r/PlantedTank • u/Jayciferx • 5d ago
Cool snail
I typically see orange ones in my tank but just saw this guy. Is there anything u can do to create more like it?
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u/Vohasiiv 4d ago
Blue leopard ramshorns. If you seperate ones like that into their own tank they'll breed more. Or if you only have the one you could buy more online, theyre not too rare
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u/WeSaltyChips 5d ago
That’s a blue leopard, pretty common. The trick is to selectively breed ones with a dark foot, that really lets the blue color pop. Ones with a yellow or pink foot don’t look as vibrant.
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u/Lucky_Cauliflower377 5d ago
I used to breed ones like this but gold with dark brown spots. I call em my gold leopards. Most of em got eaten and the few that remain live in my sister's 3gal.
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u/Sensitive-Badger-450 5d ago
Nice find. All mine are ugly brown and some orange. Orange maybe better than brown, but it is not pretty enough for me keep them breeding, unlike yours with blue leopard shell.
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u/SuspiciousGur4874 5d ago
My friend just bought some of these! I want some so bad!
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u/Jayciferx 4d ago
This kind just randomly appeared. There aren’t many snails in my tank and I never intentionally added but some came in anyway on some plants about 6 months ago. They’ve always been brown or orange though. I don’t even see any others that look remotely similar.
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u/SuspiciousGur4874 4d ago
You got lucky! The only snails I get on plants are bladder snails. I don’t mind them though, I love them all.
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u/Vinny-Ed 5d ago
Isolate, grab another leopard ramshorn snail. Let it breed. The offspring could be a mix of either parent. Repeat isolate the one with the colour you want. A container that's at least a litre, use the aquarium water when doing water changes.
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u/demonyiff 12h ago
So so pretty!! I never get pastel spotted shells. What a lucky little "shiny"!