Purple Ring Topsnail

[Neokane]

Has anyone ever seen or heard of these?

They look cool and my girlfriend wants some!

 

[Mongo77]

Crazy looking! Looks photo shopped.

 

[Mongo77]

I wouldn't waste my money are crazy colored expensive snails. Just about every snail I've had, had its shell get covered in coraline algae after a while.

 

[Calappidae]

I wouldn't waste my money are crazy colored expensive snails. Just about every snail I've had, had its shell get covered in coraline algae after a while.

It's the sad truth. Unless you'd be willing to get a toothbrush and scrape it off occasionally.

 

[Biotopes]

It's the sad truth. Unless you'd be willing to get a toothbrush and scrape it off occasionally.

I'd do that for a snail that nice looking!

 

[Calappidae]

I'd do that for a snail that nice looking!

Same here!

I'm still following to find out where to find one myself!

 

[pagojoe]

I used to clean snails with a pocket knife and wire brush....The pretty snail in the pic isn't too bad about becoming encrusted, although some are. More importantly, they are usually associated with kelp, and are cold-water species from the eastern Pacific. You could probably get some fairly easily, but you'd need to run a refrigerated tank, and I'm not sure how easy it would be to grow the algae they need to survive (although I know it's been done). It would be a lot of trouble, but would make a fantastic species tank.

Cheers,


Don

 

[Biotopes]

and I'm not sure how easy it would be to grow the algae they need to survive (although I know it's been done)

Ulva Lettuce might work, as well as gracilaria :thumbsup:

 

[Neokane]

No luck finding these... :/

They would be sweet and worth keeping clean IMO