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length: 5 cm
snail
length: 5 cm
Food: the microorganism that moving on the tank surface
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water in transparent colour
characteristic
most of the time living under the water
when two samples breeding, one sample stretch out a pipe to the other one
have a protect cover
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take one egg sample to home for breeding
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length: 1 cm
laying
egg method and egg shape are similar to another sea snail, but its egg cover
head
is tine
Petting time: from 2006/6/28
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small snails started to move slowly
The video show the small snails moving inside the egg cover
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Most of the eggs sink inside the egg cover
egg become bigger and active inside the egg cover
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The exit on the egg cover head was opened, but snail babies escape without any clues
drop shaped snail
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length: 3 cm
Food: the microorganism that moving on the tank surface
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water in transparent colour
longest petting time: 1 week
failed on controlling water colour
Conical shell snail 2
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length: 1.5 cm
Food: the microorganism that moving on the tank surface
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water in transparent colour
characteristic
can out of the water in a short time, over half of the water in the water
living habit like
"freshwater conical shell snail", always moving from place to place for food
if water condition is bad, it will not go into the water
Eating
The snail using the black tooth to eat the microorganism at the area that was pressed by its mouth
Unlike cold
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When water temperature
down to 15℃, it will decrease the connection to the
tank surface
and it connect area will change from circle to irregular
Can not breed or pet at home
Reason: Can not stay on temperature higher than 20℃
Longest petting time: 4 months
snail 3
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length: 0.5 cm
Food: the microorganism that moving on the tank surface
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water in transparent colour
characteristic
if
water condition is bad, it will not go into the water
can out of the
water for several days
living near and under the water level
Eating
The snail using the white tooth to eat the microorganism at the area near its mouth
Can not breed or pet at home
Reason: need to eat alga for food
Petting time: 3 months
Patellidae
Food: the microorganism that moving on the tank surface
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water in transparent colour
characteristic
have a flat and wide shell
high sticky ability
shell not too hard
Like live with
another shell
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The image show it stick on the bottom of the white surface
of the shell
1. The inner part of the shell is smooth, it can easy to stick on it deeply
2. This shell have different shape and hard, if it living on it, it can have more protection
Bottom and shell
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It body area is big and the grab ability is bigger than other
snail
Also, it shell edge have sting, can protect its soft body effectively
Petting time: from 2006/4/12
Patellidae (similar)
Food: the microorganism that moving on the tank surface
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water in transparent colour
characteristic
have a flat and wide shell
the outside area shell have many small layers and shape
high sticky ability
Double shell snail
Food: the microorganism that moving on the tank surface
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water in transparent colour
characteristic
have two shell
have a leg inside the shells
high sticky ability
shell not too hard
when danger, it will close its shell
Eating
The video show it is filtering the water to eat
microorganism
and the filtering process divided in three part
1. sucking water with microorganism
2. stop to suck
3. close the shells and flow out water with sticky things
Petting time: from 2006/4/13
Double shell snail (mussel)
Food: the microorganism that moving on the tank surface
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water in transparent colour
characteristic
have two shell
have a leg inside the shells
high sticky ability
shell hard
like to eat when the water is stable
when danger, it will close its shell
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The picture show it stretch out the leg that can make
sticky substance
Eating
The video show it have a water input and output
entrance
the entrance input entrance like a flower shape and the output entrance like
a pipe
and filter microorganism for food
Petting time: from 2006/5/30
Double shell snail
Food: the microorganism that moving on the tank surface
Basic criteria: 5-10cm flowing saltwater and keep the water in transparent colour
characteristic
have two shell
shell hard
when danger, it will close its shell
shape like a mussel but have strip pattern
like to eat when the water is stable
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the picture show it open the shell, the left hole is flow in the water and
the right hole is flow out the water
it seem to have a cover separate two hole rather two pipe
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the picture show it stretch out the leg that can make sticky substance but
thinner and smaller than mussel leg,
the leg thick can also be re-size
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the picture show it fully open the shell when the
water is stable
Petting time: from 2007/6/21
Double shell snail
Food: the microorganism that moving on the tank surface
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water in transparent colour
characteristic
have two shell
smooth surface
Double shell snail 2007/6/30 start to study
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size: 0.3 cm
Food: the microorganism that moving on the tank surface
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water in transparent colour
characteristic
have two shell
shell have many layers
leg is thin
the video show it stretch out the leg and move the body
and the water in/out pipes stretch in when the leg is pulling
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the picture show it have two pipe and one of the pipe much
long and thicker than another pipe
2007/7/10 grow to 0.4 cm
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the picture show it the longer pipe fully stretch out and
its length longer than its shell
Double shell snail
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size: 6 cm
Food: the microorganism that moving on the tank surface
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water in transparent colour
characteristic
have two shell
shell look like a fan
the video show it try to escape opening and closing the
shell
unknown small snail
Food: the microorganism that moving on the tank surface
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water in transparent colour
characteristic
a big shell
shell have different layers
high sticky ability
can keep in certain place for 1-2 days
Two mouths later, the shell layers from two to three
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Two and a half month found a new sample that size 0.5 mm
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The picture show its body hide in the shell and the color is red
One new sample that size 0.3 mm
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The picture show its 3/4 body is transparent and 1/4 body is yellow colour
it become 10 times smaller when the water lack of moving
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length: 0.05 mm
Petting time: from 2006/6
unknown small snail 2
Food: the microorganism that moving on the tank surface
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water in transparent colour
characteristic
a big shell
Petting time: from 2007/8/8
shell
Food: the microorganism that moving on the tank surface
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water in transparent colour
characteristic
have two shells but can only open to 5-10 degree
high sticky ability
only the bottom open circle area have sticky ability
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In the water, it
can easier to see the inner part of the body
it have many
tentacles grow on a yellow line to filter water for food
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Petting time: from 2006/7/18
double shell snail
Food: the microorganism that moving on the tank surface
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water in transparent colour
characteristic
have two shells but can only open to 5-10 degree
always living under sand
input and output water pipe both have tentacle to detect the environment
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a similar 1.5 mm sample find in wild
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the video show how it stretch in the leg when inside the shell
the video show how it stretch out the leg to go forward
Petting time: from 2007/1/10
double shell snail 4
characteristic
spread of dot
close the shell when catched
| Environment | Saltwater | ||||
| Successful type | Conical shell snail | Conical shell snail 2 | snail 3 | ||
| size | 1.7 cm | 1.5 cm | 0.5 cm | ||
| growth speed | slow | unknown | unknown | ||
| number | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| food need | most of the microorganism | unknown | unknown | ||
| suitable temperature | 15℃-28℃ | 15℃-28℃ | unknown | ||
| breath in water | yes | yes | unknown | ||
| breath out of water (if safe) | max. half of a day | max. half of a day | several day | ||
Slug or snail without shell (can not breed or pet at home)
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length: 5 cm width: 3 cm height: 2 cm
Food: Alga only
Basic criteria: adding saltwater about 60-75% of its height
characteristic
have a piece of thick muscle on the top to protect itself
living underwater and out of water in the wild
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can dive almost half of a day, but need
to breath air from the hole at the back out of the water
can go through a very small and narrow gap in 3 mm x 2 cm even it is 5 cm x 3 cm
Eating
Slug using the white tooth in the mouth to grasp the alga or microorganism
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Sleeping
The snail like to stick on a wall or ceiling when sleeping or takes rest
in or out of the water,
it will use the thick muscle on the top to protect itself by closing it
to hide its soft body.
Unknown
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The snail have two unknown organ from its back which
always stretch out
but when light change it will shrink in the thick muscle
Can not breed or pet at home
Reason: need to eat alga for food
Longest petting time: 3 months
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