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Snails?

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#1 ·
The tank that I have is like a 2.75/3 gallon critter keeper. If I wanted to get a snail to keep the cage nice and healthy, where could I get one, what kind, and I am only getting one so what do I need for it? Sorry I know nothing about snails
 
#3 ·
A container that size is too small for an apple snail, some can get quite big and they produce a lot of waste. I would recommend a ramshorn or small nerite snail.
 
#8 ·
Well they would be water snails and not land snails that would be living in there so they'd want to stay in the water. I never had mine crawl out of the tank but maybe someone had them escape before idk.
 
#11 ·
Applesnails, especially females will leave the water to deposit eggs,
If there is no cover don't be surprised to find them on the floor one morning,
all it takes is a small opening, Just had to do a couple repair jobs myself on a few of my snails,
the fall can crack them and they will die if left exposed for any length of time.

Even other snails will occasionally leave their tank, I see it all the time on my open topped tanks, they move between tanks, I'm constantly having to put them back in their correct tanks.
 
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