Nassarius Obsoleta snails for sale Calgary

Tarolisol · #1 03-03-2006, 10:42 PM

this is what i have found from searching, but some people still think they are fine, so i guess its left up to the reef keeper.

Here is a quote from Dr. Ron Shimek

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The name Illyanassa obsoleta, although related to true Nassarius, they belong to a different group.

These animals are more omnivorous and predatory than are true Nassarius and will, as you have seen, graze on algae. True Nassarius will eat only carrion and meaty based foods. True Nassarius will not prey on living animals. As you have seen, Illynassa will.

Illynassa are temperate animals that will survive for some period at reef temperatures but which really don't do well at those temperatures for extended periods. Their lifespan is shortened over what it would be at their normal temperatures.

Both of these species will depost egg capsules which will hatch to release planktonic larvae. These larvae need to be fed, and in most cases in aquaria they are, instead, food for something else. I think the odds of any of them surviving through the larval period in a home aquarium are slim to none.

adidas · #2 03-03-2006, 10:51 PM

i read somewhere that they outlive Turbo snails...

G1GY · #3 03-03-2006, 10:58 PM

A week, a month or a year....... I'm still going to give them a try!

When when when Mark!

Quagmire · #4 03-03-2006, 11:29 PM

Something I think we should consider before adding these guys to our tanks.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Citation

http://www.innvista.com/health/micro...e/trematod.htm

The first link is a study done 9 yrs ago.Dont know if it still holds true.

Bob I · #5 03-03-2006, 11:59 PM

Interesting reading, but to me it appears that Flukes are a freshwater problem.

Quagmire · #6 03-04-2006, 12:11 AM

It does mention FW in a couple of the discriptions,but the snails are SW snails.So I dont realy know.Couldn't find alot about the snails,maybe they spend time in both SW and FW? Just wanted to point out a potential problem so ppl can take a closer look.

Willito · #7 03-04-2006, 07:32 PM

Just did my snail transaction with Mark and wanted to let people know that these snail are looking good and there's lots more to be had. It was a pleasure meeting ya Mark!