Snail Tales

The journey of an amateur aquascaper and the critters who were along for the ride.

About

Cayla Salvador

Cayla is an educator, ceramicist, and amateur ecologist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She finds great joy in creating and maintaining a tiny ecosystem in a tiny urban space.

In the tank

AQUATIC SNAILS / PHYSIDAE. P. ACUTA

Assassin / Anentome Helena: Helen & Claude

Ramshorn: Artemis, Gigi & Hermes

Bladder: Unnamed Adorable Intrudors

FISH / CYRINIDAE

White Cloud Minnows: Kumquat & Persephone

NANO SHRIMP / NEOCARIDINA

Blue Dream

Cherry

Orange Rili

Pinto Look Alike

Red Rili

Sakura

Tiger Look Alike

AQUATIC PLANTS

Ceratophyllum Demersum/ Hornwort

Christmas Moss / Vesicularia Montagnei

Dwarf Aquarium Lily / Nymphaea Stellata

Dwarf Baby Tears / Hemianthus Callitrichoides

Dwarf Hair Grass / Eleocharis Parvula

Eriocaulon Cinereum

Java Fern / Microsorium Pteropus v. Windelov

HARDSCAPE

Light Colored Gravel

Driftwood Bonsai