eric2
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Post by eric2 on Feb 22, 2008 20:29:51 GMT
This is the text off a species sheet i have done please tell me what you think i just need to add habitat in wild IntroMegalobulimus oblongus haemastomus is a hardy species of snail which originates from Uruguay in South America. It can be kept at room temperature up to 28oc and copes well with being posted through cold periods. Breeding is not common in captivity although there are a few people who have been able to get eggs an hatch them, so captive bred snails are not available at present. I currently have some eggs incubating and they will hopefully be ready to hatch around the 11th March 2008. ShellShell Shape : More elongated but smaller than the nominate species. Shell length : Up to 10cm. Shell colour : Appears white in WC adults although this could just be due to wear as CB juveniles are brown in colour. A bright pink lip appears on the opening of the shell when adult. BreedingSexual maturity : Unknown but is reached allot later than most GALS. Mating : Believed to mate during rainy seasons in wild, hard to breed in captivity. No. eggs : Usually 2 x 3cm eggs that are pail white in colour, it seems difficult to hatch these in captivity. LifestyleHabitat in wild : Diet : Any thinly sliced fruit of vegetables to mimic wild diet of plants an leaves. Calcium can be given by cuttlefish although crushed oyster shell is taken more readily. Lifespan : Unknown, believed to be over 20 years. Related species : Megalobulimus oblongus and subspecies Distribution all in all a top species to keep eric
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Post by pumpkineater on Feb 22, 2008 20:45:01 GMT
This is the text off a species sheet i have done please tell me what you think i just need to add habitat in wild IntroMegalobulimus oblongus haemastomus is a hardy species of snail which originates from Uruguay in South America. It can be kept at room temperature up to 28oc and copes well with being posted through cold periods. Breeding is not common in captivity although there are a few people who have been able to get eggs and hatch them, so captive bred snails are not available at present. I currently have some eggs incubating and they will hopefully be ready to hatch around the 11th March 2008. ShellShell Shape : More elongated but smaller than the nominate species. Shell length : Up to 10cm. Shell colour : Appears white in WC adults although this could just be due to wear as CB juveniles are brown in colour. A bright pink lip appears on the opening of the shell when adult. BreedingSexual maturity : Unknown but is reached a lot later than most GALS. Mating : Believed to mate during rainy seasons in wild, hard to breed in captivity. No. eggs : Usually 2 x 3cm eggs that are pale white in colour, it seems difficult to hatch these in captivity. LifestyleHabitat in wild : Diet : Any thinly sliced fruit of vegetables to mimic wild diet of plants and leaves. Calcium can be given by cuttlefish although crushed oyster shell is taken more readily. Lifespan : Unknown, believed to be over 20 years. Related species : Megalobulimus oblongus and subspecies Distribution all in all a top species to keep eric Have corrected a few typos for you eric, hope you don't mind. Other than than a pretty good write-up!
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Post by AlienSnail on Feb 22, 2008 20:54:34 GMT
Yeah I think it's good.
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Post by Kevin on Feb 23, 2008 0:08:09 GMT
great write up.
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Post by kab on Feb 23, 2008 0:54:46 GMT
thats really interesting , how long can you expect the eggs to take to hatch ? i incubated my last ones and they went discoloured and eventually caved in , the ones i have now i havent disturbed they have been there for what seems like ages , i can see them in the bottom of the tub and they still look viable
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Post by welsh on Feb 23, 2008 9:20:41 GMT
thats exciting Kab, i hope they hatch fingers crossed
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eric2
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Post by eric2 on Feb 23, 2008 9:41:17 GMT
i was expecting "normal" archachatina times but i guess it is unknown i have had some before but they died at an early embriolic stage in the egg
thanks for the corrections pumpkin eater
i have some stuff for natural habitat and behaviour to add in
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Post by eric2 on Feb 24, 2008 13:22:15 GMT
They are active the whole year apart from 3 months of winter. They love the rain and they are buried in the hard earth when there is drought, when the climate is good they come out and they register the trees and the roots in the forest.
that is what i got off person who collects megas not sure what register the trees and roots in the forest means though
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Post by Kevin on Feb 28, 2008 12:46:39 GMT
possibly live amongst them, or make use of them, by eating algae from the tree, and leaves, and possibly animal matter amongst the roots?
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Post by eric2 on Mar 10, 2008 8:47:01 GMT
was talking to someone that successfully hatched some of these and apparently it can take up to 8 months to hatch
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Post by AlienSnail on Mar 10, 2008 16:56:19 GMT
That's worth knowing, I wonder how many folks have been throwing eggs away thinking they were never going to hatch?
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Post by eric2 on Mar 11, 2008 9:01:23 GMT
apparently infertile eggs will just break down
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Post by gabi on May 20, 2008 16:55:00 GMT
I keep my both megalobulimus species from Urugay in 2 seperated tanks. I filled the tank with a mixture of half sand and have cocohumus and about 2 large handfull´s of calcium. I filled this mixture about 20cm high in the tank. The tank is covered by a normal aquarium-lid with an UVA/UVB light. This light is on for 12 hours a day. The tank is not extra heated by heatmat or anything else. It´s about 28 to 32 degree during the day inside and about 25/27 at night. I keep the tank humid for most of the time in the year. In January and August I stop spraying it and I water it pretty heavy again end of Februar and end of September.
There are always laid 2 eggs from one snail (before that the snail get´s heavy and seems not to fit in the shell anymore). They are burrowing the eggs almost near the ground of the tank.
I let the eggs now since quite a while on their own in the tank. One baby hatched after 18 months, after the egg was laid (was one from the first eggs, I had removed from the tank, short time, after I got them).
I had about 8 babies until now from the haemastomus and one baby from the alabilatus. (Don´t ask me for babies, I don´t ship anymore).
My snails get to eat sliced food. They do eat really on all and everything and they even eat weeds. Once a week they get fishfood with high proteinlevel.
I do recomend to keep the eggs of them as long as they are not broken. They can really hatch after an incredible long time. Infertile or dead eggs do break down (the shell get´s thinner and thinner and breaks then - the goo is not really stinky).
The eggs seem to be stimulated by heavy rain, because everytime, after I ended the dry-phase have appeared babies on the soil.
.....and megalobulimus seem not to be bothered about springtails and mites, they simply don´t react, even if they are covered in them. I don`t have changed the substrate ever. That causes after an time an mite and springtail explosion. But this breaks down after a while and regulars on it´s own. The snails have never gotten harmed by this (don´t try this with achatina or archachatina - thats their death earlier or later or causes heavy shelldamages on them)
Hope this helps the new megalobulimus keepers.
Kind regards,
Gabi
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eric2
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Post by eric2 on May 20, 2008 19:38:16 GMT
thanks for the info gabi im sure it will help all megalobulimus keepers ;D
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Post by AlienSnail on May 20, 2008 20:56:47 GMT
That's great information, thanks very much indeed Gabi ;D
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