I have had two snails (one apple and one batik) in a 1 gallon tank (I know it is small, but I do ¼ water changes every one or two days, they seem pretty happy and I don’t have room for a bigger tank) for just over two months now. They got along pretty well and had no problems (they even seemed to like each other). But now the batik is getting aggressive… Over the past three days I have caught him attached to the apple snail, and it looks like he’s trying to eat him. It would be one thing if it was just the shell (this happened a few times when I first got them before I started putting eggshells in the tank for calcium) but he attaches to the actual body, and the apple snail has started hiding most of the time. I have them separated now, with the batik in my ½ gallon quarantine tank. Since the separation the apple snail has opened up and is his normal active self again (almost instantly). I don’t really want to keep the batik in that smaller tank for too long, but I don’t want to risk hurting either snail.
Do snails get territorial? I always thought they were pretty peaceful creatures… I don't think he is hungry- I feed them separately so no one can steal food (zucchini once every two weeks) and drop a bit of an algae pellet every few days. But they never finish the zucchini (I usually give them pretty big chunks and let them go at it for about 6-8 hours before a water change). Would doing the zucchini feedings more often be helpful? I'm at a bit of a loss..
Could it have to do with the apple snail's growth? He used to be smaller than the batik but now is a little bit bigger.
Any advice here would be greatly appreciated.
Do snails get territorial? I always thought they were pretty peaceful creatures… I don't think he is hungry- I feed them separately so no one can steal food (zucchini once every two weeks) and drop a bit of an algae pellet every few days. But they never finish the zucchini (I usually give them pretty big chunks and let them go at it for about 6-8 hours before a water change). Would doing the zucchini feedings more often be helpful? I'm at a bit of a loss..
Could it have to do with the apple snail's growth? He used to be smaller than the batik but now is a little bit bigger.
Any advice here would be greatly appreciated.