Apple snails are pretty sturdy and can usually handle a bit of a higher flow rate. Watch the snail for a while when it's active in the tank and where it hangs out the most, does it appear to be avoiding where the water flows back into the tank? When it's moving around is the snail shell being pushed around by the water flow? Is the food settling anywhere in the tank so the snail gets plenty of opportunity to feed easily? If you answered no to either of the first 2 questions and yes to the last one, then you should be ok.
I won't make any snide remarks or lecture you about the tank size, however, I do feel it important to make a note that true apple snails get huge. Unlike fish they don't experience growth stunting from keeping them in small tanks, they just die instead. A full grown apple snail is as big as a baseball (yes, I've seen them, we used to keep them at the store in the ponds before they were banned) I just want you to be prepared for that if you have a true apple snail. Often apple snails are confused with mystery snails and mismarked in pet stores and sometimes at wholesaler's too. I'm not fond of ram's horn or trumpet snails, but I love apples, mystery's, and trap door snails. Awesome animals and well worth keeping a tank just for one of them. :-) They're great entertainment. I had a gold mystery snail yrs ago that would climb around on my hand and arm whenever I did maintenance in the tank.
Enjoy your snail!
Dawn
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> I have one medium apple snail in a 10 litre tank running an internal powered filter and 2 bio sponge filters. The powered filter flow switch is missing so I cant adjust the flow speed. So the water is flowing fast in the tank. Anyone know how bad this might be for the snails overall well-being? I know its a tiny tank but have had success keeping snails in this heavily filtered tank. Please, no snide remarks if you find snails pesky.
> Robert
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