ok so i got my explorer microscope lol heres what i got 
what do you think? i don’t see the “little lip in the opening hole” that pyrams are supposed to have :
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Yeah plus the smooth lines thes is more like cross crossing lines. Looks more like the rissoids. The one concern I have is how they grouped on my Astrae snails? Maybe they’re new eggs that hatched. The magnification is 50x
Cool new Toy. I was thinking of getting a digital scope someday.
Oh well this one is of the utmost quality ha ha it’s the cheapest made thing but it does zoom in. Got it at the hobby place by de park entrance by Kirk. Hghwy. They have one othe model but that one is too strong. It was cheap.
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Oh well this one is of the utmost quality ha ha it’s the cheapest made thing but it does zoom in. Got it at the hobby place by de park entrance by Kirk. Hghwy. They have one othe model but that one is too strong. It was cheap.[/quote]
GeForce hobby shop. I go there for my mini helicopter parts nice store and very friendly people.
Still no ID on the little white and red guy huh? I have not seen any in some time now, just a fat mandarin and a lot of copepods and other good life.
Btw very good pictures of everything you got.
thanks for the pic compliments. i wish i could get id’s may have to post elswhere to find some out
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thanks for the pic compliments. i wish i could get id’s may have to post elswhere to find some out[/quote]
yo dunkle. u know exactly how to get positive id. and i’ve helped you. i call u on yr ::bs::
haha!
lol sorry paul i am trying to id those critters from the clams. the snails i will send them out. Thanks for contacting him for me. I thought this was the other thread on the bugs justsumguy confused me with the red bug question so i though it was the post with the red bug pic. lol im tired leave me alone :SURRENDER
[quote=“dunk, post:29, topic:4702”]
lol sorry paul i am trying to id those critters from the clams. the snails i will send them out. Thanks for contacting him for me. I thought this was the other thread on the bugs justsumguy confused me with the red bug question so i though it was the post with the red bug pic. lol im tired leave me alone :SURRENDER[/quote]
Yea sorry about that I mixed up posts to thought this was the original post.
what’s a post?
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what’s a post?[/quote]
ha ha what do you want it to be called a thread? You lead singer you lol
Both refer to the snails that are one astre snails. Same little nasties but on snails, still would try to get them out.
I’ve had some astrea snails in qt for months, keeping them clean of the “little suspect” snails. Anyway, i finally put one back in my display, put it right on the hippo clam and thats where its been feasting since (3 days). On day 2 i noticed it has the “snails” back on the underside again. What i’ve read says that pyrams are very host specific, but i’ll have to get a microscope to know for sure. everything looks fine though ::
So… the past few nights i have been inspecting with a 15x mag. glass. the snails in the tank. I do believe the type of snail is a pyr but preys on other snails only. I have 2-3 astrae, 15-20 nerites, 3-5 ceriths, and like 20 nassarious. There are thousands of small baby snails they look like nerites. The probable pyr. snails seem to choose the astrae snails first the nerite second, haven’t found one on any other specie. My question is whats the best way to get them out. i really do need more snails in the tank, should i get some astraes to attract the pyr. so i can remove them? or completely try to remove every snail i see even the thousand babys. I really want to get rid of them. Not sure of the best way? Also the baby nerites have them too 1 out of every 15-20 have one on it. the pyr. is half the size of them.
Are you 100% sure what they are? Are they causing any damage?if not why would you clean house if there not causing any problems?are they attacking ur clams?are they bothering your acros? If not it seems to me your a little paranoid? :TWOCENTS
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Are you 100% sure what they are? Are they causing any damage?if not why would you clean house if there not causing any problems?are they attacking ur clams?are they bothering your acros? If not it seems to me your a little paranoid? :TWOCENTS[/quote]
tim wants some escargot
Wow that’s a lot of snails!
they are parasitic snails eating other snails i want them gone and want my small baby snails to be able to grow up. I think thats why they aren’t growing the pyr may be killing them before they can grow.
Here’s some picks i just took, spotted a couple after lights out, scooped em up… here’s the best pics i could get of the little guys… I couldn’t see any “fold” inside the opening, or get a good shot of the “swirl” at the top of the shell…
two things though…
#1…i don’t like the look of the shell pattern…
and #2…i need to get a better look under a microscope
