Rabbit Snail

They are known to grow up to 5 inches 12cm in size which is pretty fascinating for such species. The beautiful rabbit snails from sulawesi make fascinating additions to the home aquarium.

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This may take close to a year for them to attain this size depending upon quality of care and their particular growth rates.

Rabbit snail.
Rabbit snails are peaceful.
Well water should be tested for what it contains if used directly.
Water parameters water conditioning is a must especially if it is city water.

Most rabbit snails in stores will be about 2 inches long.
Many hobbyists feel that rabbit snail care is relatively easy.
Smaller snails do not necessarily mean unhealthy snails it just means the snail is on the younger side.

It will be a matter of experimentation to see how your set up will fare regarding plants and rabbit snails but what has been listed above should provide a good start.
This is why they get along with many types of fish and shrimp.
Although rabbit snails entered the aquatic community around 2007 2008 they are still not very common in the aquarium world.

Adult yellow rabbit snails tylomelania sulawesi rabbit snails found in pet stores are usually wild caught which can deplete native populations.
As with other freshwater snails rabbit snail size depends on age.
A sister group the closest relative of tylomelania is genus pseudopotamis 2 species living on the torres strait islands.

The babies i offer are tank raised with no impact on the wild population rabbit snails can live for 2 4 years and are easy to care for.
Rabbit snail lifespan size.
Rabbit snail care feeding tank mates breeding video rabbit snails also called elephant snails are a great addition to most freshwater aquariums.

I have some snails that have grown slowly and some that have grown amazingly fast.
Rabbit snails are of breeding age and size when they approach 15 inches 38 cm.
Rabbit snail tylomelania is a genus of viviparous freshwater snails which came to us from freshwater lakes of sulawesi indonesiacurrently there are around 50 described species of rabbit snails in science.

These inquisitive gastropods from the genus tylomelania have been found in numerous different colour forms and many are still awaiting formal description.
If its your first time meeting one rabbit snail might surprise you with its gigantic size and appearance.
As with other freshwater snails rabbit snail care starts with keeping them in a healthy stable and established aquarium preferably with substrate on the fine side.

The long ridged conical shells vary in appearance as does the colour of the snails bodies which can be anything from bright orange yellow.
Unlike ordinary snails theyre quite a bit larger in appearance.
Tylomelania is a genus of freshwater snails which have an operculum aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family pachychilidaein the aquarium hobby snails from this genus are commonly known as rabbit snails not to be confused with sea hares.

The older the rabbit snail is the longer it will be all things equal.