How Can I Breed Snails

[em 11]

i have a water features which won't stink
can i breed them in there than
can they die if the cold

 

[paulthegreat]

Snails suck!!!!!(literaly, physically and figuratively)!!!!!! I have been at war with the little buggers for over a year now. I do not want to know how to breed them but how to stop them from breeding. Some loaches do fine in keeping them at bay, salt helps and squshing the varmints on the glass gets your hands wet. Bristle-nose Catfish/(Plecos), for algea control, are much more fun to watch then snails and even they just sit around for the better part of the day.

 

[Amerce]

Apple snails need to be kept in a warm tank, cold tanks will kill them, they are tropical.

Don't know about Trumpet snails.

 

[em 11]

i mean pond snails can i keep them in there

 

[akudewan]

Snails are so easy to breed that they become a menace, right? Well, ironically, whenever I go to my LFS, there are no snails...always out of stock. There are 3 stores in my area and thats the case with all three of them.

If I go out of my way and go to some better shops, I do find snails, but only apple snails. No malaysian trumpets and other varieties. I have a planted tank, and I like snails, so a malaysian trumpet would be a good choice. My only chance is a shop that imports fish..

-Aku

 

[annka5]

Pond snails native to where you live will be fine if introduced to your water feature. However, they might be very difficult to see.
I had one when I was little in a tank in the kitchen. It was on it's own and had babies and died with all its insides hanging outside - so be warned!

 

[fish bowl]

why did it die

 

[demonmagus]

Apple snails need to be kept in a warm tank, cold tanks will kill them, they are tropical.

Don't know about Trumpet snails.

I heard apple snails live longer in coldwater

 

[fish bowl]

which 1s true apple snails live longer in coldwater or warm

 

[demonmagus]

oooooops sorry I was wrong ) ) )

 

[fish bowl]

is it best to keep apple snails in cold water

 

[akudewan]

is it best to keep apple snails in cold water

I believe demonmagus said he was wrong. So keep apple snails at normal tropical temperautre. We know for sure they breed in tropical tanks

 

[em 11]

there r apple snails in different colour for sale if i buy two will they both breed together

how old to snails live for

how many babies to they have

can snails go with tercas & a plec

 

[akudewan]

there r apple snails in different colour for sale if i buy two will they both breed together

Dont know

how old to snails live for

I don't know, but quite a long time, when they are born, they're tiny, and get really big.

how many babies to they have

Again, I have no idea, but I guess the numbers would go in hundreds

can snails go with tercas & a plec

Yes, I think they will be ok with the pleco. Never heard of a terca though

 

[em 11]

i mean tetra


im dylexic so get the spelling wrong sometimes