There are many kinds of ornamental snails, some are hermaphrodite, and some are dioecious, the latter needs to match the proportion of male and female, so before that, we need to do a good job of distinguishing. Take apple snail as an example, the female of the same age is larger, the body is more flat, the snail mouth is straight, and the snail is concave inward. The male shell mouth is trumpet-shaped, and the male shell mouth is amygdala-shaped.
After distinguishing the male and female, the next step is to select the parent snail. Generally, the bright color and uniform size should be selected as the parent snail, and the ratio of male to female is about 4:1. Feed enough green feed every day, such as vegetables, duckweed and tender leaves of plants, and add appropriate concentrate, such as rice bran, bran and soybean cake.
Parent snails need some attachments to lay eggs, you can prepare some weeds, and insert small bamboo or wood chips inside, waiting for them to mate and lay eggs. Usually at night or dusk for breeding, from mating to ovulation takes about 15-20 days, usually, the frequency of spawning and water temperature also has a certain relationship, the higher the water temperature, the more times of spawning.
When the young snail hatches, it usually falls into the water, and when the top of the snail turns black, it will begin to eat. Usually put it to the water depth of 20 cm to raise, usually can be fed fresh duckweed and vegetable leaves, with soybean cake powder, bran and rice bran, usually about 15 days will develop small snails.
