Killer snails are also known as assassin snails, bumblebee snails, etc., the snail does not eat aquatic grass, but will prey on other snails and animal carcasses, inherently known as killer snails. But killer snails don't attack fish, so they can be used as a good snail removal tool. Killer snails grow slowly, are not easy to reproduce, have a thick and black and yellow color shell, have high ornamental value, and are rare freshwater snail species. So can killer snails be polycultured with shrimp? What are the reproductive characteristics of killer snails? Let's take a look.
Can killer snails be polycultured with shrimp?
There is a gap in the shell of the killer snail called the water pipe groove, and its mouth seems to be under the tube, which can be anesthetized with secretions, and the meat of the prey is made into a liquid and sucked. Sometimes killer snails also attack shrimp, but generally can't catch up, but some shrimp don't know how to escape or encounter molting, and may also be killed. For the question of "does the killer snail eat shrimp", it can be said with certainty that it has a previous history of preying on live shrimp, but it is rare, and general polyculture is not too much of a problem.
As for how to catch it, I don't know, if the shrimp can't break free, most of them will die, which may be related to the substance secreted by the killer snail. In addition, when there is a killer snail in the tank, other snails are still invited into the isolation box to be safer, and now only the abalone snail is found to coexist peacefully with the killer snail for a long time.
Reproductive characteristics of killer mules
The killer snail is divided into male and female, the male conch is slightly longer, and the probe tube is thick. The female snail is short and thick, and the probe tube is slightly smaller. This is generally the case. During the mating period, the male and female will stick together for a few days, and they will be together everywhere they go. Eggs are laid in the spring and autumn of the year, up to three or four times. 30-60 eggs at a time, the eggs are diamond-shaped monomeric distributions. Spawning occurs on the rhizomes of aquatic plants, or on stones or towers. Under suitable conditions, the hatching rate can reach more than 90%. After hatching, the young snails mostly forage in the mud, and the size of the grain of rice begins to crawl around.
The feeding habits of the killer snail
The recipe of killer snail is very extensive, basic meat-based, like worms (but snails rarely eat), dead fish and shrimp, etc., but do not think that it does not eat live, can be caught and eat it. Especially the shrimp that has just shed its shell, it will slowly approach to take advantage of it, as long as it sticks to one leg, it can hold the whole and nibble. Even leeches can be eaten, although they can't eat all of them, they can also eat a half-residue. When there is not enough food, shrimp food and the like are also eaten.
And the killer snail loves to eat the snail, the apple snail is its favorite, do not think that it has no choice, it only eats and its own size is almost the same, the size difference is too large is not eaten. Spring and autumn are its snail-eating active periods and breeding periods. You don't eat snails every day. There are always a few times in his life when he is not active, sometimes resting in the mud or looking for convenient food in the mud.
(The above picture comes from the Internet)
In general, the biggest feature of the killer snail is the characteristics of feeding on other snails, not a strong algae removal force, which will actively kill other types of snails, which can replace baby fish to remove annoying aquatic snails in the grass tank. Moreover, the killer snail is also good ornamental, and is often used as an ornamental snail breed in the fish tank.
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