/r/AquaticSnails
A subreddit for all kinds of aquatic snails!
This subreddit is for all kinds of aquatic snails. Feel free to show off your snails. Posting to buy, sell or trade snails is fine, but must be flaired accordingly. Be sure species bought or sold are legal in destination country/state. Please include photos and clear description.
Useful links
- What is this snail? (pt.1)
- What is this snail? (pt.2)
- How to ship snails?
- Applesnail.net
Good resource for Mystery and other Apple Snails. Also has a general Freshwater snail ID guide for common types. - Snail Jello Recipe
Easy to make high calcium/high energy food for snails. Great for breeding and growing young snails quickly.
Feel free to suggest resources to add here!
Rules
Follow reddiquette
Reddiquette is the basic set of guidelines this sub follows.Be Related to the Sub
Your post must be of or related to aquatic snails. Your post may be removed or you may be asked to take it down. Excessive unrelated posts could result in a ban.Be Nice
Unnecessary rudeness will result in a warning and eventually a ban.Only Sales of Snails Allowed
We only allow sale posts of snails. Everything else (items/merch/etc.) gets removed.
Related subreddits
- /r/aquariums
- /r/jarrariums
- /r/shrimptank
- /r/snails
- /r/plantedtank
- /r/bettafish
- /r/nanotank
- /r/paludarium
- /r/koi
- /r/reeftank
- /r/ponds
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Will mystery snails eat duckweed ? and if they do will that produce a lot of waste
i want duckweed in my tank because it’s a last resort since i don’t have any direct lighting and don’t have the patience for artificial light, so id put some duckweed and java fern , and my tank doesn’t have a lot of algae so i need some kind of natural food source for the snails.
08:20 UTC
Water Parameters Question
I don’t like some of what I am seeing on my Mystery Snail shells. About a month ago, I bought SunGrow Shrimp Rocks to add calcium and magnesium to the tank. I also used a bit of baking soda to raise the Ph. And I started feeding them crab cuisine to increase calcium intake.
I just bought the API GH & KH test kit. I tested tonight and have questions.
For KH, it says the test is over when the water turns yellow. But then says that the KH is measured by how many drops it takes to turn BRIGHT yellow. Mine turned clearly, fully pale yellow on the second drop. So, that seems to me the test was over- water was yellow. It took closer to 4-5 drops to turn bright yellow- which is accurate? And it seems to me this is a low KH for my snails (they live with a couple of Pygmy Cory’s and a couple of Tetra Glowfish).
The GH turned green at 3 drops. I believe this is also low.
I’m unclear on the target number of drops of each to have a good conditions for the snails.
Other parameters:
Ph- 6.6 (low again) Ammonia- 0 Nitrite- 0 Nitrate- 20 ppm (have also been having challenges getting this down, but hopefully making some progress now)
SO. What is the target GH, KH, and PH for my snails friends that my fish can also tolerate? And what actions do you recommend for me to take to get there?
I have not made progress getting this right watching YouTube videos and using the Google.
04:44 UTC
Crazy Mouth Action
Saw this and thought is was super cool. Thought you guys might find it interesting and cool. I did not know that their mouths could get so long and cylindrical.
03:22 UTC
Welcome "Carbon!"
Today I got my black racer nerite, "Oxide," a buddy! This is another black racer nerite named "Carbon," (for as long as i can tell them apart. He hasn't moved since I drip acclimated him for an hour. It's been about 4hrs now. How everything is ok.
02:50 UTC
It noped out of there so fast 🤣
02:21 UTC
White spots on eggs??
Mystery snail eggs suddenly develop white spots and turned grey?? They don’t smell moldy and have only been incubated for like two weeks, figured I’d let them go until they hatch or smell but is this mold?
01:23 UTC
Gluttonous Ramshorn Snail
00:58 UTC
To all the people who contacted me about The magenta babies.
So people who pm'd me and I got back to you I regret to inform you I have alot going on at present so I wont be able to get them shipped out for maybe 2 weeks. Im so so sorry. If you are willing to wait please PM me and let me know if you are okay with that. Again I am sorry.
23:56 UTC
Hol up.
I only had one nerite in the tank. Either my eyes are playing tricks or something..
23:27 UTC
Mysteries at it again. Fingers crossed for some more clutches soon!
This is a 20 second video of snails mating, which is like… barely moving at all 😂 Saw one out of the water before I took this but it was gone 10 mins later with no eggs 😭
23:22 UTC
Are these bristles coming off this snail normal? Looks like a bladder snail.
They aren't leeches are they?
21:23 UTC
When the light hits just right
So pretty! 🤩
21:16 UTC
Who the hell is this?
I just noticed this little bozo and I don’t know him! He’s really fast, much more so than any other snail I’ve had. He also doesn’t look like any other pest snail that’s hitchhiked into my tanks before. Any ideas what it is?
19:21 UTC
$1 Big Boys!
15:48 UTC
Baby mystery snails!
I’m located in central NJ and have some ivory mystery snails that I need to rehome!! The clutch is probably about three months old now and they are outgrowing a ten gallon tank very quickly. Looking for educated owners if anyone is interested🥰
15:33 UTC
Are these Japanese mystery snails? (Largest is 60mm) (OH, USA)
15:17 UTC
Can I feed freshwater snails mushrooms?
Title
10:44 UTC
Nothing like a meal and a car wash
06:00 UTC
Is he in love with the air stone?
Sound On please
05:14 UTC
Mystery snails in new tank?
I recently got 3 mystery snails for my 33 gallon tank. Unfortunately, some of my fish mistook their feelers for worms and snacked on them.
I had been thinking of a second tank anyway, so today I set up a 10 gallon using seasoned filter media and some plants from my big tank, new substrate and driftwood. My snails have been hiding pretty much since I put them in their new home. I’m guessing it’s because the tank is new, even though the filter media isn’t.
Was it a terrible idea to move them? Anything I can do to help them acclimate? I’ve thought of moving over some of my fish as well—I have a group of 5 rosy tetras; would they be a good choice?
Photo of them chowing down on zucchini in the old tank just for fun.
03:53 UTC
$1 - Baby Mystery snails - pnw
hello! i have 40+ brown mysterys dime-sized and smaller that i really need to get off of my hands. parents are a black and gold that made these cute stripes
willing to ship or local pickup - I can meet up in public in OR or WA
barely used account cause im just here to sell my snails - also posted in aquaswap
02:59 UTC