Where does evereybody get snails?!?!?!

[thekinetic]

They are indeed both part of the same family but just a different species. The family known as apple snails are ampullariidae and include several species: lanistes, pila, marisa, and pomacea. The last of which the is the species in which the "mystery snail" belongs to, pomacea bridgesii for those who care.

Edit: Sorry for all the technical terms but I just love research and tend to go overboard.

[ChoclateBetta]

I spend most of my school time reading.

[Tikibirds]

Trapdoor snails - took out of a lake and then they reproduced.
rabbit snails - got from a member on here
Nerite - got off ebay

Petco sometimes has apple snails but its like once every 6 months

[ChoclateBetta]

Wild snails should be quarintined for a month. They usually carry Parasites.

[madmonahan]

All the petsmarts here have mystery snails and nothing else. But our petsupermarket has nerite snails which I'm thinking of getting one soon. :)

[ChoclateBetta]

You might have to supplement food and if I remeber right they need 5 gallons.

[madmonahan]

I will either have it in my divided 5 or my new 5 gallon hexagon, and I will be getting some algea wafers.

[ChoclateBetta]

I would go withe the Hexogons since its not divided.

[madmonahan]

Okay dokie. Thanks choclate. :) how do I introduce the snail to the tank?

[NeptunesMom]

Ask at your local PetSmart or PetCo if they have any Pond Snails or Ramshorn Snails. If they sell live plants in a tank they probably have them. They are free, as they are considered pests. I saw two Ramshorns at my PetSmart today in with the mondo grass. I wanted them really bad, but I have no where to put them.