"NetMax" wrote in message
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"Tracy Bass" wrote in message
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You left out the link to the store where you purchased them. Tracy

I purchase them for the LFS I work for (and we don't sell on-line), and
I
get them from Singapore through a trans-shipper (who doesn't sell to
the
public), so I don't have a link which would help you.

Should I start selling stuff on-line? Snails & plants would be easy,
anywhere across Canada, but crossing the borders, or selling fish would
make me nervous.

In any case, with the common name (Striped African snail) or the latin
name (in the subject bar) you might be able to locate them locally to
you.

An odd characteristic, they almost always have chipped shells (another
annoying feature) but a regular customer tells me that they heal over,
so
if you see chips, just pick one with the least damage. I'm not sure
what
their ideal water parameters are. They are listed as African riverine
(soft acidic water) but they are freshwater adapted marine invaders
(hard
alkaline water), so no clues there.

NetMax

Sorry to post on myself, but if someone knows German, this site had a bit
of info on them. Similar snails from the Neritas Genus (from a post from
Mean_Chlorine earlier this month), were quoted as preferring harder water
(14gH), but those I could translate.
http://www.wirbellose.de/arten.cgi?a...show&artNo=085

NetMax