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Fahaka pufferfish, like other molluscivores, feed mainly on benthic organisms which may include freshwater mussels and snails. [2] They are typically found in large rivers, open water, weed beds and vegetated fringes. [2] In the River Nile, the recorded average lifespans of Fahaka pufferfish have measured about five years. [3]
In some paddy fields in Japan, Pomacea canaliculata is used to control weeds by allowing the snail to eat them. However, this method runs risk of the snails also eating young rice plants, and of spreading to nearby fields and waterways as an invasive pest. [34] [35] [36] It is a part of the ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria. [37]
Freshwater snails are commonly found in aquaria along with tropical fish. Species available vary in different parts of the world. In the United States, commonly available species include ramshorn snails such as Planorbella duryi , apple snails such as Pomacea bridgesii , the high-spired thiarid Malaysian trumpet snail , Melanoides tuberculata ...
These snails are sometimes viewed as pests in aquarium tanks with fish, because the snails create waste, reproduce very often, and are very hard to remove completely. However, some aquarium owners deliberately chose to add these freshwater pond snails to their tank because the snails will eat uneaten fish food, algae and waste, as well as ...
Freshwater molluscs are those members of the phylum Mollusca which live in freshwater habitats, both lotic (flowing water) such as rivers, streams, canals, springs, and cave streams (stygobite species) and lentic (still water) such as lakes, ponds (including temporary or vernal ponds), and ditches.
Lymnaea stagnalis snails can be easily be kept in a freshwater aquarium at room temperature, and fed with various sorts of vegetables, salad, cabbage and dandelion leaves. Fish food will also be eaten, as well as aquarium pests like algae , the Hydra viridissima polyp, and the eggs of other water snails.
Oxydoras niger is a popular aquarium fish species. In the hobby, it goes by many names, including black talking catfish, razorback catfish, mother of snails catfish, ripsaw catfish and black doradid. [3] This species grows to a large size and are often bought by unsuspecting aquarists when small.
Tylomelania is a genus of freshwater snails which have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pachychilidae.In the aquarium hobby, snails from this genus are commonly known as "rabbit snails" (not to be confused with sea hares).