Asian snails?

[Ikhan Bettah]

If anyone knows anything about a snail whose region is Asian or SE Asian please let me know, preferably larger, like a myster snail size or bigger, thank you!

[HarleyK]

Howdy,

First of all, I moved this thread to the invertebrate forum. You are more likely to get input here.

Second, I keep Malaysian Trumpet Snails (Melanoides Tuberculata). Not big, but busy. Great helpers in any tank! :thumbsup:

harleyK

[Ikhan Bettah]

Oh ok! ^_^

[guppy]

Don't know squat about them but here is a link, http://www.cofc.edu/~dillonr/FWGSC/b_japonica.html

[Ikhan Bettah]

Those aren't asian though silly ^_^

[Veneer]

Those aren't asian though silly ^_^

Yes they are.

Although native to southeast Asia, Bellamya japonica (and the closely-related B. chinensis) were first introduced to North America in the late 1890s and have now become firmly established in the United States, especially in New England (Cordeiro 2002).

[Veneer]

If anyone knows anything about a snail whose region is Asian or SE Asian please let me know, preferably larger, like a myster snail size or bigger, thank you!

Most aquaria passed off as biotopes in fact make no more biogeographical sense than the placement of a giant panda, a Bactrian camel, and an orangutan in the same enclosure at a zoo. If you wish your tank to have any semblance of faunal accuracy, it would help for you to have been more specific – as I’m sure you are aware, nothing close to a single “Asian” or even “Southeast Asian” habitat exists.

[Ikhan Bettah]

Oh, I just read the link too fast then. -__- my bad. However I am not sure what the heck you are talking about when you say nothing close to that exists, I mean yeah maybe not exactly how it is, but as close as you can get with an aquarium set up, come on. Not to mention I just want to make sure the living things are asian lol(plants and stock.) Substrate I am stuck as to how that should go though.

[Ikhan Bettah]

Asian snails would be better than SA ones.

[Veneer]

However I am not sure what the heck you are talking about when you say nothing close to that exists, I mean yeah maybe not exactly how it is, but as close as you can get with an aquarium set up, come on.

What I meant was that an enormous range of distinct biotopes, each containing unique sets of species suited to quite disparate conditions exist (even within such headings as that of "SE Asia"). My point being: since many such species sets - in nature - never come into contact with one another, and possess different optimum environments, even the fact that they might hail from the same nation does not necessarily make their combination biotope-valid.

Example: a "Malaysian" setup including both shaded-blackwater halfbeaks and mountain-stream Schistura loaches does not make for an accurate biotope, just as the inclusion of African lungfish in a silt-bottom Fly River delta setup would be inaccurate.

Of course, the fidelity of a given setup to nature is entirely up to the aquarist. If their conditions are easily tolerable by all species therein, “regional-sampler” and “menagerie” aquaria may be truly exceptional. I do not mean to have given the impression that fine biotopes are impossible to realize; far from it. The fact that you have taken the time and effort to conduct this research attests to their attainability.

[Ikhan Bettah]

^_^ . Yeah, I'll be happy with just SE snails in the 20, and maybe some other fish from the region. The irids are making their way to a 900g when we move out of this apartment. I want to somehow keep a current, but not so strong that is strong at the other end of the tank I guess. So that way I can put wild betta in the tank as well. Perhaps, give a different build? What do you think? Or should I keep it standard, and maybe just long ways and keep the catfish happy?, I'd like to somehow accomodate both. We will be gaining alot of yard space as well though and will be making a stream throughout the backyard with one larger water body in front and back, so I could always put the wild betta out there. (When weather permits that is). Possibly koi

[Ikhan Bettah]

wayy off topic from asian snails...lol