Giant snails

[rcmike]

I've had three of these zebra turbos in the tank for years. To start out with, they were regular turbo snail size. They usually hide during the day in the rock work so I normally only see them at night. I cought one today in the overflow so I pulled him out to get a picture. No wonder I don't have algae problems. Lol

Here he is by an MP40. Don't know why it's sideways. It's right side up on my ipad.

 

[Bowin]

That's crazy! Where did they come from? Chernobyl?

 

[Squishie89]

How the hech did he get in the overflow?! Lol

 

[rcmike]

How the hech did he get in the overflow?! Lol

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, they can fly too.



I have an external overflow that they can crawl in and out of. You can see the water going over it above him in he last picture.

 

[JOKER]

Wow!!

 

[NeveSSL]

Those are awesome!

Its great they're living long-term in your tank.

Brandon

 

[rcmike]

I might not be able to keep corals or fish alive but I can sure keep snails! Lol

 

[Keithcorals]

I had two of those for years. They did a great job with algae and for the size of them didn't really nock things over. Mine came from ORA

 

[SmyrnaReefer]

I got one that's looks like the one in your second pic. not that big but pretty close. only see him at night, not sure where he is during the day. been around for a couple years also. got him out of someone's tank so not sure where it came from. ill try to get a pic when the lights start going off

 

[Bowin]

I got one that's looks like the one in your second pic. not that big but pretty close. only see him at night, not sure where he is during the day. been around for a couple years also. got him out of someone's tank so not sure where it came from. ill try to get a pic when the lights start going off

Man I would have liked to have seen that when I came by.

 

[saratj1]

I've had three of these zebra turbos in the tank for years. To start out with, they were regular turbo snail size. They usually hide during the day in the rock work so I normally only see them at night. I cought one today in the overflow so I pulled him out to get a picture. No wonder I don't have algae problems. Lol



Here he is by an MP40. Don't know why it's sideways. It's right side up on my ipad.

I think I've got you beat man, I've got a couple huge turbo's and a couple big zebra turbo's as well, I'll try to get a pic for comparison lol.

 

[ToXIc]

i may need to borrow one of them for my back wall....

 

[JOKER]

i may need to borrow one of them for my back wall....

Wouldn't take it long.lol

 

[saratj1]

Maybe not quite as big, plus I cheated he's got a little limpet on his back adding to his girth.

 

[Eienna]

My two turbos are almost that big XD crazy, huh?

 

[rcmike]

I just saw a post on Facebook about this type of snail an remembered this thread. I still have all 3 of them!