Snail face

[MrsE88]

I have a bad habit of randomly turning my tank light on to catch my crays out and about. Well tonight I turned it on and this guy just froze. Haha


Some other pictures from yesterday. He is my favorite snail

 

[fishhead0103666]

He looks like he's plotting world domination in that first pic

 

[tlindsey]

What type of snail is it.

 

[fishhead0103666]

He is a purple mystery snail.

 

[MrsE88]

Yep, purple mystery snail.
I love that they make me think of elephants. Haha

 

[Go_redfish]

I can see why he's a favorite. Beautiful color. I'm diggin your photography skills too!

 

[Hendre]

Lovely creature!
What did you use for the photo?

My fry tank ramshorns always take lifts... Lazy buggers

 

[MrsE88]

I can see why he's a favorite. Beautiful color. I'm diggin your photography skills too!

Thank you! When I got him it was the first time I had seen a purple mystery snail. And purple happens to be my favorite color.... so I just had to get one haha

Lovely creature!
What did you use for the photo?

My fry tank ramshorns always take lifts... Lazy buggersView attachment 1344689 View attachment 1344690

Just my google pixel 2xl. It takes better pictures then my iPad and I don’t have an easy way to transfer camera pictures, so all my pictures are taken with my phone.

I love ramshorns too. It’s very entertaining to watch them skim the surface or let out an air bubble as they float down to the bottom. Haha!

 

[Hendre]

Ah, very nice camera then!
My ramshorns have left about 80 eggs in my fry tank, and routinely skim the surface. Going to be packed soon...

 

[MrsE88]

Yes it doesn’t tank them long to over run a tank. lol
Once I stop feeding them specifically their numbers die back. It’s actually a really great way to know if you are over feeding the tank. I have them in all my tanks now, but only my cray/African tank has an overwhelmingly large number of them. And that’s because I’ve been feeding heavy to ensure my crays get food. Cool little snails!