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6 + 2 Baby Magenta Mystery Snails |
Item #1404964373 |
Current Auction Time: Fri May 17 10:59:21 2024
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Final: | $6.00 | First Bid | $6.00 | ||
Time left | 00:00 | # of Bids | 1 (bid history) | |||
Started | Jul 7 2014 - 10:52:53 PM | Location | Reading MA 01867 United States | |||
Ended | Jul 9 2014 - 10:52:53 PM Auction Closed |
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Seller | Bannh (1253/1261) | |||||
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High Bidder | Sterling1 (139/139) | |||||
Payment | See Item Description, PayPal | |||||
Shipping | Will Ship to Continental United States Only Buyer Pays Actual Shipping Cost, See Item Description |
Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item. You should contact the seller to resolve any questions before bidding. Currency is U.S. dollars (US$) unless otherwise noted. |
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Please read entire auction and updated Just Me before bidding.
Shipping to contiguous 48 states only, (CONUS, not AK, HI, or PR).
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6 + 2 Baby Magenta Mysteries Want a large quantity? Save a ton when you buy clutches instead. See my other auctions or click here.
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These BB size Magenta Mysteries are babies, hatched 6/23. There are also a very few baby Ivories too if you would like to substitute a couple. Magenta, Pink, Light Purple, Light Foot Purple etc. are all the same thing, the body is nearly white with orange eyes and markings and the shell is light with stripes, pale pink when very young and darkening with age. Ivory have the same body but no color in the shell.
These would do best in a shrimp or snail only tank or with small fry for the next couple of weeks just so they won't have to compete much for food. They grow FAST and once they are pea sized need no special care other than the usual dietary requirements and of course suitable tankmates.
These do need veggies in their diet. Collard or dandelion greens are great choices. Green beans and peas are good too. Plain lettuce doesn't really have any nutritional value (except Romaine). Spinach contains oxalic acid which prevents the calcium from being bio-available so I don't recommend it as a staple food. They will eat some soft algaes but I would not call them a serious algae eater, regardless of what others may say about how they will end your algae woes.
They like to clean up fish food which has fallen to the bottom. This is important if you ever overfeed. You do not want old food rotting in the tank with the chance that a fish might try to eat it. It's a misconception that snails eat fish poo, sorry, it doesn't work like that. They DO NOT eliminate the need to clean the tank or do waterchanges. Putting too many in a tank will increase the maintenance needed, more isn't better.
Suitable tankmates include most gentle community fish. Most loaches and cichlids are poor choices. Even if the snail is not killed outright, constantly having their antennas or bodies nipped at will make their lives miserable. In a suitable environment, mystery snails are active. A shrimp tank is heaven for them and the shrimp ride around on them.
The winner will receive a comprehensive care sheet which can be downloaded and printed if desired. Briefly, no acidic water, no soft water, no big fish. Temps up to 80F. These make good companions for small & nano fish and especially easy shrimp.
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Term details are on my Just Me page which was updated May 2nd 2014. Read it before bidding.
Payment is through PayPal only (you do not need an account, just a credit card), no e-checks. When paying with PayPal, you must use a shipping address, my account is configured to only accept PayPal Confirmed Addresses.
Shipping is postage for 1 pound from 01888, $5.05 to $6.51. You can check that cost yourself at usps.com, it will be much faster than asking me for a quote, use the online price (non-flat rate), not the post office price. I ship to PO Boxes if it's Confirmed Address. Hot locations, 90F and up, require a PO Box that is a PayPal Confirmed address, 90F+ is too hot to go out for delivery. Check your forecast!
This will be shipped in an insulated box with the snails bagged with water. The insulation will slow temperature changes and should be sufficient protection against brief exposure to heat, not hours in a delivery truck on a sunny day in the southwest.
Shipping will be delayed if extreme weather may endanger the snails, ...it's a hobby not an organ transplant!
LAG for 6 snails for 3 days if >30F and <85F.
Some of my other auctions may be combined with this for savings on shipping costs.
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Thanks for looking and GOOD LUCK!
Bid History:
Bidders Bid Time Bid Comments Sterling1 (139/139) Jul 9 2014 - 09:12:32 AM $6.00
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