Mystery Snail
Pomacea bridgesii
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Curious, hungry, and prolific if you have a male and a female. They will eat plants if they are underfed. Keep the lid closed — they climb.
Hungry scavenger. Cleans leftover food; will eat plants if underfed.
In the tank
- Pick up uneaten food before it becomes ammonia.
- Some algae grazing. Not a nerite.
- Water
- freshwater
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Swims
- Bottom
- Adult size
- 2 in
- Minimum tank
- 10 gal
- Group
- Can be kept singly
- Temperature
- 68–82°F
- pH
- 7.0–8.0
- Diet
- Algae wafers, blanched veg, leftover food. They are not a substitute for water changes.
- Beginner
- Yes, if the tank is cycled
How to keep them
- Feed wafers and blanched veg or they hit the plants.
- Lid on — they climb. Male plus female means clutches on the glass.
Tankmates
Community fish, shrimp.
Avoid
Assassin snails if you wanted to keep the mystery, and tanks you never feed.
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Same group
Cherry Shrimp
Neocaridina davidi
Biofilm and leftover-food crew that also breeds.
Pick uneaten flakes and film off plants and hardscape.
Amano Shrimp
Caridina multidentata
The algae shrimp that stays aquarium-sized.
Best invertebrate for green algae on glass and plants.
Nerite Snail
Neritina natalensis
Glass-algae snail that will not flood a freshwater tank with babies.
Best snail for green algae on glass and hardscape.