Make a Briggs Rainbow Pic Thread

I like the purples, magenta, and burgundies best too... DSP is probably my overall favourite.

I keep hoping my purple will lay eggs- although I think I have my water level too high. There again- I've only ever seen Spixis mating with her- so I don't think the other briggs are big enough to fertilise her yet.
 
Magenta / Light striped purple
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Ivory
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Jade
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Blue
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I have a DSP too but it's really small and I can't get a good pic.

Grrrr. I resized these photos but they won't stay small. Can a mod help maybe??
 
clb2196 said:
Grrrr. I resized these photos but they won't stay small. Can a mod help maybe??
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The photos will resize themselves automatically when somebody refreshes this page.:)
 
Lupin said:
The photos will resize themselves automatically when somebody refreshes this page.:)
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Ah thanks, I've not been getting along with the photo uploader lately lol.

Lookit all the pretty snails! I love briggs.
 
would it be considered "inhumane" to paint a snails shell with some kind of environmentally friendly paint?
 
huffmagx said:
God I love this thread!! So many beautiful Briggsi....

Kryyah that is one of the prettiest Dark Striped Purples I have ever seen and your Ivory in the last shot spectacular! You have done a great job keeping their shells in good condition and it shows!
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Thanks :D

I'll have babies available very soon *wink wink*

Kristina
 
would it be considered "inhumane" to paint a snails shell with some kind of environmentally friendly paint?
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I personally probably wouldn't want to... however, besides the stress of handling them during the time you are painting them I'm not sure if it would hurt them or not...

Does the shell "breathe" any- allow for gas exchanges- or is that all done through the soft tissues and bodily openings? Most animals skins "breath" somewhat- but I don't know if shells do.

People use nail polish as an aide in fixing damaged shells- but I'm not sure if coating a shell would have any negative health effects- assuming whatever is used isn't toxic before or after it dries. I think it might depend on if any gas exchange occurs through the shell.

A few dots of paint is unlikely to hurt though if you're just after cataloging the snails for identification purposes and tracking purposes.

If you're planning on painting an entire shell- you'd constantly be having to do touch-ups as the snail grew.

Unless someone in the know though knows that it is safe- I wouldn't paint your snail just in case... if nothing else- you'd need him/her out of his aquarium needless handle and needlessly stress him whilst painting and waiting for paint to dry, etc.
 
here's pretty much all my blues, jades, goldens, and ivories all in one handful! lol.

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Wycco said:
I personally probably wouldn't want to... however, besides the stress of handling them during the time you are painting them I'm not sure if it would hurt them or not...

Does the shell "breathe" any- allow for gas exchanges- or is that all done through the soft tissues and bodily openings? Most animals skins "breath" somewhat- but I don't know if shells do.

People use nail polish as an aide in fixing damaged shells- but I'm not sure if coating a shell would have any negative health effects- assuming whatever is used isn't toxic before or after it dries. I think it might depend on if any gas exchange occurs through the shell.

A few dots of paint is unlikely to hurt though if you're just after cataloging the snails for identification purposes and tracking purposes.

If you're planning on painting an entire shell- you'd constantly be having to do touch-ups as the snail grew.

Unless someone in the know though knows that it is safe- I wouldn't paint your snail just in case... if nothing else- you'd need him/her out of his aquarium needless handle and needlessly stress him whilst painting and waiting for paint to dry, etc.
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Apple snails are aided by lung and gills. They have both systems therefore there is no use for the shells to enable them to breathe. And I don't think their shells are porous except perhaps those from the Salton Sea due to the possible chemical contamination as alleged in applesnail.net by those who were able to collect the possible isolated populations of the canaliculata complex whose shell properties differ from those in other locations.

And no, I don't advise painting the shells simply because I dislike it very much to tamper with one of nature's beauty. Paint only when necessary but aesthetically, I am against it.
 
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