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