Hello all. I have a bunch of blue apple snails for sale. Most are small but I have a few big ones too. They grow moderately quickly so they will all be pretty good sized. They are all really healthy and come from near perfect water. Good for a cleanup crew as well as a beautiful addition to any aquarium.

I currently have 2 mid-sized snails and a bunch of babies. I haven't been able to count them all, but I believe I have between 20-30.

$2.50usd for small snail (< 1/2" [12.7mm])
$2.99usd for medium snail (>1/2" [12.7])

$8.50usd shipping per medium pair, medium and small, and up to five small.


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29g Tall FW: Many Swordtails: 1 lemon, 6-8 neon/pineapple, 1 Gold Tuxedo, ? fry; 1 Clown Pleco; 3 Otocinclus Cats, and MTS.
Planted: Amazon Swords.

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How fast do they breed? (And, can they breed on their own or do you need a male and a female?)

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Excerpt from Ecology of apple snails (Ampullariidae)..


Growth and reproduction are alternated during life in both male and female Pomacea canaliculata snails.
(more info: Estebenet, Biocell 2002)
Life cycle
The life cycle of apple snails is determined by the availability of food and the temperature of the water. At high temperatures and abundance of food, some apple snail species exhibit a very short life cycle of less than three months and are reproductive throughout the whole year.
In though conditions, where the snails are faced with food shortages and even periods of drought, apple snails have longer life cycles of only one reproductive period in spring and early summer.
Not only the environmental factors as food and temperature are important as species specific properties play a role as well. Some species have an aestivation period, whereas other species don't, even when they are kept under the same environmental conditions.

Growth and reproduction are alterated throughout the life cycle of the apple snail.
This can be observed with Pomacea canaliculata snails, raised with plenty of food and a temperature cycle (day/night) of 9-29°C. During such experiment (figure at the left), the hatchlings start to grow fast in the first months. Then the growth rate decreases and comes to a complete halt (maturity is reached). At this timepoint, the snails become sexually active and egg clutches are deposited. After one or more spawnings, the snails start grow again at high rate until the next reproductive period begins. The reduced growth during the reproductive periods cannot attributed solely to the costs of mating and the production of sperm and eggs: Growth arrest is also present in snails raised without a mating partner.

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29g Tall FW: Many Swordtails: 1 lemon, 6-8 neon/pineapple, 1 Gold Tuxedo, ? fry; 1 Clown Pleco; 3 Otocinclus Cats, and MTS.
Planted: Amazon Swords.

The only place where success comes before work
is in the dictionary.

Shorthand. They grow pretty fast the first few months then they slow down and become sexually mature, breed and then continue to grow a little bit, and then breed again, and so on. They're must be a male and female to breed. Mine was preggo when I got him/her. Your water conditions have to almost be perfect for them to lay eggs. Plus if you don't want the young, just take out the eggs before they hatch. They are very controllable and don't have huge clutches usually, apparently mines an exception, but may mean good breeding. My camera is with my SO out of town, but I will have some pictures in a few days. I'll keep postings up and I should have a good quantity for any one who wants them.

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29g Tall FW: Many Swordtails: 1 lemon, 6-8 neon/pineapple, 1 Gold Tuxedo, ? fry; 1 Clown Pleco; 3 Otocinclus Cats, and MTS.
Planted: Amazon Swords.

The only place where success comes before work
is in the dictionary.

This is the mom/dad, Gary, 4 months ago.

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29g Tall FW: Many Swordtails: 1 lemon, 6-8 neon/pineapple, 1 Gold Tuxedo, ? fry; 1 Clown Pleco; 3 Otocinclus Cats, and MTS.
Planted: Amazon Swords.

The only place where success comes before work
is in the dictionary.