My sweet girl (mystery snail) Elaine escaped her tank and fell about 3-4 feet and when I found her, her shell was badly broken. I was a freaking mess. I love my girl. So I looked up what to do as she was still alive. I put her in the tank and she was moving her antennas. I found you could try egg shell. So I prepared some eggshell pieces. Cleaned the goop but kept the membrane on. I took her out. And slowly rebuilt her shell. I only used aquarium safe glue and only touched her remaining shell to attach. She was moving and responsive when I was handling her. Such a sweet girl. I then set her back in the tank once the glue was nice and dry. I watched her body slowly start to move into the Shell more. And then she didn’t move for a couple days. Then on the fourth day, I came out to check on her and found her siphon had found a crack through the eggshell and was hanging limp. Her trap door was still tightly shut and she didn’t smell so I knew she was still alive even though her siphon was limp. she was obviously trying to get oxygen but too weak to move. So I put her in a container with water in it and it’s floating on the top of her tank. I put her on her side where her siphon would be closest to the water as I didn’t put a ton of water in the container, just enough to cover her. She didn’t seem to move and the next day I came out to check on her. I noticed her siphon looked a tiny bit shorter. And as I was cleaning out the water, she actually retracted it and put it back into her shell. Now today she has not had any movement. But she still tightly in her shell. I have her in the container so she can breathe with her siphon if needed. I honestly don’t know if she will survive and I’m freaking heartbroken. She’s obviously trying to live, so I’m doing my best to support her. I’m concerned that she hasn’t moved. I know she’s not dead, but she’s obviously recovering from a serious fall. How long can mysteries snails live without eating? Has anyone experienced something like this and if so, what happened? Also, please be kind and don’t come at me for my terrible egg shell replacement job, I did the best I could. I figured if she lives through this, I can always fix it up. It is not as easy as you would think. I love my girl, and I’m seriously devastated.

Oh my beautiful and sweet pond snail I wish you knew how much I love you and your little 🐌lings . In tears as I write,

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These rabbit snails were going to be thrown away at the grocery store, so I gladly took them. What happened to these poor babies shells? Also one is a mama and just gave birth yesterday!!!!!

Most of my bladder snails have oblong, smoothly spiraling shells. Then some, like on the right, have much more compact spirals. (I know its not age, because I have over a dozen new babies that look like the left)

shelley is living her best life in her new home:) her antennas are now safe from the guppies! also she brought her hydra friend with her and it made a home in the rocks lol.

At night, when my CO2 turns off an extra bubbler filter turns on that is full of coral and crushed coral instead of traditional filter media. The goal is to raise the pH high enough overnight that the CO2 drop during the daytime doesn't erode my snail shells. Tonight when I looked at the back to make sure my new timer worked I found 6 species of snails all hanging in that corner!

1. Pagoda

2. Japanese Trapdoor

3. Faunus Ater, Cappuccino

4. Was sold to me with my orange poso Tylomelania (not pictured) and was told it was a "purple" Tylomelania but I'm pretty sure it's just another Faunus Ater, Black Devil

5. Blueberry

6. Too small to see in photo - mini flat ramshorns x2

This is my rescue girl, Rory. I rescued her from terrible conditions and have been nursing her back to health. She’s gotten quite active and enjoys her time with her much smaller snail sister.

But today I was watching her forage for crumbs on the ground and noticed she looked like she was hanging very low. I am very worried. Is this mantle collapse?

Duas semanas e quatro dias de vida. :)

Found this little guy crawling around uninvited. Not sure if I should be concerned

I have two mystery snails and I feed them pleco waffers and boils carrots. It’s the first time I have them and I want to learn how to take better care of them.

Looking for dietary tips, please!!!🙏

Everyone say happy birthday ms turtle :3
She’s the snail featured on the doom music video in this sub and many other well loved posts. She may be an old lady but she’s still chugging.
For anyone wondering her shell is 3 1/2 inches long

suddenly began to see these fellas all around my tank! i dont recall getting any other snails besides mysteries, and this guy looks entirely different from them!

This looks like a warm "embrace".

We own some land near a river, and small-scale harvesting of snails don't need a permit. Schistosomiasis is not active in the region. I'm considering collecting a few for personal use since local varieties are rarely sold. Does anyone have an idea or experience on responsibly transitioning WC snails into captivity?

Got these guys a week or so ago I hope they have some colorful snail babies!

Still trying to get better at taking pictures, turns out snails move pretty fast 🤣

When can I reintroduce mystery snails and nerite snails to my tank after treating the tank with panacur (for planaria)? It was treated in April (6 months ago) and I’ve done 5 water changes since then.

At this point I'm pretty confident I ID'ed them correctly myself, but I just want to confirm. Got a bunch of tiny babies by accident with some plants, not a snail the store actually sells.

How does my snail look like to you guys? I’m fairly new with snails so not sure if there’s anything I could be doing for him any food recommendations also, he doesn’t seem to like my algae wafers. I do have cuttlebone but I’m not sure if he needs it right now.

absolutely not something i was expecting to see at 8:15am when i went to turn on the light hahahah