snails cruisin without shell

[globaldesigns]

Wow!!! I have never seen that, thanks for sharing. I hope he survives.

[the marine apprentice]

yes i suppliment calcium as i have 2 clams that love the stuff.

[bignose]

Weird I thought that snails (with shells) need their shells otherwise their internal organs would collapse.

[Murminator]

Can say I never seen that before

[the marine apprentice]

ive never seen it before either but its still pretty cool to see. i do hope that he goes back to his old shell soon.

[BlueAbyss]

Originally Posted by bignose

Weird I thought that snails (with shells) need their shells otherwise their internal organs would collapse.

I was under this impression also... though I'm technically still a newb. I don't know if we have any resident snail experts (and all of my snails are hitchhikers and offspring), so you may want to post this elsewhere as well (or try a Google search).

[the marine apprentice]

i remember when i was in junior high(wow that sounds like a long time ago) we had to study salt water inhabitants and i do recall them saying the same about their organs require the shell to keep them alive, but who knows that was 15 years ago and we all know how accurate those old books are

[Funky_Fish14]

Do you have any hermit crabs or any crabs or shrimp of sorts in the tank? Cause they may be threats to this little champion's livespan! Haha.

Cheers,

Chris

[the marine apprentice]

i have three little hermits in there but they all stay on the rocks and i never see them on the glass bottom. havent seen them on the bottom ever since i went pretty much bare bottom