r/AquaticSnails • u/NiwaLeaf • Oct 06 '24

Please help, I’m a complete newb! Help

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Hi everyone, I’m completely new to keeping an aquarium. I have one mystery snail named Pokey lol my mom found her old shallow murky tank by the side of the road with the garbage and she was inside. (I think she) I told my mom to bring her to me lol so now I have gone and got her a 5 gallon starter kit tank, I have crab cuisine and bug bites. I’ve been reading and watching videos but still feel like I don’t know what I’m doing. What you see in the video is the new tank setup, there’s a couple live plants in there, I got some sand and did sand on one side and her old gravel from her old tank on the other. I didn’t rinse the rocks and used some of her old water in this tank. I see people do a rotating diet but I don’t know how often to feed each thing and when? Anything else I should know to help (her?) thrive?

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u/MoneyNeighborhood305 Oct 06 '24

This is the third post I've seen today about aquatic animals being rescued from the trash. Wtf is wrong with people??! Thank you for taking Pokey in and caring for her ❤️ mystery snails are so fun!

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u/NiwaLeaf Oct 06 '24

That’s really sad to hear that this isn’t a rare occurrence. I really don’t get it. My mom and I are both the type who move snails off the sidewalk so luckily we found her!

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u/MoneyNeighborhood305 Oct 06 '24

I'm so glad your mom found her and you kept her! I can't understand throwing a living animal out with the trash. It's disturbing to know that people actually do this. I so the same with earthworms when I find them laying on sidewalks!

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u/NiwaLeaf Oct 06 '24

Me too, I think some people just use the snails as a tool and look at them as pests maybe, but still very messed up.

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u/NiwaLeaf Oct 07 '24

In case you missed the rules of this subreddit, no snail hate…

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u/AquaticSnails-ModTeam Oct 07 '24

We have a clearly stated rule in our subreddit rules against hating on snails. Please go read the rules, and do better.