FREE - young guppies and young mystery snails

[I_love_dojos]

Hello,
My guppies are overrunning my tank and I need to find a new home(s) for them. I probably have 20-30 of various sizes and colors. They are juveniles, and many don't have their full colors showing yet. If anyone is interested in them, please let me know. They are free to a good home.

I also have a bunch of young mystery snails. They are various sizes, but the average size is that of a jelly bean. These snails lay their eggs above the water line in grape-like clusters, so you can remove them when they are laid to prevent them from overpopulating. I've found that these snails require more attention than ramshorns, as you have to intentionally feed them, rather than solely relying on them to get all of their food from scavenging. I feed mine Hikari algae wafers, kale, savoy cabbage, and "snail jello" (which is basically baby food with non-flavored jello, some fish food, calcium supplement, and algae wafers added to it - various recipes are available on the web). I believe I have all of the mysery snail colors (purple/mageta, brown striped/black, yellow, ivory) except for blue. If you are interested in any of these, please let me know. They are also free to a good home. They do not eat live plants, from what I have observed. The kale and cabbage I give them is boiled in the microwave to soften it up a bit. Mysery snails can get as big as a golf ball. More info on these guys is available on applesnail.net.

Thank you for looking!

 

[Avatar]

We like mystery snails

Will take as many as you care to dispense - might I give you something in return?

 

[ErnieG]

i would like some for my 2 20gallon planted tanks.

 

[verbal]

I would be interested in some snails.

I can take guppies but they would be used as feeders.


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[I_love_dojos]

Will take as many as you care to dispense - might I give you something in return?

Hi Avatar, how many would you like? Do you have a preference for color? Where are you located? I'm not looking for anything in return -- just good homes for the snails

 

[I_love_dojos]

i would like some for my 2 20gallon planted tanks.

Hi Ernie G, are you interested in guppies or mysery snails? How many would you like? Do you have a preference in color?

 

[I_love_dojos]

I would be interested in some snails.

I can take guppies but they would be used as feeders.


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Hi verbal/Jesse, how many snails would you like? Any preference in color? Thank you for offering to take some guppies, but my daughter would be very upset if she were to find out they were going to become someone's dinner - although we know that it is all part of the cycle of life. We originally were "rescuing" the baby guppies from being eaten by the parents as they were born -- however, we realized that this results in A LOT of guppies and have just started letting the parents eat their babies -- it's all part of the cycle of life, I guess. Now that they are big, though, they are more like "pets", and my daughter can't stand the thought of them being dinner. However, if you are interested in snails, that would be great!

 

[Avatar]

Hi Avatar, how many would you like? Do you have a preference for color? Where are you located? I'm not looking for anything in return -- just good homes for the snails

Am in DC but if you're not coming to next week's meeting I'll withdraw my request as snails aren't enough reason for a two-hour drive. If you are coming to the meeting, I can home as many as you care to offer - prefer colors but it's all good.

 

[zackcrack00]

I will take 4 snails, please. Only if you are coming to the next meeting, though.

 

[Jmoore]

I'll take 10 snails if you have enough


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[I_love_dojos]

thank you all for your interest, but I won't be able to come to the meeting next week. I'm sorry.

 

[verbal]

Would you be able to ship? I would be willing to pay shipping and distribute at the meeting.

 

[Ading522]

i think i am the closest to where i-love-dojo ( Melody ) lives.. i would like some mystery plants and maybe a few pairs of guppies in different colors if you have, and if anyone would have an order, you can bag them separately, and ill pick up sat morning and distribute at the meeting in the afternoon..

@verbal : i think it would be better this way rather than to ship..

so let me know guys!

 

[verbal]

@Ading522 - even better

I am interested in snail colors other than yellow(have a breeding group of them already)

 

[Ading522]

@Ading522 - even better

I am interested in snail colors other than yellow(have a breeding group of them already)

we could all have our orders/ wants given to i_love_dojo ( Melody ) so that she could have them ready.. let the others know.. so its all in one trip..

 

[I_love_dojos]

Thank you, Ading522 (Aldrich). This sounds like great idea. Thank you for your willingness to collect and distribute I will try to get some photos of the guppies. As I said, they are still juveniles, and don't have their full colors yet, but at least it will give everyone an idea as to what they look like. I also can't guarantee if they are male or female in some cases, as I have trouble telling them apart when they are young. I will also get some photos of the mystery snails. I also wanted to mention that I have many RAMSHORN snails that are also free to good home, if anyone is interested in those. If it is ok with Aldrich, I could send those along to anyone who might be interested. Most of them are brown and young. I will try to get photos of those also. I will try to post the photos this evening.
Thanks, everyone, for your interest!

 

[I_love_dojos]

UPDATE - GUPPIES, MYSTERY SNAILS, AND RAMSHORNS - FREE!!!

Hello,
I am attaching some photos of the guppies and snails. It was VERY hard getting photos of the guppies, as they are so active. The parents are a little less active, and I am posting photos of those as well, as they were easier to photo, and it will give you an idea of what the young ones may look like when they get their full colors. I did a survey of the tank that has the young ones, and these are a summary of the colors I saw:
-solid yellow
-black at the base of their tail with orange on the end
-orange tail with black spots
-black, orange, yellow leopard print tails (very pretty!)
-black and gray tails
You may notice some with "snake skin" looking bodies in the photos. My daughter won't let me give those up. She also won't part with the mommy and daddy guppies.

In the way of snails, I took a photo showing the variety of sizes I have. Most of the ramshorns are brown or red/brown in color.
Most of the mystery snails appear to be magenta (purple), which is not one of the "normal" colors you find at PetSmart or Petco, at least from what I have seen. I also have some yellow, ivory, and brown/black ones. the magentas and brown/black ones have or will have stripes. The ivories and golds are/will be solid. As they are young, the final color has not yet fully developed. I don't have any blue babies yet, from what I can tell.

They mystery snails lay their eggs above the water line, so population control for those guys is pretty straight forward - just remove the egg clusters when you see them if you don't want them to hatch. Mystery snails have both males and females.

The ramshorns are hermaphrodites and lay their eggs all over the tank. They can multiply very quickly.

The photos are below. If anyone is interested in any guppies, mystery snails, or ramshorn snails, please let me know what you are interested in and how many. I will do my best to accommodate I will bag them and label them with your name and then give them to Aldrich (Ading522) to take to Saturday's meeting. Thank you Aldrich, for picking up an transporting them!

If you have already replied stating that you would like some guppies or snails, could you please respond again, just to verify that you will be at the meeting and would like me to give them to Aldrich (Ading522) for you? Please include the number of guppies/mystery snails/ramshorn snails you would like. If you have a preference in color, please also let me know. For the snails, if you have a preference in size, please let me know.

Thanks, everyone!

Here are the photos:

 

[scientist0724]

I definitely want some of the ramshorns!

Arlene

 

[I_love_dojos]

here are the photos from my last post

I had problems attaching them

Young Guppies (the neon tetras and platys are not available, nor is the guppy with the snakeskin body)



Mommy Guppies



Daddy Guppies (the spidery white thing floating in the background is what is left of the savoy cabbage I gave they mystery snails)



Ramshorn Snails



Mysery Snails - the magenta ones appear to be brown in the photo; they did not photo well