Snails are no less interesting inhabitants of aquarium open spaces than fish. Without them, in the aquarium, as if someone is missing.
Cephalopod mollusks, which include aquarium snails , are not too whimsical in eating. Some of them can perfectly do without it for weeks. However, it is not necessary to expect that "ulki" in such conditions will please an active life position. This is possible only with normal feeding.
To understand what you need to feed aquarium snails, you need to observe them. They are real medics: they eat the smallest algae that appear on the glass walls of the aquarium and the leaves of large algae, pick up the remains of food. This is the "food base" for snails. If it is enough, then you can not worry about feeding aquarium snails. The only thing that should be taken care of is that the snails receive calcium, which is necessary for the formation of their "houses" -rains. For this purpose, crushed calcium gluconate can be added to the food, for example to dry or frozen daphnia.
Omnivorous helen
The way of life Helen does not meet her tender romantic name. A snail inhabiting beautiful shells, curled like a cone, is a real predator. Therefore, the question of how to feed aquarium snails is helen, is not particularly relevant. So, if there are other snails in the aquarium, for example, coils, then there is nothing to worry about: their helenas will be eaten, naturally controlling the population size. You can also treat them with bloodworms.
What to feed the aquarium snails ampullar?
Large bright yellow or striped ampullarias gladly eat algae and remnants of fish feasts. You can sometimes treat them to cooked white cabbage.