Invasion of the Molluscs

Well it's been some time since I've posted. Just this past week I have noticed that I have more than one snail in the vase. Today I counted 5. I wonder if they will multiply. I wanted to add some water to the vase (it's only half full), so I bought some PRIME (Seachem), some extra daylight fluorescent compacts and some extra aquaria accessories. To recap, my snail population is one large critter (7mm & growing), another about 3mm and the rest about.7mm. I did post on a forum requesting help with feeding these guys, and I've received some well intended but not completely useful information. I'm still unsure whether it's algae or rotting food that they need. I'm about to transplant my aponogeton to a more stable nutrient rich water solution. I'll keep you posted.

Snail Rescue

It's just after 1:35 a.m. EST on Sunday morning. I should be catching sleep so I can go to church tomorrow (today) morning. I did install the light for my mini aquaria (4 sided vase). So far it seems fine. I've emptied the contents of the bag (1 plant, 2 leaf remnants of another plant and 1 or 2 tiny snails) into the vase. (See the picture for more detail) The daylight compact flourescent is extremely bright and it hurts to look at. The movement of the snail is quite interesting. I'm hoping there is more than one, but I only see one snail. It streaks across the glass (side to side) in about 10 to 15 seconds. Now this is a supersonic streak to me, since I'm used to apple snails lazily commuting across the bottom of an aquarium. I do hope the snail(s) survive. There's enough algae pieces which came with the aponogeton, and I'm hoping that's enough in terms of food. More to come . . .