growth, plus cost of feeder snails, plus low egg production ..... well you get the picture.
