Snail food

If ya can be bothered.
Blend up a mix of veges
then dry them into 'wafers'
store in an airtight container.
Using squash, pumkin, peas etc it's easy to dehydrate snail food
not only a convienience
helps stop water clouding.
A handful of shellgrit never goes astray
or ya can mix pure calc carbonate powder into their food.
http://www.applesnail.net/
this website has great info on the care of applesnails
but much of the info is good for all types.

Good advice here. I've live in an area where the water supply scheme is
private. My water hardness is such that if I were to fill a glass of
water and leave it stand, there would be a white limescale rim on the
glass in about 90 minutes. An electric shower has a life expectancy of
two and half years in my area. Nozzles must be cleaned fortnightly.

For my aquarium water, I fill a bucket with hot water (to evaporate the
Cl) and once it has cooled, I suspend a muslin bag full of peat for a
day or two. Too high a KH and the airstone in my tank causes the pH to
rise to nearly 8. On the upside, My water is ideal for keeping snails,
and they thrive, with strong, vibrant shells.

I've always thought of getting a second tank - 60L or so, and having no
fish in it. A few apples of different colours, some Ramshorns and a few
othe exotic varieties. Maybe even a few shrimp. It would look nice
beside my 120L community. 6 feet of glass down my sideboard would really
finish my sitting room. I pretty sure my LFS would take my snails, in
exchange for supply of filters and other bit's n pieces at cost.

Anyone have an arrangement like this?


Rob.