bigspizz;2538700; said:
The attached pics are the aforementioned gold saum and the midavil from about two months ago. They are probably a little bigger now.
Big snail suggestion
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The attached pics are the aforementioned gold saum and the midavil from about two months ago. They are probably a little bigger now.
Japtastic;2540765; said:Cool fish, so an apple snail should be good then
In my tank it appears that there is a period of time that you get accepted or you don't. If you are accepted you get left alone. If you don't you get accepted...well...bad things happen to you.
I know my big apple snail has entered the Midavil's layer and stayed there for days at a time (on multiple occasions) and she weathered it. There hasn't been any breakage of the shells or anything. Smaller snails have not been so lucky (became tasty snacks with their shells left in a pile).
And like I said my crawdad comes out in the open for periods of time and no one messes with him. The other crawdad was not accepted and was ripped apart. Same with the other pleco.
I think the answer is that, like most cases, its up to the fish and the environment they are in. I would try and get the biggest apple snail you can though.
I'm sorry to say otherwise. Apple snails have exposed eyes and antennaes. While they have the ability to regenerate whatever they lose to the fish, it is not proper to mix them with fish continuously while being subjected to such attacks which CA cichlids are known for.Japtastic;2540765; said:Cool fish, so an apple snail should be good then
Lupin;2555759; said:
I think this would be totally accurate if you have a lot of fish but I only have 3 cichlids in my tanks and 2 of them are kept busy all the time with each other. My midavil is fairly docile and reserves her outbursts for the other two fish.
They even leave my crawfish alone. And actually, my convict often times will hide behind the crawfish hoping my saum won't find him.
