Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Profile: Apple Snails


Apple Snails aka Mystery Snails

scientific name: Pila ampullacea

price: $3 size: 1+"

comments:
Ironically Im trying to breed these guys but cant get them to lay eggs! I gaurantee if I didnt want baby snails , I would be infested!

I want to harvest them for feeders for my turtles but also keep them as algae eaters. They're pretty good , they cleaned off a wall of deep algae.
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UPDATED: Feb 22/10

This is my third batch , I keep losing them in my breeding tank. They thrived in a planted.. so put in some potted amazons , floating hornwort and 5 apples overall. They seem good.

One of these apples is a Black Apple(see pic below). Same as the others just its black body and dark shell.

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