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