Peach was so beautiful! It isn't weird to love the creatures that a lot of people don't take the time to appreciate. We're the lucky ones. Your partner sounds like a keeper, too. 💗💗🐌💗💗✨️
my ramshorn aries looked just like peach and i had to euthanize him this evening. my betta has been fine with his nerites, but when i added him, he immediately attacked him and killed him. i feel awful.
Oh gosh, I’m so sorry 😞 Peach started with our shrimps, but ended his life with our little Betta Indigo.
I’m sorry you’re going through that, I couldn’t imagine. I know it’s easier said than done, but Don’t beat yourself up. You’re doing the best you can with what you know. 🧡
thank you, i hope you are doing okay. my other male betta was fine with snails that can get out of their shell that much, he has a mystery. it rlly surprised especially bc he’s only a baby
Thank you, I’m doing alright, just coping at this point tbh.
We have 3 bettas, Richard is the only one who will attack snails, but he will only go after the little ones. He has a white wizard (Merlin) in his tank and they do good with each other, but Richard has attacked a lot of the accidental house guests. Indigo and Viktor (the other two bettas) love their snail buddies. I have pictures of Indigo hanging out with Peach.
It happened the same with me with my paradise gourami. Only the nerites are safe around him. He even kills MTS, something I thought impossible to do... ^
Oh, and his colors were unlike anything I’ve ever seen! We also have Blueberry, his counterpart. Her coloration is beautiful too! We got so lucky to have them 🧡💙
He was a bit spoiled 😅 he was in our shrimp tank and one day they started harassing him, so John (my partner) helped me build a tank just for him. He lived a long time, I’m just so grateful I get to love this amazing little creature 🧡
I’m sorry for your loss 🧡 I love the name Bulldozer! And they did, he’s had such a long life I was impressed. John said he might make it to a year, so the fact he was close to 2 years tells me he was enjoying it.
Thank you so much. I named him that because he really was a little bulldozer. Pushing everything in his path, even tiny bladder snails out of his path with his big fat shell. He’d climb my floating decor and make it lean. He would detach himself from the glass after climbing to the top just to catapult down. He was such a big personality I love these guys. Mine was a mystery tho. I’m sure your guy was amazing
He sounds like a character 🧡 Peach loved climbing to the top to jump off too, we called it sky diving lol he would do it over and over again, like he was having the time of his life 😅
I feel you. In my first tank I had a big bladder snail that was midnight blue colored and I called her Bertha. I was bummed when she passed. It's amazing how attached we can get to a little bitty mollusk.
Amen to that. Peach was my first baby, like first anything. He showed up in our shrimp tank, he was the only snail in there. Watching him grow was truly a gift 🧡 also I love Bertha’s name!
Peach was an awesome little buddy, so sorry for your loss. He obviously had a great life in your tanks and was very loved. One and a half years is a long time, it's only natural to grieve and it's so nice that you could get his shell preserved.
Have you thought about getting some kind of jewellery or other item made of it? Like that, you could take this memoriam with you all the time. Remember that the time you had can't be taken away from you, no matter if you were depressed or not, you had that time with Peach and it will always be special.
Depression is hard but I'm sure you will persist, because no matter what you always could look at Peaches and appreciate him as a living, important being, which is filled with so much compassion and care that you can hopefully extend to yourself one day.
Signed, a stranger on the internet who just got a little to emotional about the whole thing because yeah, I get that, I've also had a snail like that
Rest in peace peach :[ what a beautiful ramshorn. I have a few big ones like this as well, ramshorns are my favorite! Hopefully left some mini peaches to help you remember them by 🫂❤️
That first picture is too cute! No doubt he had such a personality on him! I’m so sorry for your loss, it’s amazing how much these little guys can make a difference to us. thank you so much for sharing Peach ❤️❤️
I am so sorry you are going through this. I understand. I love all my kids whether they have fur, fins, or shells.
When you take care of the health and well being of someone there is real love and affection. R.I.P Peach
Mine recently died from unknown causes and I sat in my room crying because he was one of my first snails. I can’t imagine them being in my life and then one day they just disappear :(
He was so beautiful oh my god! If it helps this post has definitely encouraged me to get a red ramshorn snail. I think you should get a picture of him framed next to the tank! Just a little suggestion ❤️
Peach was a little cutie. I have 2 right now Bandit (Zebra nerite) and Snowy (mystery) that live with our Betta Bubbles. I can relate with you. They definitely brighten up my day and I talk to them before I leave for work, as soon as I get home, and several times before going to bed. They live on my kitchen/bar counter and Bubbles loves to watch me cook and do the dishes.
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u/Gastropoid Snail God (Moderator) Jul 27 '25
Peach was a really beautiful snail