Albino Assassin Snail??

[tetragirl]

I started out with 8 assassin snails in a 20g tank to control my pond snail population. Now I probably have close to 50 assassins; they are breading like crazy! Today when I was observing everything going on in the tank I notice something pretty cool - there was an ADOLESCENT ALBINO ASSASSIN SNAIL! so exciting!!!!

Has anyone else every come across one? Can anyone tell me anything that may be unique about taking care of them?

[Fish_Assassin]

That's pretty cool! are you feeding the assassin snails anything other than those snails? My population of assassin snails stopped breeding like crazy.

[tetragirl]

Its a community tank, so I guess they eat a bit of everything...there's lots of cherry shrimp, a pleco, and smaller fish; so the food in the tank is varied. Although, I don't think I've every seen them eating the pleco's zucchini

[theinnkeeper]

That's unique. I heard some snails turn white when the water isn't hard enough tho.

[fisherman]

I had about 100 assassin snails before and never seen a albino one, an old momma i have though is starting to fade whitish i think she might die soon

[Ursus sapien]

>theinnkeeper: snail shells can turn white due to water conditions (this happens to malaysian trumpets in one of my tanks despite it being 'hard' water), but an albino would be easy to spot because the flesh would lack pigment.

>tetragirl: cool find! I'd love to see a photo if you're able to take one. It could be a cool breeding project.

[tetragirl]

>theinnkeeper: snail shells can turn white due to water conditions (this happens to malaysian trumpets in one of my tanks despite it being 'hard' water), but an albino would be easy to spot because the flesh would lack pigment.

>tetragirl: cool find! I'd love to see a photo if you're able to take one. It could be a cool breeding project.

Finally got a pic.
Albino Assassin.jpg

[Ursus sapien]

wild! I can't enlarge the photo enough to see the foot, but -wow! that's very cool!

[tetragirl]

I've taken some better pics. They will be uploaded to my profile album later today. Feel free to check them out. BTW: I found a second albino!

[TomC]

That's unique. I heard some snails turn white when the water isn't hard enough tho.

Yes, mine did once.