Apple snails get big! I have had bad luck with those as I have soft water. I am by no means an expert, but that many snails will use up a lot of calcium, especially the apples. Whenever I notice a lot of small snails and not to many full-grown ones, I remove a bunch of them and add some crushed oyster shells, especially if snail shells start looking a little thin.
Your plant selection sounds solid! How heavy is your plant load? Is there tons of plants, or only a few? The cloudy water might be a bacteria bloom, which means to many snails. Are you sure your pump is not just kicking up detritus?
Hopefully people with more experience will chime in. I have always wondered how snails factor in to the fish load, you always hear 1" per gallon of fish, but how many snails per gallon?
Your plant selection sounds solid! How heavy is your plant load? Is there tons of plants, or only a few? The cloudy water might be a bacteria bloom, which means to many snails. Are you sure your pump is not just kicking up detritus?
Hopefully people with more experience will chime in. I have always wondered how snails factor in to the fish load, you always hear 1" per gallon of fish, but how many snails per gallon?