(Dustin The-Wind) wrote in message ...
I once passed the tanks at Wal-Mart and ended up bringing "all" the
little snails home.

These were "Gold Mystery Snails". The one I named PTSD was in the worst
shape. He grew from dime to almost golf ball size, but his crack got
wider and more grotesque and he finally died :'-(

The others grew healthy (no cracks) and given away.

I have since been given a quarter sized Apple Snail with a hole in his
first/smallest whorl. Since this part of the shell is not effected by
growth, I put a little dab of Aquarium Epoxy on it..so far so good.

(below is another link)


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Hello Eric and Dustin and thank you for the information. Eric...the
site you sent was really helpful and had a link to a great snail site
with a message board. I am hoping I can find out more there.
Dustin...I am sorry to hear about what happened to your snail...that's
sad. I am hoping mine makes it with a decent quality of life. I will
of course keep him and do whatever I can for him. (Not sure if you
tried to send a link but nothing posted)

Thanks again guys!