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There's More to Snails Than Meets the Eye!Read the article this discussion is about
This archived discussion is "read only". « Previous 1 2 Next » » biogardener - snails and slugs Just a couple of days ago, I wrote an article about shell-less snails, AKA slugs, for my organic gardening topic which answers your question about what we have in Manitoba and how to get rid of the pests:The article may be humorous, but it is also true. -- posted by biogardener » thebattwoman - Re: snails and slugs In response to message posted by biogardener:Dina, welcome to the Kids Korner! And thank you Traute for nudging this superb topic over here! -- posted by thebattwoman » biogardener - And we do have snails in Manitoba We do have snails in Manitoba, but they are not as large as salt water snails. When the ditches are full of water, for example, we get miriads of tiny snails clinging to the water plants.One other thing. I took a salt-water snail, a huge pink conch which had been in my family for many years, and placed it is a fresh water aquarium as a decoration and as a hiding place for my fishes. Well, the shell lost its glossy coating and now looks very dull. It is important to leave things where they were meant to be. About sea shells, here is an interesting way of identifying with them. Your relationship to sea shells reveals how you relate to your friends: -- posted by biogardener » Dantessa - Re: snails and slugs LOL Traute!My friend had a very active slug in his house (or in his garden, which then entered his house at night) which I dubbed the "Magic Mystery Slug" because it made tracks all over the kitchen, but no matter how hard we searched, we never found it. Until once night, when I went down for a cup of tea, and there was our culprit slugging his way across the tile! I dashed back upstairs to tell my friend his visitor had finally revealed himself. My friend went downstairs to check him out, and by the time he made it to the bottom of the stairs and into the kitchen, the slug had disappeared again. They aren't the fastest moving creatures, so the name "Magic Mystery Slug" still holds. Since losing most of his flooring to a flood a year later and having it replaced, my friend hasn't had a problem with slugs. But now little garden snails are making their way in. None of this seems to bother my friend, nor would it much bother me, except for the fact that the snails will dry up in their shells if kept out of moisture. So a lot of them die. I suspect the real problem is the cat flap providing big enough gaps for them to get in. -- posted by Dantessa » biogardener - Get your friend to improve his soil If your friend improved his soil around the house as I did, he wouldn't have any slugs in the garden which means they wouldn't be coming in the house. He needs to read my article.-- posted by biogardener » Dantessa - Re: Get your friend to improve his soil His garden isn't really a "garden", it's more of a backyard jungle. They do nothing with it--nothing--except let the cats play in it. It is such a tangle of brush you can barely step outside the door. So, I doubt he'll do much improvement to anything in the near future ;) He just isn't the gardening type. Though I think it would be great if he cleared it all out and even if he never planted anything, just put some furniture out there. He has one of those Edwardian townhouses that has a small enclosed garden out back--I think some furniture and an umbrella and it'd be an awesome place to sit and visit.-- posted by Dantessa » biogardener - If he is happy . . . If he is happy, that's all that matters.-- posted by biogardener » FluffysFoxxi - Snails I just bought a beautiful all white Blue Snail. I've named it Ivory.While I was at the store deciding between Ivory and another more mossy looking Blue Snail I really wanted this huge snail. He was the size of a tennis ball. I was going to get him until I heard the price of $11. That was over my budget at the time. The only reason I was looking at snails was to fill up an extra $5 of store credit on a return. When I told my boyfriend about the snail he thought it was really cool and spontaneously decided to buy it for me. I was so happy and exited, unlike my mother who found the thing disgusting. She's always hated them, even more so slugs. She used to let them drown in beer on our back porch because they would scare the life out of her when she'd step on them in the early morning. I however remember trying to "wrestle" slugs with the neighborhood kids. This didn't last long as the slugs typically just ran away...they weren't as enthralled as us with the game. Anyway, I've promised Ivory a new friend. I had reserved the snail and meant to get it yesterday but messed up the store closing time. I'm going today to get it, if its still there. I was wondering if Big Apple Snails come in a variety of colors. This one is a rather mossy brown. Its shell is also very rough. Is this normal? Funny thing is I don't have any fish in the tank at the moment. They're in quarantine right now. We don't think they're going to make it. My entire tank came down sick while I was gone for the holidays. I came back to find my fish on death's door. It makes me very sad as the one is a very unique calico that I doubt I'll be able to replace. If they don't make it I've decided to leave goldfish alone from now on. The thing is I have several tiny snails that came on plants, along with four ghost shrimp, in quarantine with them. I don't know if its safe to put them into my healthy tank. The snails and shrimp seem fine but the fish are very sick and I'm not sure if they're contaminated. I don't want to pass it on to my new snails. Is there some way to go about putting them into the healthy tank that would prevent any sickness being spread? Anyways, my snails have an entire ten gallon to themselves. I'll soon be upgrading to a 55 gallon as soon as I figure out where I stand with my sick fish. I was wondering what sort of decor snails might like. Also, how did you get your snail to play that game with you and does it hurt at all? I'd love to play that game with Ivory. I was also wondering if baby turtles would harm the snails. And what about koi?
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