Apple Snails!

[CBBP]

I jsut love their hugeness! I wanna add them in with my goldfish to take the algea off the tank but there is a problem. I have some plants in their, mainly just java fern and a bunch of Anachair and Cabomba. Will these snails eat said plants?

 

[mikey12421]

I jsut love their hugeness! I wanna add them in with my goldfish to take the algea off the tank but there is a problem. I have some plants in their, mainly just java fern and a bunch of Anachair and Cabomba. Will these snails eat said plants?

Most of the info I have seen says that true apple snails will only eat dead or dying vegation, not your live plants. I have three very large apple snails in a densely planted tank and have never had a problem with them. The real problem is other pest snails that hitch a ride on new plants and infest the tank.

-Mike

 

[shaz3271]

is all depends on what species you have

Pomacea canaliculata eat plants

pomacea bridgesii wont eat plants

these are the two most common in the uk

sharon

 

[three-fingers]

That tables from snailshop.co.uk, it pretty good .

 

[littleme1969]

I keep and breed a few different strains with no plant eating issues.
If you keep them well fed they wont bother anything.
But correct me if I'm wrong but I thought apple snails could only be kept in warm tropical water and not cold water as you would keep goldfish? Maybe someone else can clear that up for you

 

[shaz3271]

I keep and breed a few different strains with no plant eating issues.
If you keep them well fed they wont bother anything.
But correct me if I'm wrong but I thought apple snails could only be kept in warm tropical water and not cold water as you would keep goldfish? Maybe someone else can clear that up for you

apple snails can be kept between 18-28c , not below 18.

 

[CBBP]

My goldfish tank is usually at 78. mostly because of lighting heat.

 

[severum boy]

My Giant Columbians dont really eat plants, they will occationally have a slight go at the occational leaf, but not the mass damage I expected. If only they annialated the algae though...