nmonks
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Hello,
Traded as the "snail-eating snail" or "assassin snail", Clea helena has suddenly appeared in quite a few shops here in England. I've had my specimens about six months now, and they're doing great. Laying eggs all over the place, and all but eliminating the Malayan livebearing snail population that used to be in the tank. Not sure how many eggs actually hatch, but at least some do because I saw a fairly nicely grown juvenile today with a shell length of about 5 mm.
While up at Maidenhead Aquatics last weekend I came across something being traded as the "yellow helmet snail". No idea what it actually is, that name apparently belonging to a completely different saltwater conch! It looks a lot like a giant Melanoides snail, about 4-5 cm long. It doesn't seem to harm plants, but does enjoy algae wafers. I'm guessing it's a bit of an omnivore.
Anyway, more pictures on my freshwater reef page, and there's actually an article of mine about this sort of aquarium coming out in PFK in a month or two.
Cheers, Neale
Traded as the "snail-eating snail" or "assassin snail", Clea helena has suddenly appeared in quite a few shops here in England. I've had my specimens about six months now, and they're doing great. Laying eggs all over the place, and all but eliminating the Malayan livebearing snail population that used to be in the tank. Not sure how many eggs actually hatch, but at least some do because I saw a fairly nicely grown juvenile today with a shell length of about 5 mm.
While up at Maidenhead Aquatics last weekend I came across something being traded as the "yellow helmet snail". No idea what it actually is, that name apparently belonging to a completely different saltwater conch! It looks a lot like a giant Melanoides snail, about 4-5 cm long. It doesn't seem to harm plants, but does enjoy algae wafers. I'm guessing it's a bit of an omnivore.
Anyway, more pictures on my freshwater reef page, and there's actually an article of mine about this sort of aquarium coming out in PFK in a month or two.
Cheers, Neale