Without snails, usually not one can do without an aquarium . They eat rotting plants and fodder residues, maintain cleanliness and reduce the level of toxic substances in the water. Snails also serve as a decoration for any aquarium.
Types of snails in the aquarium
Consider the description and types of the most common aquarium snails, which are often found in lovers of a home living corner.
The coil is a popular classic snail of brown or red color, small in size. It does not bring any special benefits, it simply exists for decorative purposes. Very quickly and easily multiplies.
Ampularia is a common and very attractive snail. It has a fairly large size and a sink of yellow color, long beautiful mustaches. With a lack of food, plants can be damaged.
Fize - unpretentious mollusks of small brown color. Rapidly multiply and can spoil the appearance of plants. In small quantities, they benefit the aquarium.
Melanii - snails of gray color of a cone-shaped form. Live on the bottom and are useful in that they are irreplaceable soil cleaners. Very common species due to their rapid multiplication.
Thiolomelaniya - is now gaining popularity aquarium snail, which refers to exotics. They are very beautiful, have a bright leg and require special conditions of detention.
Helena - can be attributed to the most unusual kind. Has a conical shape, colored alternating strips of yellow and black. They feed on other snails, are predators. Helena - rescuers of the aquarist, as with their help without the use of unnecessary chemistry can get rid of other aquarium snails, which quickly multiply and spoil the appearance.
Neretine is a beautiful, small and very useful snail. Well cleans water from algae. Also called a tiger snail, it has an interesting light brown shell with differently shaped bands.
The main types of snails are absolutely harmless. But sometimes under the guise of aquarium snails you can buy shellfish from natural reservoirs. This is a meadow, a pond snake, a perlovic or other species. They often eat plants and are carriers of dangerous diseases and parasites. The main thing is never to take snails from reservoirs and buy only known types of mollusks.
Virtually all kinds of aquarium snails are excellent residents. They are planted as useful creatures - they are good nurses and it is interesting to observe them. If you control their numbers, then the snails will improve the purity of the aquarium.