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Posted by Wayne Sallee on April 17, 2006, 3:51 pm
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Could be mating, or just cleaning off the shell of the
other snail. Here in the store I've found it humorous how
the regular turbo snails will often get on the back of the
giant turbo snails, so the giant turbo snails will crawl
up just above the water where the regular turbo snails
will eventually let go and drop off, then the giant turbo
snails will go back into the water.
Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets
Wayne@WaynesPets.com
Pat wrote on 4/17/2006 1:45 PM:
> Hi folks,
>
> Last week I picked up 2 very large(3" or so in diameter, just a bit
> smaller than a baseball I'd say) turbo snails. One of the snails seems
> to want to eat algae and such off my glass, the other seems more
> interested in playing football with the other snail. He crawls on the
> other snail and tackles him and then stays attached to his back. Seems
> like the weight is too much for the other snail so they just lay there
> together for a bit. I've done what I could to break up the interaction
> and they do go their separate ways for a bit, but it seems this is what
> they wish to do. Just curious what they are attempting(some kind of
> mating ritual)...fighting?...sumo snail wrestling?...I dunno, should I
> discourage this tomfoolery.
>
> Side note: Looking for a good hitchhiker id site...I have many little
> things(too small to photograph with my POS camera) prolly 1/4" long that
> swim with a spiral motion. They only come out at night. Also only
> coming out at night are some long(2-3") very thin tentacle(maybe a worm
> too?) white things...they come from everywhere live rock crevices,
> substrate...when you shine the light on them they creep back to their
> origin. Not sure if I'm seeing the whole creature or just a tentacle.
>
> TIA
> Pat
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> Last week I picked up 2 very large(3" or so in diameter, just a bit
> smaller than a baseball I'd say) turbo snails. One of the snails seems
> to want to eat algae and such off my glass, the other seems more
> interested in playing football with the other snail. He crawls on the
> other snail and tackles him and then stays attached to his back. Seems
> like the weight is too much for the other snail so they just lay there
> together for a bit. I've done what I could to break up the interaction
> and they do go their separate ways for a bit, but it seems this is what
> they wish to do. Just curious what they are attempting(some kind of
> mating ritual)...fighting?...sumo snail wrestling?...I dunno, should I
> discourage this tomfoolery.
>
> Side note: Looking for a good hitchhiker id site...I have many little
> things(too small to photograph with my POS camera) prolly 1/4" long that
> swim with a spiral motion. They only come out at night. Also only
> coming out at night are some long(2-3") very thin tentacle(maybe a worm
> too?) white things...they come from everywhere live rock crevices,
> substrate...when you shine the light on them they creep back to their
> origin. Not sure if I'm seeing the whole creature or just a tentacle.
>
> TIA
> Pat