a: from my own experience, the apple snails are not difficult when it comes to food . feed them fish-food (food for pond fish, it comes in a big box, consist of big pellets and is inexpensive), cucumber and lettuce. apple snails consume a lot of aquatic plants and algae and can be very useful in eliminating...
shell would let them sink to the bottem like a stone. when the oxygen tension of the water drops and the snails are forced to use aerial respiration, apple snails often start to float to remain at the surface. food apple snails are not selective and eat almost everything available in their environment...
water), they aren't able to build a strong shell and become susceptible to shell damage, but even in good conditions, some snails still get little holes in the shell surface, especially in the older parts of their shell. this is a naturally occurring process and as long it's only at the surface, you...
older literature), superfamily ampullarioidae, family ampullariidae (apple snails). the whole apple snail family (ampullariidae) is divided in (or , depending of the authority followed) genera [ click here to see their characteristics ] and contains about different species*. however, much work has to...
not be a problem as these differences are relatively small. movies (mpeg ): - travel through snail slices (pomacea canaliculata ) ( kb) note that the anatomy of apple snails can not be applied on all other snail families. close relatives as the viviparidae snails do have a somewhat similar anatomy,...
a basic guide to other common freshwater snails . bio-agent apple snails as a biological agent to control the population of disease transmitting snails?...
adaptation is reflected in their life style : moderately amphibious and being equipped with a shell door enabling the snail to close its shell (to prevent drying out while hiding in the mud during dry periods). a typical adaptation of apple snails is the combination of a branchial respiration system...
shell big enough that the soft parts can withdraw completely into it. those gastropods without a shell, and those with only a very reduced or internal shell, are usually known as slugs; those with a shell into which they can partly but not completely withdraw are termed semi-slugs. the marine shelled...
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and got the in between variations by crossbreeding them. in my own snail population, these snails tend to get older than my diffusa snails do. my oldest one at the time of this writing is about years old and still doing well. also these snails do not suffer from severe shell detoriation as my diffusa...