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Post by pumpkineater on Oct 25, 2007 7:29:47 GMT
I've noticed something really curious with my original pair of white jades. As some of you may know, they have barely grown since I bought them, and one died a couple of weeks ago for no apparent reason. I just assumed there was something wrong with them genetically.
The strangest thing has happened since then, the surviving one has doubled in size in a week!
I thought it might be my imagination, but when I checked on him this morning, he really has grown loads since his sibling passed away.
Could they have been holding each other back in some way? I know it sounds ridiculous, perhaps it's just coincidental and he was due to have a growth spurt anyway, it just seems odd timing to me.
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Post by AlienSnail on Oct 25, 2007 7:36:31 GMT
Could well be coincidence as I have seperated my own runt and put her in with healthy fast growing Fulis, my other is now with another snail ready for breeding when she's old enough.
The runt is still runty and the shell is very rough.
However, perhaps it's possible with your's that one was releasing some kind of chemical signal to the other which supressed growth hormone for some reason?
It would seem that snails living in a tight space often do not grow as large as those living in larger spaces, therefore if one had a dodgy and false perception of it's environment and was wrongly giving off these signals to surpress growth perhaps the other was responding to these.
I don't know if snails give of these kinds of signals though, and with my own runt she does not seem to be affecting any of the other snails in her environment.
xx
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Post by purplelynn on Oct 25, 2007 8:57:31 GMT
Weird - mine are tiny too - might try separating and see what happens!
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Post by crossless on May 10, 2009 20:52:14 GMT
Someone sayid that if u have all baby snails togetter like more than 10snails grow slower, if they r in small groups they grow quicker. I noticed once my six snails very tiny, small one was eating and two bigger ones pushed this smallest on away from food and the smallest snail had to wait till the biggest have had enought food. Then the smallest got change to eat food.
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Post by feebix on May 10, 2009 21:49:15 GMT
I`ve never known a snail to actually push another away from food  but if that did happen, more food ! lol I tend to put food all across the tank, just incase a snail wishes to eat and the food area is too crowded.....  |
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Post by AlienSnail on May 11, 2009 9:34:45 GMT
Yes that's what I do too, loads of small pieces spread around for easy access, but I'll be watching out for that.....
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Post by crossless on May 11, 2009 12:03:51 GMT
After that happening I have had put loads of food so none will be left hungry.
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Post by Simon on Aug 21, 2009 14:31:45 GMT
Hmm....when I bought my first 2 fulica's they where the same size..now one of them is nearly double the size of the other one  that's probally why there not breeding, there both around 19 months old I believe |
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Post by crossless on Aug 21, 2009 20:36:12 GMT
Some people don't know that snails don't always breed, sometimes there can be quite many in tank, but they are not mood for it. And I hate people who wants tips to force them to breed.  they seem to have some kind of will of their own. |
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but if that did happen, more food ! lol I tend to put food all across the tank, just incase a snail wishes to eat and the food area is too crowded..... 
that's probally why there not breeding, there both around 19 months old I believe 
they seem to have some kind of will of their own.