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On our Price List we have four kinds of aquatic Snails for sale, and they are listed in the table below. Click here to go to another page in this site that lists the types Snails that we have for sale and the prices for those type. Note that scientific names such as Ambularia cuprina are now obsolete synonyms, and the correct scientific names are given in the table below.

Appropriate Home
These Snails all do well in fish bowls, in ponds, in warm water aquariums, and in cool water aquariums with a water temperature between 65 and 82 degrees F.

But these Snails cannot be kept in cold water below 65 degrees for extended periods. They will die in a few days at a temperature of 50 degrees F. So they cannot stay outside in ponds in areas with temperatures below 65 degrees F.

All these Snails can tolerate some aquarium salt dissolved in the water. In fact they can tolerate more than the 1 Tablespoon of Aquarium Salt per 5 gallons of water that is often recommended as a treatment for fish.

So you do not need to remove the Snails when you add this amount of salt to your water. But be sure the Snails do not come into contact with the solid particles of salt. A good way to add salt to an aquarium is to put the salt in a net and hold the net in the water until the salt dissolves.

These Snails may be sensitive to the Quick Cure, and so we recommend that you gently move your Snails to another container filled with safe water before you treat your aquarium with Quick Cure. Click here to read more about using Aquarium Salt and Quick Cure.

Recommended Diet
These Snails will eat many kinds of food. They seem to do very well on a diet of flake food, eating the tiny bits that settle to the bottom and are usually not eaten by the fish. In this way Snails usually improve the quality of the water. But they are not a substitute for regular maintenance. Click here to read more about regular maintenance.

These Snails will also eat living plants such as the ones we sell. Click here to see the list of plants we sell. The amount of damage they will do to live plants varies with each type of plant and each type of snail. The Gold Mystery Snail seems to eat more of most plants than the other snail species.

Compatibility
These Snails are compatible with most fish except some huge fish that may be able to crush the snail's shell. Puffers, Clown Loaches, and Yoyo Loaches love to eat Snails, but the Snails shown on this page are usually too big for most fish to eat.

Size and Life Span
These Snails will live about 12 to 16 months when kept in water at a temperature of 82 degrees F. At a temperature of 65 degrees F. Snails have a life span of at least 3 years perhaps as long as 10 years. Generally, the cooler the water the longer the Snails will live. But these Snails do not live well at a temperature below about 65 degrees F.