Snail 'Tank'

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So I brought in my green Kiddie Pool/Pond for the winter today. It's full of algae and I thought, why not put my mix of Snails in there and when summer comes, take it all outside?
Here are a few pix!

 

[countrychick]

Neat!

 

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They polished off the algae from the little bucket in 24hrs, so I'm sure within a week, the pool will be clean of it too. This is where I put any and all snails I find in my other tanks. Killing them would give me nightmares, so this way, we both are happy.

 

[Wycco]

Regarding Bridgesii and whether or not they leave the water... you may not think they're leaving the water- but if they're like mine, they won't leave the water during the day- but as soon as lights are out they start exploring the top and leaving the water.

I frequently find mine on the lid of my aquarium at night but never during the day.

Yours could be leaving the water more than you think whilst you're asleep...

- my theory is they get the midnight munchies and are trying to locate the refridgerator for some cherry pie with cool-whip on top.

 

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lol, no idea.

 

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Well, congrats, you guys were right. My yellow mystery/apple snail got out, dried itself out. I found it on the floor and tossed it into the pool, but nothing. I think I will keep with the hitch hiking snails instead...
No way to cover the pond, so I can only hope the other two wont wander off..

 

[beabroca]

do snails climb out when theres not a top?

 

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people been saying they do and/or hang out on their lids. Mine did I guess, or it lost grip of my dryer and couldn't get back into the water...

 

[blue2fyre]

A lot of times female briggs will leave the water to find a place to lay her eggs. Mine's gotten out once but I found her and saved her. She's gone into the lid a couple times and laid eggs since then.