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| 10 +SPIXI SNAILS free food included |
| Item #1379100338 |
Current Auction Time: Tue May 21 10:02:02 2024
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Final: | $34.00 (reserve price met) | First Bid | $2.00 | ||
| Time left | 00:00 | # of Bids | 5 (bid history) | |||
| Started | Sep 6 2013 - 02:25:39 PM | Location | Oak Park Heights MN 55082 United States | |||
| Ended | Sep 13 2013 - 02:25:38 PM Auction Closed |
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| Seller | Tntfarm (24/24)  |
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| High Bidder | Fyaquatics (324/326)  |
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| Payment | Money Orders/Cashiers Check, Personal Checks, See Item Description, PayPal | |||||
| Shipping | Will Ship to United States Only Buyer Pays Fixed Amount, Buyer Pays Actual Shipping Cost, See Item Description | |||||
Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item. You should contact the seller to resolve any questions before bidding. Currency is U.S. dollars (US$) unless otherwise noted. |
Up for auction are ten spixi snails. I have more available. I will enclose one extra. These are relatively small decorative snails. They eat zuccini, cucumbers and any vegitation if you don't feed them alternate foods. Also vegi wafers are a good supply of food if alternated. I feed mine one zuccini a week and the cichlids in the tank get pellats and flakes and my spixi's thive. Full grown they are about the size of a nickle. They breed relatively well for me. You will be getting 1-2 month olds, about the size of a pea however I will send the largest juveniles I can find in the tank the day I catch them. If you have any questions please just ask. They will be lovingly packed in fresh water and oxygen. Shipping will be a flat $10.00 to anywhere in US. The spixi snail is also known as the zebra apple snail and it easy to understand why once you see it. This snail has got a smooth shell with a yellow or white base color and dark brown to almost black spiral stripes on it, which gives it a zebra pattern. The body of the snail can be yellow to brown with dark spots. This species has fairly long tentacles in comparison to the body. The spixi snail move over flat surfaces in a very special way that by many is described as �walking� since it bends its foot to take �steps�. The pixi snail is one of the most active apple snail species. The spixi snail originally comes from south-eastern Brazil; primarily from the area surrounding Rio Parana and Rio Grande do sul where they are found in everything from ditches to lakes and ponds. There are reports of pixi snails being found in other rivers as well. There are some yet unidentified snail populations in Brazil that might be Spixi snail populations or sub species of Asolene spixi. Spixi snails do well in most types of friendly aquarium setups with soft to medium hard water and a pH-value that is acidic to neutral. Pixi snails are very active, but they are also slower than most other apple snails. It is important to keep the water temperature up when keeping this species as they can get very inactive in colder water. This has to do with their habit in the wild; the pixi snail will semi-bury itself in the bottom during the winter and wait there until the water becomes warmer in the spring. The pixi snail is a nocturnal species. The Spixie snail eats other snails and will try to eat smaller snails such as Malaysian trumpet snails. They often fail as the Malaysian trumpet snail can retract further into the shell than the Spixi snail can reach. Some aquarists have tested using this snail to combat other snails in aquariums. The success of such experiments varies, but it seems like although pixi snails eat snails and snail eggs they seldom make an impact on other snail populations in an aquarium. Perhaps a sufficiently large population of Spixi snails can give a better result. Spixi snails are like most other snails relatively easy to breed and the young snails grow fast. Older snail grows quite slow. The eggs are laid beneath the surface, often among plants and are embedded in a gelatinous mass. The eggs will usually hatch within a month. Adult snails eat the eggs of other Spixi snails so it might be a good idea to move the eggs if you want as many as possible of the off spring to survive. The offspring will eat the same food as the adults. The young can sometimes be cannibalistic against even smaller Spixi snails. Feed the snails a varied diet containing both animal and vegetable matter. Sinking pellets for catfish works well and like most apple snails the pixie snails love pasta and rice. i will include some veggie wafers for free. I will take checks and money orders but I wil not ship till everythign clears. If you have any questions plezse feel free to contact me and thanks for looking. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bid History:
Bidders Bid Time Bid Comments Fyaquatics (324/326) Sep 6 2013 - 08:24:33 PM $15.00 Fyaquatics (324/326) Sep 12 2013 - 12:27:36 PM $21.00 Bumped up by: Psycheskinner $21.00 Fyaquatics (324/326) Sep 12 2013 - 12:28:20 PM $26.00 Bumped up by: Psycheskinner $26.00 Fyaquatics (324/326) Sep 12 2013 - 12:29:04 PM $31.00 Bumped up by: Psycheskinner $31.00 Fyaquatics (324/326) Sep 13 2013 - 12:55:12 PM $34.00 Bumped up by: Thewandeerer $34.00
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