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Ramshorn Snail
Planorbarius corneus
Family: Planorbidae
📍 Worldwide (widely distributed)
Ramshorn snails are named for their distinctive flat, coiled shell. They are efficient algae eaters and detritivores in planted tanks. While they can reproduce rapidly, populations are easily managed by removing egg clusters or reducing feeding. Some aquarists deliberately cultivate them as a food source for puffers.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – algae, detritus, decaying plant matter, blanched vegetables
- breeding
- Prolific; egg clusters can be removed to control population
- lifespan
- 1–3 years
- max size
- 2.5 cm (1 in)
- tank size
- 5 gallons minimum
- temperament
- Peaceful
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Water it likes
- ph
- 7.0–8.0
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 6–15 dGH
- temperature
- 64–82°F (18–28°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
64°F — 79°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Jul high)