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Mystery Snail
Pomacea bridgesii
Family: Ampullariidae
📍 South America (widely kept)
Mystery snails are large, attractive freshwater snails that come in a range of shell colours from gold to blue-grey. They are peaceful algae grazers and scavengers that will clean up uneaten food and detritus. They have a trap door (operculum) that allows them to seal the shell, surviving brief periods out of water.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – algae, detritus, blanched vegetables, sinking pellets
- breeding
- Lays egg clutches above the waterline; easy to remove
- lifespan
- 1–3 years
- max size
- 6 cm (2.4 in)
- tank size
- 5 gallons minimum per snail
- temperament
- Peaceful
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Water it likes
- ph
- 7.0–7.5
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 8–18 dGH
- temperature
- 64–82°F (18–28°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
64°F — 79°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Jun high)