base ball sized apple snail!!

[Kelly_Aquatics]

Hello just wanted to share my latest pick up a almost 4 inch apple snail! I went into the store looking for pictus cats and came out with this guy who was aready given the very original name turbo by my mom lol just wanted to share!

also picked up some duckweed and I am having trouble with keeping it at the surface due to my hob filter any ideas?

Thanks!

 

[deeda]

Some people use a bit of air line tubing on the water surface to corral their duckweed and other floating plants. I'm not sure if you can just tie a knot in the ends and allow it to float or if it needs to be secured with a clothes pin or a clip to structure.

 

[Nilsafeller]

Apple snail like cooler water... higher temps will shorten their lifespan drastically... just an fyi

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

Nilsafeller how low?

 

[FJB]

As Deeda said a tubing corral is a good solution.
What I use is an inner (smaller) floating ring that is tethered with dental floss and tape to the aquarium trim, and which is inside a free-floating (untethered), larger ring, which holds frogbit.
I feed flake food inside the smaller ring, and it holds the larger ring at about the position in the tank I have chosen.
During water changes, as the water level drops, the larger ring becomes free and I move it to the part of the tank I want, without spillin g the floating plants.
Fish learn quickly to go where they are fed (the rings), and that helps contain the food to a part of the tank where it is moast likedly to be eating quickly, and not flown everywhere.
In the picture below, there is little frogbit, because flagtail Prochi loves to eat it and I replace it frequently.

 

[Nilsafeller]

Nilsafeller how low?

I had 2 apple snails.. neither one made it past several months.. I dont think they have a lengthy life span as it is but from what I read after the fact is that over 25 celcius and their lifespan shortens but they are more mobile and grow faster