The Malay snail eats a wide range of foods, including many species. For example, aquatic plants, food residues, and some homemade food, they all like to eat. Specifically, their food mainly includes the following:
1. Algae in the water: Malay snails like to eat algae in the water, such as green spot algae, which often adheres to the inner wall of the fish tank. But it does not eat aquatic plants, which is one of the advantages of Malay snails.
2. Fish and shrimp: Malay snails also like to eat the remnants of some fish and shrimp, which may float in the water or sink into the sediment at the bottom of the water. Malay snails will eat them and play a role in cleaning.
3. Vegetable food: Malay snails also like to eat some homemade food, such as boiled vegetables, spinach, radish, cucumber and so on.
4. Special snail food: You can also feed Malay snails some snail food, or some calcium powder to supplement calcium, which can make their shells more beautiful and strong, with ornamental value.
Malay snail can eat algae. Algae is one of the food of Malay snail, it especially likes the green spot algae on the inner wall of the fish tank, which pollutes the fish tank, but Malay snail can play a good role in cleaning.