Apple snail could live up to 10 years! And their size could go up to size of baseball! Its all depend on our caring.
The more we feed, then faster they grow and larger in size, but bear in mind, this also mean their live span also shorter. The more time they mate, the shorter their live span too.
My apple snail too up about 4 month with full time eating to get into this size. But now I m slowing down since after they have mate successfuly. Currently in my tank, I have bout 40 babies snail. Pretty small size, just bout 0.5 cm size.
They will eat anything, event dead fish and dead snail! What we put in the tank, they will go for it..as long as it is eatable.
At the beginning, i feed them vegetable, green one. But those un-eaten will spoild and cloud the water, event make a very terrible smell. So I then turn into live water plant and for sure live plant are more expensive! But with life plant, your water are clearer and less smell. Once a while I will feed them will green vegetable, especially spanish, because snail need to get source of calcium for their shell.
I also include small fish and shrimp in my tank. For those un eaten food and worms (tube worm or lava).
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