Melania can be found in every secondaquarium, but people are so used to them that special attention is not attracted to such residents. As was noted by specialists, no one is involved in the cultivation of snails of this genus. However melania-snail takes little care of this, it lives well in aquariums and does not intend to change anything in the habitat. Protecting your aquarium from such a living being is almost impossible. Yes, this is not the point, they are beautiful in the role of live drainage in the aquarium environment, and harm from such snails does not exist at all. Aquarium snails melania in another way is called sandy.
Feeds melaniya-snail mainly lowseaweed, organic, which is half destroyed. In a word, these snails can be called detritophages. To get food for them is not difficult, because due to the fact that the soil is loose enough, they move along the bottom of the reservoir and sink deep into its thickness.
Breathing melanias with gills, so they just need dissolved oxygen in the water. And reproduction requires special attention, this occurs in the process of live birth.
Literature on aquaristics is aboutThe fact that there is only one type of melanium is Melanoides tuberculata. However, this opinion is erroneous, since in fact, this genus is characterized by two more species, namely Melanoides granifera and Melanoides riqueti. Snails of the first species inhabit small rivers and streams of Malaysia, and snails of the second species are found in fresh Singaporean waters.
Despite their diversity, all Melania haveconical shell. The shellfish can easily close the mouth of the shell with a lime cap. It is this lid that helps maintain the microclimate necessary for the mollusc and a favorable outcome when exposed to harmful environmental factors. But it is worth noting that melanions are quite tenacious and can withstand high enough temperatures and high salinity of water.
Owners of aquariums are more familiar withMelanoides tuberculata. Melanie snails in the aquarium have been settled for a long time. How they get inside, still remains a mystery to many. The most important version is the transfer of these creatures with plants and animals brought from other countries. It is almost impossible to stop such relocation, since newly born snails are so small that it is difficult to consider them even in a magnifying glass.
In its structure, the shell of this species of snailsstretched, its length reaches 35 mm, and the width - 7 mm. The characteristic color for the cochlea is gray, mixed with a variety of shades of olive, green and brown.
Curls in the mouth differ in special contrastspirals, they are more saturated color. Here you can see the bright maroon strokes, which are individual for each mollusc. These snails are rarely on the surface, they often live in the ground.
Melanoides granifera is another speciesbeautiful aquarium creatures. As a rule, these snails differ from their relatives more attractively. Their color includes brown and gray tones, which stands out well against the background of other snails.
Snails of this species like a warmer environmenthabitat, capricious in choosing the soil for habitation, but can live without it at all. Most often this species is found in the sand, because due to the large diameter of the shell in the other soil, the snails are quite difficult to advance. These snails are not timid and spend enough time on the surface, they can often be seen on rocks and snags. Also these snails are very sluggish, which is expressed both in reproduction, in movement, and even in adaptation.
