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Ramshorn Snail

Need a little help with pesky algae? These attractive critters add hints of colour to aquariums but also act as a super helpful cleaning crew. Algae on glass, plants and decorations, they eat it. Hair algae and uneaten fish food, gone! They help keep your substrate clean and water clear.

Ramshorn is a small snail, where some will reach 2½ cm (1 inch) and that will be an accomplishment. Their shells range from bright pink to maroon. The lack of dark pigmented melanin means they have bright reddish skin which is the colour of their blood.

While these are algae eaters, they are the hippies of your aquarium. No harm will come to any fish and shrimp. These peaceful underwater grazers will not even ruin your live plants! Though the Ramshorn is peaceful, be wary of aquarium housemates with aggressive tendencies. Your Ramshorn will become a snack for them. Even the likes of apple snails will prey upon the Ramshorn.

In warmer climates, they prefer outdoor ponds. But when kept indoors, they will do well in almost any size tank, from ones of 5 or 10 gallons to much larger sizes. Keep in mind that they are quick to reproduce. Ramshorns are not the escape artists of the snail world, but it is best to keep the tank covered. You don’t want your Ramshorn to be the one who thinks they can fly the coup. If you do have an escapee, they will retreat inside their shell and look dead. There is no need to rush throwing away your precious snail, instead put it back in your tank. There is a high chance the snail will pop back out and be completely fine as they breathe air anyway!

 

To ensure you get the best quality snail, we order them in at the end of each week, for next week delivery. Straight to your door. This way, we assure you receive healthy, vibrant snails. Doing this means we can also lower our prices for you. Please expect delivery to be Thursday of the following week that you ordered.

Customer Reviews

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Elizabeth
Not the best odds but we got some eggs before the 3 musketeers died...

Got 1 live, 1 DOA & last one remained unknown but probably in the same category, as my daughter put the ramshorns into a deeply mulmy and planted up area of our room-temperature fishtank and being various shades of brown from light to mid toned, (definitely not anything approximating red) they all were camouflauged in this, so I was unable keep an eye on any apart from the two which I moved to a better place to be able to see if they moved at all and the trio didn't exactly arrive bursting to explore. I did water tests at the start and everything seemed okay and all my fish were and remained happy and behaving normally, (I do chemical-free fishkeeping apart from the usual tests) so it was a surprise that no ramshorns snail seem to be living in there... I figured that maybe there was a different temp or Nelson vs Greymouth water issue that they didn't like such as a change of pH. I just had them straight into the tank with no sitting the bag in the water as they're not fish... I am a novice fishkeeper who's only kept goldfish before now so I could have made mistakes I don't even know about. But my impression is that the living one may have karked it after a few days... However the eggs I believe that it laid were hatching yesterday, so I am hoping that at least a few of the babies survive my minnows. I was very surprised at the extra cost for sending the snails with plants as it was simply that the snails are wrapped in wet newspaper in a fish bag, inside of a box- but maybe that's the base price for any itsy bitsy living being to be sent in a box.

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P.W.
Pond Snails

Arrived safely. Great Purchase

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Johanna Obarrio
Recommended!

Love my three tinny red snails!

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Niall Hamilton
Active and bright red

V happy with my purchase

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shiloh wharton toki
slowly but surely

Doing well - love my snails :)

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