I Made A Terrarium For Some Tiny Snails!

I Made A Terrarium For Some Tiny Snails
These snails popped up unannounced in another terrarium of mine and I noticed that they didn’t eat the plants inside! In this video I’ll show you how I made them their very own terrarium! The snails are garlic snails and are about the size of my pinky nail.
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[@Laylia_]

They're such cute little babies! 🐌 I'm so pleased you made them a home!

[@R0CKETFOX]

Excellent video, and your content is wonderful! The only thing I would recommend is that when you're saying the plant names or such, it would be helpful to get a subtitle or such written on the video. Also have a question: how much routine maintenance would a terrarium like this require? Would it have to be dismantled for cleaning at all, or do the springtails take care of that?

[@andreyromashchenko8967]

If you press "c" on the keyboard, the video's closed captions will become visible. Once every 2 months you may need to trim the plants and wipe the glass on the inside. And you spay a bit of water AND feed the snails twice a week (tiny portions). Springtails only prevent rotting and molding.

[@shrimpking101]

What a master class in terrarium building. His voice is so soft too, it makes for a very soothing watch.

[@elliepop5327]

such a calming voice, thanks for sharing all the info

[@dawn7882]

I'm not a snail but I would love to live in a habitat such as this!😊. Very beautiful, thanks for sharing

[@stancexpunks]

These videos are wonderful; both relaxing and informative. Keep up the good work! ❤

[@jordanemmett23]

Hi, thanks for the information, where did you buy these snails? I'm looking to get some

[@BelladonnaDyesCo]

I’m not a snail and I want to live in there! Amazing! ❤️🌈

[@michelblair2897]

I so agree ! 😊

[@bleachsanchoblastk]

I was really jealous of your mini snails. I was setting up a terrarium when I found this video. Then, after a time, a snail appeared inside my terrarium. I have no idea what item they came in on, but I really dig em.

[@ricagallaza5613]

Your videos are a sunshine. They help make quarantine much more bearable. Brings me hope to get well soon too so i can get back to my own garden and touch the earth again. Bless you! 🌞😎💚

[@SavageLeo1996]

Love the videos man!! Keep it going!

[@jessejiyeolmun4642]

Thank you so much I have been looking for instructions for my snail's new home, and this is by far the best. Mine is different speices so it needs some adaptation, but it really helps a lot. Thank you for the content. I will subscribe and check the other videos.

[@user-dr5nd9fn4p]

I've got one garlic snail and a garden one, theyr'e so cute

[@lemongrassarch1432]

May I know where you got your snails?

[@iamwhoasked]

​@@lemongrassarch1432 I found mine under leaf litter on a walk home! They're small and dark so they can be easily missed, just look for something tiny, smooth, and shiny

[@chloenicole4745]

I just wanted to get on here and say thank you so much for your channel… I originally found you on TickTock but then my KZbin led me to you as well… I’ve just been getting into isopods and bio active terrariums… I really want to do the snails because I think they are absolutely precious… I also feel very connected two millipedes. Your videos are so creative and inspire me so much

[@stancexpunks]

TikTok* lol

[@danato22]

Amazing! Love it

[@Bigtiddiegof666]

I can’t pronounce any of the plant names without summoning a demon called Greg 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@PepJord]

Love your videos, especially this one and the one with the small pink dragon millipedes. My intention is to recreate something like this, but I was wondering if you had a full and complete list of terrarium plants your living inhabitants don't munch on, in your experience? Sounds like mini Ficus species are a good idea, but are there any more "tree-like" looking plants I could use that won't be eaten? Thank you

[@TROPHYosj]

Where did you purchase the Garlic snails?

[@erinhallmakes777]

Just a hopeful suggestion for people who are trying to follow along. If you could put the name of the plant on screen and even better down in the description somewhere that I can copy and paste it that would be incredibly helpful. Often people say the scientific name of a plant but because people pronounce things different and nobody speaks Latin I often can't understand what plant KZbinrs are saying and trying to look it up is hard.

[@andreyromashchenko8967]

Press the "c" on the keyboard and the closed captions will become visible with all the plant names in it.

[@myteegeeful]

Great video! What kind of light do you give this and do you remove the lid for ventilation sometimes? Speaking of lids where do you get those flat glass lids? Thank you.

[@prestonmorse5937]

GREAT VID

[@mohamadal-ghoul3776]

This is so cool. Just a question out of curiosity only. How is this better for the snails vs living in nature and the wild? Please explain

[@zackgeldhof1206]

What gorgeous little creatures! I am wondering if I could supply a bit of calcium if I added some crushed eggshell? I bake my eggshells at a very low temp (as low as my oven can go with the door propped, around 180 F/82 C) and then crush them to a fine powder. I've used it in other things but it ought to work for snails as well, yes?

[@jeremygallant5155]

It does but I read you have to leave them to soak in water first and then peal the layer from the inside of the shells

[@oliviaplays5782]

I follow your TikTok BUT I need to know where you get your garlic snails!,!

[@Talmeda505]

Absolutely beautiful! Are there holes for air on the glass enclosure? Or do the live plants assist with that? Thank you.

[@stancexpunks]

Plants produce oxygen, therefore there is no need for air holes. However, in another video he says every once in a while he will remove the lid for about 30 min so the terrarium can get some water fresh air which will improve the longevity of the terrarium.

[@jonathans9523]

Do you give them water somehow other than spraying?

[@MuffJohnson]

very cool man

[@ming2298]

❤️

[@giannaraquel4622]

Just darling!!

[@joeswampdawghenry]

Water spraying madman!!!!

[@soxbrooker612]

does the top not need air holes?

[@kat-iv6bv]

cool

[@caitlinmelindatimms4317]

Where do u fine springtails ?

[@michaels5705]

Nice! I discovered some garlic snails in my paludarium. They must have come in on a plant as I didn't intentionally add them. They were eating the same food as my isopods so I figured they'd be OK there. They have stayed a fairly stable population. Question about the cuttlebone, I put mine in whole (it's in a 284 l tank). Do they need to be ground for them to be used by the snails and isopods? Question about the spring tails; I can't keep them alive. I either lose the source container to mites or they just crash. They also don't seem to last in my terrariums, though isopods do. Mine either come on calcium clay or horticultural charcoal - I've never seen them in substrate like yours. Can you tell me where you get yours and if you have any tips for keeping them alive?

[@huianxing3782]

No it doesn’t. It actually is better for snails if it isn’t ground up and is a whole pieace.

[@michaels5705]

@@huianxing3782 I appreciate the feedback.

[@barackobama41ify]

How often do you feed them?

[@deven4405]

Do you know if you can do this successfully in apartments?

[@spertzy5498]

Hey love ur vids u think u can help me make a terrarium because I’m trying to find out how but I can’t find anywhere

[@shahramhormozian5624]

so i've been caring for this particlar type of snail for over 7 years now, they have grown to over 100 snails from 2. I want to create a new habitat for them but they created a tunnel system in the old soil and its like quick sand. how would you approach such a transfer? i just dont know how much is going on in there but its like all they know their whole life so idont want to just jump in and destroy that, but the have out grown where they live.

[@abbygailwynn4487]

Did you buy your own snails or did you find them because I’ve been looking for another to add to my terrarium I’ve only found one in my backyard and that was a month ago I would like to find him / her a friend and expand the family in my terrarium

[@Mr_Valentin.]

Escargots is just french for "Snails"

[@DashiSama]

How long do these snails live / survive? In nature vs a terrarium?

[@andreyromashchenko8967]

HEY I have those snails too!!

[@andreyromashchenko8967]

Except for the garlic smell. Not even once (in 3 years that I had them).

[@andreyromashchenko8967]

And I discovered that they never eat "dwarf baby tears" and "asparagus fern". They ate everything else I had in my terrarium. So I appreciate the mention of plants they won't ruin.

[@WorcesterTerrariums]

I love these snails! Sounds obvious but if you plant them in a terrarium with plants they won't eat then it's a win win situation 😁

[@laszlomolnar902]

Where do you find mini snails???

[@ThiccNmorty]

😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@Brodius_Maximus]

Where can you get Garlic Snails?

[@epiphanylove7182]

Hi, you leave the lid closed? I got two of snails for my terrarium and I left the lid opened for some air and they escaped from the terrarium. Though they were not far away from the jar..

[@bleachsanchoblastk]

A fine mesh screen held in place with a perforated plexiglass lid piece. You can find and make this on your own terrarium. They can vary so much that it's just easier to make one imo.

[@ramonakearns2101]

so it's okay to have the garden snails 🐌 in an enclosed container and not ones with tiny vents? perhaps this is why I have flies in their container

[@osmic3756]

how do i get a snai????l....i live in city apartment.....

[@cheeseburgerbrown7421]

Have you found out what kind of snails was those that you found in the video??

[@godvlynn3335]

Arnt they eat plants?

[@natalieparedes5351]

where can you buy these snails ?

[@bleachsanchoblastk]

Mine appeared out of thin air, seemingly. It must have hitched a ride on a nursery soil sample with a liverwort on it that I added

[@varietypack3652]

Where do you get garlic snails?

[@jordanemmett23]

Did you ever find out? Trying to set one up

[@varietypack3652]

@@jordanemmett23 not legal in America

[@andreyromashchenko8967]

Those are plant-shop-pests. If you know anyone who has a plant shop and orders from other countries, that person may stumble upon "orchid snails" from time to time. That's what those most likely are, orchid snails. And that's how those end up in places like US, by transporting plants.

[@verarodrigues5123]

Poderia traduzir para o português né

[@MatRenMati]

Have you any problems with this snails in other terrariums? How fast they population grows?

[@andreyromashchenko8967]

From what I observed, each snail lays 4 eggs per/mo. Half of babies survive. I went from 6 snails to 50 in 4 months. Same 6 snails were laying eggs this whole time. Young snails don't lay eggs. Population grows fast, *BUT once the number is high:* You can slow it down by keeping the terrarium near the shaded window. In cold months, when the temperature lowers to 60F, they will hibernate. In hot months when it's 80F they will aestivate. Under those conditions (60F&80F) they don't reproduce. And the weakest 10% will die from starvation during hibernation & aestivation. PLUS, they can only lay eggs in slightly-moist soil. Sand & rock damages and dries the eggs. Too much water drowns all the babies. AND they die from greasy and gluten food (something to look out for).

[@whattheduenas]

@@andreyromashchenko8967 Thanks for the great info! By chance, do you know where I can purchase these snails online?

[@jordanemmett23]

@@whattheduenas Did you ever find out? I'm also looking to buy some!

[@whattheduenas]

@@jordanemmett23 Unfortunately, no. :( I couldn't find them online anywhere in the US. Not even eBay. If you have any luck, please let me know.

[@andreyromashchenko8967]

@@whattheduenas Hi, sorry about late reply. I found the ones I have in someone's home, when I was Taking care of plants while the owner went on vacation. So, it was a complete accident, the owner never even knew about them. If I had to look for more, I would ask in a plant shop, where they have orchids, because that's how those snails get to the US, with the orchid transportation from subtropical countries. Also many states have their own native snails. That would be ideal, since non-native snails should not be introduced to the environment. Meaning once you have those "orchid snails", you can't release them.

[@joeswampdawghenry]

Do u trinke 🍺?

[@FatosAnimaisDiarios]

I made a terrarium but i think i made somenthing wrong

[@yodafannie]

Snails cute slugs eat to much to be called cute ...

[@joeswampdawghenry]

I bet u nevaa lose at Operation!!!😁😁💀💀🍎🍎🍒🍗🍗🍖🍖

[@Aaron-vn5fd]

I want to enjoy these videos but I’m hard of hearing and I can never hear what he’s saying even on max volume he speaks so softly :)

[@Aw_tig]

You can turn captions on in the video settings