What is rapa rapa?
Species are rare, mostly spherical, thin shell, fragile. The shell is plain and translucent. The mouth cover is thin, horny, and extremely small, unable to cover the large mouth of the shell. Rich in soft coral groups in tropical waters, a few are distributed in the deep seabed.
What does rapa rapa look like?
The shape resembles that of an onion, the top of the screw is flat and barely in the body layer, the shell is thin and fragile, and the screw tower is short. The straight face of the screw shaft is smooth, and the lower half of the shaft shield is expanded. Flakes are formed separate from the bulk layer. The front water pipe ditch is wide and open, some are straight, and some are extremely curved to one side. The strong helical ribs are all over the shell and form a serration on the edge of the outer lip. From the top of the shell, the ribs are separated by a wider groove, which is filled with thin longitudinal ridges; in the uppermost broad groove of the body layer. Longitudinal ridges are more dense and wrinkled; shell surface is uniformly white.
rapa rapa living habits
It does not have high water quality requirements. It is best to cultivate in hard water. In soft water, it is easy to dissolve the shell, so that the beautiful stripes outside the shell will also be dissolved, which greatly reduces its ornamental value. Onion snails are suitable for living in an environment of 22 to 24 ° C, which is the most beneficial to its growth, and it is also the most active. Its food is generally algae. It also crawls very fast. It can reach 30 cm in one minute.
rapa rapa rearing
1. Temperature: rapa rapa can adapt to a wide range of temperatures, between 15 and 38 degrees. Of course, since it is a subtropical snail, the higher temperature is more suitable for its survival.
2. pH: rapa rapa likes an alkaline environment, and it is best to maintain the pH value between 7.5 and 8.0. Because the acid environment can damage their shells and even erode their entire bodies.
3. Hardness: rapa rapa needs to live in a hard water environment rich in calcium. Because the calcium-rich hard water environment makes their shells stronger and healthier, which is more conducive to their survival.
4. Food: rapa rapa can eat many kinds of food, including algae, especially green spot algae in the tank wall, fish and shrimp feed residues, and even some cooked vegetables made by themselves, such as cabbage, cucumber, etc.
