Apple snails

[Roekoeee!!!]

Hi,

I have hundreds of baby apple snails in my tank. I wonder, is there a
special wy to raise them or can I leave them in the tank?

Regards,

Jan

[Eric Schreiber]

Roekoeee!!! wrote:

> I have hundreds of baby apple snails in my tank. I wonder, is there a
> special wy to raise them or can I leave them in the tank?

When I was raising them, I had a snail-only tank. You won't need that
kind of setup unless you have a snail-eating fish in the tank along.
About the only thing you have to worry about with the snails is food.
Pretty much any brand of sinking algae wafer will do the trick. If it's
a planted tank, certain species of apple snail will devour every plant
you have.

Also, keep in mind that apple snails are very messy residents, and as
your babies grow they will add to the bio-load of your tank. Make sure
you're doing regular water changes and vacuum the gravel thoroughly
each time to keep water quality good.

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[Kay]

Roekoeee!!! wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have hundreds of baby apple snails in my tank. I wonder, is there a
> special wy to raise them or can I leave them in the tank?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jan
>
>

I have raised alot of apple snails, You can wait till they get the size
of a quarter and then find a pet store for most of them. I keep 6 out of
the batches if I'm low. I feed them rinsed canned green beans, 1 green
bean per snail when they are adult, just a few in the tank for babies.

I feed them spinach also, float a leaf, or clip a leaf<or canned
rinsed>. Algae wafers also. I don't feed them these thing every day just
2 to 3 times a week and everyday I put in a pinch of fish flake. snails
do good in harder water, thier shells will start to get holes with
softer water, so I advoid any drifwood. I have fake drifwood with no
sharp ends or edges, they love to climb. Also they love to climb out of
the tank, so you ahve to secure it.

I have lots of plants but my snails are Pomacea bridgesii. Or as the
store calls them mystery snails. or gold inca snails.

Kay

[Roekoeee!!!]

"Eric Schreiber" <eric at ericschreiber dot com> schreef in bericht
...
> Roekoeee!!! wrote:
>
> > I have hundreds of baby apple snails in my tank. I wonder, is there
a
> > special wy to raise them or can I leave them in the tank?
>
> When I was raising them, I had a snail-only tank. You won't need that
> kind of setup unless you have a snail-eating fish in the tank along.
> About the only thing you have to worry about with the snails is food.
> Pretty much any brand of sinking algae wafer will do the trick. If
it's
> a planted tank, certain species of apple snail will devour every plant
> you have.
>
> Also, keep in mind that apple snails are very messy residents, and as
> your babies grow they will add to the bio-load of your tank. Make sure
> you're doing regular water changes and vacuum the gravel thoroughly
> each time to keep water quality good.

Thanks for the tips, mate! I like the pics on your site, BTW.

> www.ericschreiber.com

[Roekoeee!!!]

"Kay" > schreef in bericht
news:Jq7kc.44696$cF6.1885951@attbi_s04...
> Roekoeee!!! wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have hundreds of baby apple snails in my tank. I wonder, is there
a
> > special wy to raise them or can I leave them in the tank?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jan
> >
> >
>
> I have raised alot of apple snails, You can wait till they get the
size
> of a quarter and then find a pet store for most of them. I keep 6 out
of
> the batches if I'm low. I feed them rinsed canned green beans, 1 green
> bean per snail when they are adult, just a few in the tank for babies.
>
> I feed them spinach also, float a leaf, or clip a leaf<or canned
> rinsed>. Algae wafers also. I don't feed them these thing every day
just
> 2 to 3 times a week and everyday I put in a pinch of fish flake.
snails
> do good in harder water, thier shells will start to get holes with
> softer water, so I advoid any drifwood. I have fake drifwood with no
> sharp ends or edges, they love to climb. Also they love to climb out
of
> the tank, so you ahve to secure it.
>
> I have lots of plants but my snails are Pomacea bridgesii. Or as the
> store calls them mystery snails. or gold inca snails.

Very helpfull information. I did a search on google for the gold inca
snails and saw a pic, mine are the same as yours. Thanks!

[Eric Schreiber]

Roekoeee!!! wrote:

> I like the pics on your site, BTW.

Thank you! I *really* need to get off my duff this summer and try to
get some new photos made and online.

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www.ericschreiber.com

[Jennifer Brooks]

Best snail site on the web is:

http://www.applesnail.net

if you click on "discussions", there is a great forum too!
Happy Snailing.