Snails live in a wide range of ecosystems. Swamps, ditches, ponds, lakes and rivers are excellent habitats for them. Ampullaria can be kept in a regular freshwater aquarium. They get along well with most aquarium fish, unless of course they are not a species that feeds on molluscs. Aquarium snails - gastropods, have a spiral-wound shell, and they have sensitive tentacles on their heads. Coils are more common in aquariums.
Instructions
Step 1
Under natural conditions, snails feed mainly on various algae and bacterial growths that form in the water. In an aquarium, these fouling takes the form of various grayish films on glass, leaves and water surface. Ampullaria scrape off algae from the bottom, glass and plants. Sometimes they gnaw at tender young plants, but this only happens if the snails do not have enough food.
Step 2
Most aquarium snails prefer to feed on dead or dying plants, which keeps the water quality in the aquarium at all times. Healthy plants can produce cyanides and other harmful substances that are unacceptable to many snail species.
Step 3
Ampullaria eat almost anything that they can grind and swallow: cucumbers, spinach, carrots, fish food, dead fish and their eggs. Since they can only eat very soft foods, they should be fed boiled vegetables or canned spinach. Snails do not refuse from scraped meat and scalded salad. They can also be given soaked white bread, carefully throwing it in small pieces into the water. Be careful not to spoil the water from the leftover food.
Step 4
A small funnel is made from the upper half of the snail's leg and food is drawn into it along with a film floating on the surface of the water. After the funnel is almost full to the brim, the mollusk eats up its contents very quickly. Then he collects the next portion of feed.
Step 5
Snails need calcium to build their house, so the pH of the water should be at least 7, and it is better to make it higher, as this is very important. If the water is too soft (low in calcium), then finely crushed marble, limestone, seashells, or one of the drugs sold at pet stores to increase the hardness of the water must be added to it.
