White Wizard Snail

White Wizard Snails are peaceful detritivores and, unusually for aquarium snails, also filter-feed — using their gills to trap micro-organisms suspended in the water column. They graze biofilm, soft algae, and leftover food from surfaces and substrate, and readily take sinking pellets, algae wafers, and blanched vegetables. They leave healthy live plants alone, so extra feeding is only needed in very clean or newly set-up tanks.

Calm, slow-moving bottom-dwellers, they spend the day plowing the substrate and grazing surfaces, often burrowing partway into sand to sift for food. They are completely peaceful toward tank mates and plants and tolerate a wide temperature range, which makes them suitable for unheated tanks and ponds. Stable, calcium-rich water keeps their shell and operculum in good condition.

Unlike egg-laying mystery and apple snails, White Wizard Snails are livebearers (viviparous): females brood eggs internally and release fully formed juveniles, so there are no egg clutches above the waterline. They breed readily in a stable, mature tank with good food and adequate calcium, but don't overrun a tank the way some snails do. Sexes are separate, so keeping a small group improves the odds of reproduction.