barbucca diabolica and homaloptera bilineata

[ch.koenig]

in that case...

how to ride a snail
protagonists: john and murphy, two no-name snails

as often it starts with a simple question

hey murph can you do that?



look at this



no problem john



and can you ride a snail?



like this?



is a little slippery



have you seen how fast it is?



hey!!! overturns me ...



this one is better!!!



yesss



why do they always overturn meeee ???



hey folks you know how to ride a leaf?




no thanks!!!

ps: I forgot to introduce the third protagonist, just sneeked in. that's why we call him sneeky.
oh yes: and of course john should probably be joanna, but lilian likes to give male names. for the cats too.
cheers charles

[hx]

I love your Homalops and your pics. The snailride is epic.

After playing with them for this time, what would be your estimate on Homalopteras' willingness to jump out of the tank?

I just so want to get some in my streamtank.
Thanks for sharing!

[ch.koenig]

hi
thanks
I really can't tell you about other homaloptera-species by experience. when in reach I'll ask H.G.Evers from AMAZONAS-magazine, he's a homaloptera-expert.
bilineata seem to be atypical: calm, easy going, even at feeding time not hectic. unexpected indeed. for me a unhurried member of the confuzona-orthogoniata-, not the smithi-tweediei-group
and besides: they can't jump out because I mostly use tanks with hermetic covering for three reasons: cheap buy, least heat loss (my aqua-bar/fishroom was once a cooling-cellar of a butchery, so I can easily control temperature) and no way out.
bilineata is definetly the funniest species I ever had!
cheers charles

[hx]

Thanks for pointing out species-specifics.

Bilineatas sound and look like a great find. Any and all info greatly appreciated here.
Thanks.