| The Black Mystery Snail is a popular aquarium | | | | the Black Mystery snail will spend the day resting |
| inhabitant and will do well even in small aquariums | | | | and become active at dark. It will spend most of |
| with a capacity of no more than 10 gallons. | | | | its time submerged, but it can actually walk on |
| When you find these snails in aquarium stores, | | | | land in search of food. When it is kept in an |
| they will typically have a size of 3/4" to 1-1/4". As | | | | aquarium, you can see it scavenging for food in |
| your snail grows older, it can reach a size of 2". | | | | the substrate or sliding up the glass to breath at |
| This type of snail is not an aggressive species and | | | | the surface. |
| it is therefore suitable for community aquariums | | | | As the name implies, the coloration of this snail is |
| with docile fish species. You should naturally not | | | | mainly black, but you can find specimens that are |
| house it with fish species that eat snails in the | | | | decorated with golden and ivory colors too. The |
| wild, unless the fish is very much smaller than the | | | | pattern varies between each individual snail. |
| Black Mystery snail. | | | | They can adapt to most pH values as long as |
| This snail belongs to Apple Snail family. In the | | | | your avoid the extremes, but ideally to keep the |
| Apple Snail family you can find roughly 120 snail | | | | pH from 6.5 to 8.0 and avoid rapid changes. The |
| species and many of them are popular in | | | | preferred dH range is 12-18 and the |
| aquariums. Just like all the other snail species from | | | | recommended water temperature 68-85 degrees |
| this family, this snail has a siphon that is use to | | | | F. |
| breath oxygen from the air. | | | | The Black mystery snail is an omnivore species |
| The Black Mystery snail will stay submerged near | | | | that will happily eat left over fish food and help |
| the waters surface in the aquarium and stretch | | | | you keep the aquarium clean. |
| up the siphon into the air. It is very important that | | | | You can for instance feed it flakes and frozen |
| the Black Mystery snail is not denied access to | | | | food. It will also eat algae and dead and decaying |
| the surface in the aquarium, since this will cause it | | | | plant matter. If the aquarium is without any |
| to suffocate. | | | | plants, you should regularly feed your snail |
| Leave a gap of at least 2 inches between the | | | | vegetables and algae based food. |
| water and any lid. In its native waters of Brazil, | | | | |