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Post by koppite on Jan 9, 2010 8:34:37 GMT
Can anyone just confirm these are indeed fulica's - i picked up 8 from a rescue place recently  cheers  |
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Post by feebix on Jan 9, 2010 12:00:18 GMT
They look like Reticulata actually in the shell pattern anyway. ;D Hmmm..... See what a few more people say.... ;D
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Post by koppite on Jan 9, 2010 12:04:44 GMT
ok, cool, whatever they are they are chuffin greedy beggers - i thought the bit of cuttlefish would last quite sometime, but they have really hammered it.........just wondering if it could be a sign of them getting a lack of calcium with them being rescues?
I know some animals will eat extra as they know when they need it, wondered if snails are the same?
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Post by Dusk on Jan 9, 2010 12:31:34 GMT
It's hard to say from just the shell, I'd say probably fulica, but if you can get a good shot of their body, reticulata and fulica have different colour patterns so that should help be sure. If they've been short on calcium, they probably will devour it - give them as much as they will eat It's not possible for them to eat too much - anything they don't use just gets passed through them. |
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Post by koppite on Jan 9, 2010 12:44:37 GMT
Nice one - i did wonder with the calcium intake, as i was surprised how quick they chomped into it, even with 8 going at it, the demolision was pretty impressive to say the least will get a body shot aswell shortly  |
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Post by AlienSnail on Jan 9, 2010 12:57:02 GMT
I personally think they look like fulica  It's hard to bge totally sure though from shell photos alone, especially when the snails are still young. My money is on fulica though. Yeah snails can demolish calcium retty quickly |
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Post by koppite on Jan 9, 2010 13:17:40 GMT
Not the best pic, but is this any better with the body showing a bit to be able to confirm the species please?  |
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Post by Dusk on Jan 9, 2010 15:16:22 GMT
Looks like fulica colouring to me |
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Post by muddydragon on Jan 9, 2010 15:18:27 GMT
Yup i'ld agree with fulica sooo beautiful!
off topic:
Dusk what's the snailie in your pic and is he really that blue?!
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Post by koppite on Jan 9, 2010 15:22:58 GMT
Many thanks everyone - appreciated ;D
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Post by Dusk on Jan 9, 2010 15:32:22 GMT
He's one of my newly-hatched fulica crosses, and no, he's not that colour I was playing around with the shiny new digital microscope and found that if they're in the centre of the lighting, they look coloured normally, but if you take your eye off them and they crawl to the edge of the petri dish right on the edge of the scope's range, they show up that beautiful colour Here's the same baby, 4mm shell:  Full icon pic:  Pretty, neh? |
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Post by feebix on Jan 9, 2010 16:13:14 GMT
Very ! ;D
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