Snail Shells

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by Interior_Reef

I can give you a few extras, i have some larger ones in the tanks here.

Thanks. I only need a few, not sure how long these guys have been in their current homes. I will give you a call next week.

[brizzo]

Originally Posted by Oscar

So does a snail need to be imported as an offering to the hermit?

Nazerine: Were your shells "fresh"?

Yup, they were very fresh (and completely white/brown). I got them off ebay after hurricane katrina. Some guy collected empty shells that ended up inland. I still have a big box of larger shells.. too big for my hermits

[argan]

if you get them from a craft/dollar store make sure you boil them before you use them. gets rid of any left over crud

[Oscar]

I discovered last night that we had some old shells around the house. I boiled these up and popped them into the tank.

Within just a couple of minutes both hermits were checking them out. Conical shells are of great interest while round shells are given only a cursory once over.

One of the hermits crawled out of his current shell and test drove one of our offerings. It was apparently too large for his liking (also did not have a wide screen TV). So now I know what to look for. This is my first job as a realtor I have discovered that clients can be very fickle.

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by Interior_Reef

I can give you a few extras, i have some larger ones in the tanks here.

Thanks for the shells Chris, nice colour selection. One of the hermits immediately moved into a new home, this one was probably 3 X the size of his previous shell. The 2nd hermit is still thinking about moving, constantly comes back to the shells to check them out.

I will talk to you later about some more LR and a couple more hermits.