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Hi all,

I have a 3 gallon tank I would like to put a apple snail in and was wondering if it would crawl out of the tank if it wasn't covered. Also, what would it eat?

Thank you.

Cheers

My apple snails will crawl up on to the underside of the hood to lay eggs. If you don't have a cover maybe some type of plastic wrap taped over it.

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Yes, they will crawl up the side & get out of the tank.
You can feed him fish food & lettuce leaves.


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Male applesnails are generally content to stay in the tank but females lay their eggs out of water. There have been cases of females not finding a suitable egg laying site near the tank so they take a trip across the room to lay their eggs. Sometimes they make it back to the tank and sometimes they don't. Although snails can survive out of water for several days or even a week depending on conditions so it's not always a death sentence. I've thrown a few back in the tank that managed to wander out.

Applesnails will eat pretty much all fish foods along with most vegetables and fruits. They aren't hard to feed.

Thank you everyone.

Cheers

My tanks arnt covered and my snail was fine (Thogh he did eat my guppies so now he has to live in a 1 gal with my betta) He has climbed up the side, but never out of the water.

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