Apple Snails - What Are They Doing?

[lilfishie]

Well 2 of my many Apple Snails are being rather odd today, they are both sat at the surface and there face end looks like this / V \ anyone got any ideas? can get a pic if i can find some batteries

 

[Rickzayne]

love the description xD

 

[lilfishie]

don't know how else to describe it lol almost like there face had sunken in and left a big dip

 

[BigbruiserAl]

Errrr.............

 

[lilfishie]

Errrr.............

I don't like the sound of that Al they have stopped now so no pics

 

[BigbruiserAl]

Lol sorry was trying so hard to pic the snails face. Apples tend to go to the surafce for

1. Lay eggs
2. To go para snailing lol
3. They dont like the water conditions (ph crash, copper trace etc)

or maybe they were have a Gurning contests ?

 

[This Old Spouse]

I thought they periodically went to the surface to breathe. I read up on them and read that one should leave an inch or two of space at the top for them to go up and take a few breaths.

 

[lilfishie]

i have seen them breathe up there before but it was nothing like that, wish i had got a picture whilst i had the chance, it was very odd, out of 20 odd only 2 were doing it the rest were to interested in food

water conditions are all the same 1st thing i checked

 

[BigbruiserAl]

I thought they periodically went to the surface to breathe. I read up on them and read that one should leave an inch or two of space at the top for them to go up and take a few breaths.

The siphon is an organ consisting of a fold of the mantle cavity (nuchal lobe) at the left side of the neck above the head of the snail. When not in use, the siphon is a barely visible, but when needed, the muscles in this fold contract and the fold changes into a flexible tube-like structure, which enables the snail to breathe air while staying submerged.

 

[zuulan]

If you mean they are doing a V shape on the surface, they do it to funnel water thru there mouths. This draws some food that they can see on the surface towards there mouths. I think it looks pretty cool.

 

[lilfishie]

If you mean they are doing a V shape on the surface, they do it to funnel water thru there mouths. This draws some food that they can see on the surface towards there mouths. I think it looks pretty cool.

Thats ok then, i've never seen them do it before it was feeding time too

 

[BigbruiserAl]

If you mean they are doing a V shape on the surface, they do it to funnel water thru there mouths. This draws some food that they can see on the surface towards there mouths. I think it looks pretty cool.

Thats ok then, i've never seen them do it before it was feeding time too

Thought i knew pretty much every thing on apples just goes to show you can always learn