Posted by allisonm on January 8, 2002, at 14:59:58
In reply to Watching Goldfish, posted by Willow on January 7, 2002, at 1:12:18
I started with goldfish. They all died. Sometime in there with the goldfish, I got an apple snail. They are the coolest things!! Better than goldfish. Mine started out about the size of a golfball, but it's grown so that I don't think I could put it in my fist and bbe able to touch my fingers to my palm. Here's a good website on them (http://www.applesnail.net/) They eat lettuce, spinach, zucchini, fish food, algae disks, etc. But it's when they move around that they make such a show. The two sets of tentacles floating around, and the grace with which they move is incredible. I bought my snail for $1.97 at Wal-Mart. Very relaxing to watch them move around, across and up and down the tank. Very slow and graceful and elegant. Very calming.
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