Hi -
One of my two turbos has something weird on him (I think). I watched him as he stuck on the back of the aquarium - there were light colored tentacles emerging from out from under his shell. If his head was at 12 o'clock, there were tentacles coming out from 9:00 all the way around to 3:00. There were at least 6 of these sticking out.
As I watched, the tentacles came farther out - all together - to about 3/4 inch. Then, all at once, they retracted.
Then the snail did something really weird - it's shell turned back and forth about a 1/4 turn really fast. It went back and forth about 3 times, then stopped.
So... What are these tentacles? Are they normal part of snail anatomy? Something else?
Since I only have one fish for now while I let my tank settle, I'm spending lots of time just watching it and seeing all kinds of cool things....
One of my two turbos has something weird on him (I think). I watched him as he stuck on the back of the aquarium - there were light colored tentacles emerging from out from under his shell. If his head was at 12 o'clock, there were tentacles coming out from 9:00 all the way around to 3:00. There were at least 6 of these sticking out.
As I watched, the tentacles came farther out - all together - to about 3/4 inch. Then, all at once, they retracted.
Then the snail did something really weird - it's shell turned back and forth about a 1/4 turn really fast. It went back and forth about 3 times, then stopped.
So... What are these tentacles? Are they normal part of snail anatomy? Something else?
Since I only have one fish for now while I let my tank settle, I'm spending lots of time just watching it and seeing all kinds of cool things....