Product Review

Our large Blue Mystery Snails will add beautiful color to any aquarium, but also serve as effective fish tank cleaners! These colorful snails feed on uneaten fish food and other waste, and clean algae off of aquarium glass, aquatic plants, and decorations. They also eat hair algae and filter aquarium substrate to keep it clean and the correct color. These prime aquarium snails grow large as adults, growing up to 3 inches in diameter, and are safe with any nonaggressive live fish, dwarf shrimp, freshwater plants (such as an Anubias aquarium plant, hornwort, etc.), and other aquarium animals.

Blue Mystery Snail shells are a tranquil light blue color. Their bodies are a darker blue with breathtaking iridescent markings. Compared to other freshwater snails, Mystery Snails are characteristically more playful and can often be found scaling aquarium walls, extending antennae in search of food along the aquarium floor, and climbing up the aquarium pump to the water line to breathe in oxygen. Because of this, ensure the water line in your aquarium is low enough or keep a tank cover in place so your snails cannot escape.

We often ship smaller sized (.25 to 1.5 inches) snails so you can enjoy them longer and watch them grow — a young Mystery Snail can double in size over the course of two weeks to months.

NOTE: Contrary to what some websites state, Mystery Snails are NOT the same species as Apple Snails. Apple Snails are an invasive species and illegal to own in the United States. Our Mystery Snails do not grow to the tremendous size that Apple Snails do (often as big as an apple).

CARE GUIDELINES:
- Temperature: 68° - 84° F (20° - 29° C)
- pH: 7.6 - 8.4
- KH: 2 - 15 dKH
- Minimum tank size: 2.5 gallons per snail
- Average adult size: 2.5 - 3+ inches (5 - 7.6+ cm)
- Average purchase size: .25 - 1.5 inches (1.3 - 5 cm)
- WARNING: Copper is toxic to snails and other invertebrates. Avoid any aquarium products that contain copper in any form.
- Aquatic Arts is an American aquarium company!