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Malaysian Trumpet Snail
Melanoides tuberculata
Family: Thiaridae
📍 Africa, Asia & Australia
Malaysian trumpet snails are beneficial substrate dwellers that burrow through gravel and sand, aerating it and preventing the build-up of toxic anaerobic pockets. They are predominantly nocturnal and are often only seen at night. Populations can explode with excess food, but remain in check with controlled feeding.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – detritus, algae, uneaten fish food
- breeding
- Livebearing; can become numerous if tank is over-fed
- lifespan
- 1–2 years
- max size
- 3.5 cm (1.4 in)
- tank size
- 5 gallons minimum
- temperament
- Peaceful
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Water it likes
- ph
- 7.0–8.0
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <30 ppm
- hardness
- 6–15 dGH
- temperature
- 68–82°F (20–28°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
72°F — 79°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Apr high)