The nano apparently already had a snaily inhabitant
Posted by Anja on March 7, 2008 at 18:47 | Last modified: July 9, 2012 18:56He looks different from the ones I had so far. This one is about 1,5 mm. Ramshorn?
Looking around for the macro snails, I noticed that there’s also a batch of eggs on the Vals:
And here I thought I’d be bored waiting for the fish. ;o)
The eggs seem to be hatching. There are teensy snails in the nano now:
About the size of a quarter pin head. I left the side of the tank in the picture when I cropped, so you get the thickness of the glass and the silicone strip for scale.
And? Is that a Physa?
Anyone want to hazard a guess? To me those triangular horns (see 2 pics below) look quite different from the one I first fished out and think is a physa. But I find it hard to get relevant info on the net. The pages that are there all seem to be disagreeing as far as taxonomy is concerned.
And another one:
Both have been kicked into the nano. I also found more leaves with eggs (they were on the Crypts), which I at this point just threw out. I’m sure there’ll be more.
Found another one in the big tank.
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