My apple snail

bananas · 09-13-2005, 05:56 PM

One of my apple snails just climbed out of the tank and fell on the floor!

The tank has a cover on it, but he managed to get out through the opening for the filter.

I looked in the tank and saw it was missing a snail, it was really weird. Then I just find him on the floor...

Closed up his shell real tight, assuming it's to keep moisture in. Poor guy is traumatized, but fortunatly, he lived.

So a warning to any apple snail owners.. they like to climb

garfieldnfish · 09-14-2005, 01:15 PM

My female snail did the same thing a few months ago. It was several days before I finally found her by pure chance inside the paper shredder that sits next to the desk on the floor. She could not have fallen into it since it has a lid. So she must have climbed into it which is why I did not even think to look there at first. She survived as well. That was the second time she tried to escape. I then put her into a different tank where the water level was a little lower and covered the filter opening with a taped on plastic card. A couple of days later I found an egg cluster under the tank lid.

09-13-2005, 05:56 PM	#1
bananas Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 88	My apple snail One of my apple snails just climbed out of the tank and fell on the floor! The tank has a cover on it, but he managed to get out through the opening for the filter. I looked in the tank and saw it was missing a snail, it was really weird. Then I just find him on the floor... Closed up his shell real tight, assuming it's to keep moisture in. Poor guy is traumatized, but fortunatly, he lived. So a warning to any apple snail owners.. they like to climb __________________ 10 Gallon Tank 31 Platys (MF too hard to count) 1 Golden Chinese Algae Eating Catfish (1F) 5 Gallon Tank 1 Apple Snail [1F] Last edited by bananas; 09-14-2005 at 04:22 AM.

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09-14-2005, 01:15 PM	#2
garfieldnfish Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 661	My female snail did the same thing a few months ago. It was several days before I finally found her by pure chance inside the paper shredder that sits next to the desk on the floor. She could not have fallen into it since it has a lid. So she must have climbed into it which is why I did not even think to look there at first. She survived as well. That was the second time she tried to escape. I then put her into a different tank where the water level was a little lower and covered the filter opening with a taped on plastic card. A couple of days later I found an egg cluster under the tank lid.

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