2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21
When I came home to my friend, I saw a very beautiful sight - against the background of green grass, small snails with a ribbed yellow-black shell were swimming. “This is a Helena snail,” a friend introduced me to her new tenants. “It is also called the Beeline snail, you probably guessed why.” Well, of course - Beeline's coloring. And another friend told me this…
She's special, this baby
What is remarkable about these snails brought to our country from Indonesia? Yes, everything is very simple. Freshwater Helena snails, although small, are real predators. They do not feed on plant food, do not clean microalgae from the walls of the aquarium. These crumbs feed exclusively on food of animal origin, and to put it more simply, on other snails: pellets, melania, algae-eating shell snails and other varieties of snails that are smaller than the Helens themselves. They will not clean the bottom for you by eating dead parts of plants, but they will eat dead fish or shrimp with pleasure. The main goals for which aquaristsgive birth to helen - to reduce the number of highly bred coils, soil snails, etc., sanitary cleaning of the aquarium. In addition, the Helena snail is very decorative due to its bright color. If you plant a few helens in an aquarium, do not expect an immediate result in reducing the number of other snails. The little predator needs time to do her job, the results of which will be visible in 1, 5-2 months.
How Helena eats
It is very interesting to watch the process of feeding little Helena. There are two outgrowths on the head of the snail: one is the “hand” with which it feels the space and with which it determines the location of the victim, and the other is the stigma, with which it shoots at the victim’s body with lightning speed and, in fact, feeds on it. The Helena snail clearly determines which prey is in its teeth and which is not. She will never pounce on ampoule or neretina, not only because it is larger than helena, but also because the body of a large snail fits snugly against the shell. Helena just can't get to him. If an aquarium snail like Helena runs out of all live food, don't worry. This meat eater can eat frozen bloodworms, shrimp pellets, catfish adhesives, and even minced chicken, so delicious for Helena. In addition, young fish and caviar can become prey for Helena. Therefore, it should not be launched into a spawning aquarium.
How do helens reproduce?
Although helens and heterosexual snails, but determine the sexparticular individual is not possible. This can only be done during the breeding season. At this time, a couple of snails in love crawl together around the aquarium. One fine day you will be able to notice somewhere in the corner or on the wall a small white almost square caviar. This snail lays only one at a time. After hatching, the newborn helena snail burrows into the ground, where it lives until it reaches a size of 3 mm. Then the young snail crawls to the surface and from that moment begins to hunt smaller snails. The age suitable for reproduction, the snail reaches after 6 months.
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