Ramshorn snails

[silane]

Originally Posted by Occellatus

sure whack.....one question to ask bro.....

i intend to buy plants for my apples to munch, but might be ex...will those Hikari sinking algae wafers do the trick? And my water is stagnant....no aeration....and also water change once a week sufficient? Its just a small tank with water....dun wanna set up too many things as I'm decomm-ing tanks rite now...

For big snails like apple, you can feed them vege and fruits. Cucumber, leafy vege (ensure pesticide free) and even apple.

[LTL]

Originally Posted by bsplenden

just got 5 ramshorn from polyart. those are big enough to breed right?

yupz.. those are pretty big liao.... mine, from bro Jerra, half the size only can lay eggs liao....

hope to hear seom good news from u...

[LTL]

hey bros,

my ramshorn tank is on the floor... ... any idea how to siphon out the poo covering the tank floor...

thks

[bsplenden]

Originally Posted by LTL

hey bros,

my ramshorn tank is on the floor... ... any idea how to siphon out the poo covering the tank floor...

thks

wah... how big is your tank? got eggs inside or not?

no eggs then just carry the tank loh..

[LTL]

Originally Posted by bsplenden

wah... how big is your tank? got eggs inside or not?

no eggs then just carry the tank loh..

cannot la... the tank is a 2ft tank.... even drain out half the water, also very very heavy... ... stupid me...

not sure if the physics principle works anot, but if the water level is different, even both at ground level, there shd be a pressure differential... will try later, hopefully the pressure differential enough for the water to pump out of the tank...

[bsplenden]

Originally Posted by LTL

cannot la... the tank is a 2ft tank.... even drain out half the water, also very very heavy... ... stupid me...

not sure if the physics principle works anot, but if the water level is different, even both at ground level, there shd be a pressure differential... will try later, hopefully the pressure differential enough for the water to pump out of the tank...

oh... u keep snails in 2ft tank. lucky snails.

if full 2ft tank, water still can pump out, but will be slow.
i have a couple tanks on the floor also. i do WC normally use powerhead attached to hose. so just jump out.

[LTL]

Originally Posted by bsplenden

oh... u keep snails in 2ft tank. lucky snails.

if full 2ft tank, water still can pump out, but will be slow.
i have a couple tanks on the floor also. i do WC normally use powerhead attached to hose. so just jump out.

ya lor... if cannot, then no choice use powerhead... but dun tink is tat good... risky and hard to control also...

... if ramshorns successful, maybe will try apples liao... or maybe have 2 breeding tanks of ramshorns...

[Occellatus]

Originally Posted by bsplenden

one of the article mentioned that snails are very hardy and even 100% WC will not be much of a problem. but do remember to use conditioned water.

1 method is to scoop water from your main tank for WC. i do that for my snail tank and my turtle tank. sort of like WC for the main tank also.

oh....conditioned water? I just took out some water and pour in tap water for my ramshorns!

Thanks for the info bro.....next time must use my malawian cichlid tank water liao....

[Occellatus]

Originally Posted by silane

For big snails like apple, you can feed them vege and fruits. Cucumber, leafy vege (ensure pesticide free) and even apple.

ok.....thanks for the info bro!

Can save some $$ liao.

[bsplenden]

Originally Posted by Occellatus

oh....conditioned water? I just took out some water and pour in tap water for my ramshorns!

Thanks for the info bro.....next time must use my malawian cichlid tank water liao....

water from african setup. water hard hard... should be good for snail right...

i not sure whether the chlorine bad for snails or not. but i think since it's bad for fish, should be bad for snails also mah...