Size: 1-SNAIL Our Gold Mystery Snail has dual benefits — it will add a burst of color to your aquarium and also acts as a fish tank clearer! This gold aquarium snail consumes uneaten fish food, plus it wipes off of aquarium glass, plants, and decorations. It also filters substrate to keep it the correct color. This peaceful snail grows large as an adult, growing up to 3 inches in diameter, and is safe with any nonaggressive fish, shrimp, or plants. Golden Mystery Snail shells are a bright, cheery golden yellow color, making them living fish tank decorations. Their bodies are pearly white with breathtaking iridescent markings. Compared to other freshwater snails, Mystery Snails are characteristically more active and playful and can often be seen scaling aquarium walls, extending their antennae in search of food, and climbing up the aquarium pump to the water line to breathe oxygen. Because of this, ensure the water line in your aquarium is low enough or keep a tank lid in place so your snails cannot escape. We often ship smaller sized (.25 to 1.5 inches) snails so you can enjoy them longer and watch them grow. A young Mystery Snail can double in size over the course of two weeks to months. NOTE: Contrary to what some websites state, Mystery Snails are NOT the same species as Apple Snails. Apple Snails are an illegal species to own in the United States. Our Mystery Snails do not grow to the tremendous size that Apple Snails do (often as big as an apple).
CARE GUIDELINES:
- Temperature: 68° - 84° F (20° - 29° C)
- pH: 7.6 - 8.4
- KH: 2 - 15 dKH
- Minimum tank size: 2.5 gallons per snail
- Average adult size: 2.5 - 3+ inches (5 - 7.6+ cm)
- Average purchase size: .25 - 1.5 inches (1.3 - 5 cm)