Mystery Snail Care and Breeding: Your Friendly Neighborhood Algae Eater!

Hello Everyone,
In this video we discuss how to keep mystery snails alive. They can be a great peaceful addition to a community tank. Mystery snails do a great job of cleaning up algae and detritus. Mystery snails can also be a great addition to a planted tank.
Here are the videos I mentioned in this video:
pH: • Aquarium pH: Everythin...
Water Hardness: • Fish Tank Water Hardne...
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[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Here are some videos on water parameters important to keeping snails alive! How to manage pH: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmqxXn2intamgMk Water Hardness Fully Explained: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roO8laesltCZrJI Also how to get rid of them (good info for keeping them alive too): kzbin.info/www/bejne/aICqfJ2JfZuZiNk

[@ricodiaz6702]

Prime Time Aquatics I just wanted to ask I have a yellow belly turtle she’s not that big but big enough to fit in a good portion of my hand and I was wondering if I where toget a apple snail would my turtle eat it? I don’t want to put the snail in danger🙏🏽😓

[@jenniferdutton5387]

Prime Time Aquatics. Hello. I bought Hikari crab cuisine for my mystery snails not knowing that it has copper sulfate it’s the second to last ingredient. I have seen aquarium co op and some other people feed it to their snails because of the calcium. I was wondering your thoughts on it. I have been feeding omega one veggie pellets and veggie wafers. Any advice you have would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[@amandagraham796]

My yellow snail in about 3 inches and my tank has black looking stuff on the tank side and plants and the water is so green and murky and I've taken my bete out and put in another tank because is so nasty. I change my filters and clean the tank but in a few days it's back green. Do you have an suggestions on what I should do? I would really love to my beta back in his 10 gallon tank with the snail.

[@kerrypitt9789]

@@amandagraham796 if you get this I would suggest you have a horrible Algea problem. Are you lighting your tank 24 hours a day? Are you overfeeding? Take a baseline reading for the tank water, then keep doing it for a week. Most Algea comes from over feeding or too much fertilizer and light. Your lights only need to be on for 4 to eight hours a day, that should keep your snails from reproduction and maybe cut way back on the food. Honestly, it is still a great temptation to fill their food pot every day and you can see what happens. Stay well young miss!

[@kannadiga3644]

I added apple snail today.. It started digging up in the substrate.. It did that in 3 spots within first 10 minutes.. I moved it back to quarantine tank for now.. . Any reason they do that? How to get it to stop? It id ruining the aquascape by digs and uprooting plants..

[@zackrizel6111]

I have a million snails and there all named Gary lol

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Well, at least you didn't have to think about the names too much. : -)

[@justt9507]

So funny!We started with two for their cuteness and now well 100s and 100s later we decided a week ago that their names were Gary Gary Gary STEVE Gary Gary Gary on and on. Lol. I'VE BEEN COMPLETELY AMAZED ON WATCHING THE PROCESS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW I WANTED. I WATCH brEADING, I WATCH HATCHING, I HAVE WATCHED GROWTH, ALL THE ABOVE AND IT'S VERY COOL TO SEE.

[@dylanford2838]

I have one in his name is Gary

[@Narchealing888]

🤣🤣🤣🤣❤

[@e99okg58]

Same I bought mine today and named him Gary then he died 🐌😔

[@midwestmasocist]

The only reason I keep snails is because they're adorable in my opinion. Their little antennas(probably not what they're called) are my favorite.

[@doggydoc4uinnc]

Same! I have 7 of them. All different colors so I can tell them apart.

[@PULAG]

Snailed it

[@deadcraftdawn0094]

Ive heard snails help keep your tank clean

[@Catnip371]

Lol 😂

[@avakleinmeier4200]

They are called feelers! They have two sets, the ones you like are for their eyes and they have smaller pair just below the other that they feel and smell with!

[@amy-ld4pe]

my beta fish is so sweet and gentle, he loves to watch the snails move, and he follows them around a lot. He’s never picked at them and they both love each other’s company!

[@skrimper]

Just wait 😂

[@jordanmoir1076]

My betta only tolerates the two snails.fingers crossed

[@suesusev7108]

My female Betta loves her Mystery snail friend too. Occasionally she goes after "his" antennae and then realizes it's not a worm. They also hang out together!

[@literaine6550]

My snail hangs around with my goldfish, they are adorable together.

[@robdixson196]

My Betas seem sort of fascinated by the snails, so far i see no feeler nipping or aggression. Occasionally i see them sleeping together on the bottom of the tank. I take it they actually like each other.

[@jenalvarado2684]

So I love the snails cuz they do keep my tank clean I have had them for years but the craziest thing happened to Me and i had to share.... so when I do water changes or tank changes I always check for snails and baby fish throughly and then toss the old water into my cactus garden. I have cacti from all over! I even had one shipped from japan! One of my favorite cacti wasn’t thriving anymore, it seemed to not ever be able to retain much water. This summer the temps reached over 100 a few times and I assumed it was just too hot and burnt out. So I decided to flake off all the dead parts and bring it indoors. You guys will never believe what I found!!! On the base of my cactus plant was a huge mystery snail (about 3 inches!) attached super tightly into the base it had been there so long that it had formed a perfect snail shaped cave right into the cactus! I took pictures it looks so crazy! An aquarium animal inside a cactus?! Life is amazing isn’t it always finds a way to survive. Don’t know why this gave me such joy

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

That is crazy!

[@soanso6696]

Wow that is amazing, thanks for sharing!

[@ailurophile2157]

Oh my! I wish I could see the picture🥺

[@LiftYagami]

Pretty cool

[@emihayashi7725]

Alive?

[@catfishcave379]

Nice video on the Mystery Snail. Maybe people will give snails more respect now. And for those who are interested... How to keep Malaysian Trumpet Snails: Add live plants to your aquarium that are guaranteed to not have snails. Three months later, you have 30 of them. Three years later, you have 300. Three hundred years later, (and seven nuclear wars, 3 alien invasions and a direct meteor hit) your great great great great great great granddaughter will have 299 Malaysian Trumpet Snails.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I almost just spit my orange juice out. Hahahaha

[@debrasanders1985]

Hahaha

[@arieyannanelson5323]

😂😂

[@L.I.G.H.T.]

@@PrimeTimeAquatics 😂😂😂

[@sarahbohn2382]

My snail at a whole bunch of babies

[@CherokeeMaiden81]

While feeding my guppies earlier I noticed my snails at the surface making a funnel with their bodies, catching the flakes and eating them. It was so cute, like watching a rabbit eat lettuce. I didn't realize 🐌 had such a distinguishable head. That shell hides a lot of cuteness.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Mine do that too sometimes. : -)

[@greyman003]

I just saw one of mine do that.

[@heatherharris1606]

I remember when I first noticed snails funnel their food off the top of the water I was like woah! Cool

[@acoop7959]

OOOOOOHHHHHH that’s what mine is doing!

[@sarahhumphreys7560]

Aghhh!!! My mystery snails just gave birth!! ITS SO TINY!!!!

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I know - the little snails are so cute!

[@TheDowntown02]

Same! They are so tiny! I love baby mystery snails!

[@A1Bokeh]

That's so cool ! Do they reproduce on their own ?

[@sandyrodriguez2803]

Sir, if you haven't done so already, could you do a quick video on the different types of freshwater snails ... at least the popular aquarium ones.

[@bigsky445]

Mystery Snails Malaysia Trumpet Snails Assassin Snails Rabbit Snails Nerlite Snails Apple Snails ... take your pick 😆😆

[@momoftwobunnies]

@Mercadien ramshorns are considered pests.

[@sageoblouk6782]

@@momoftwobunnies Not by everyone. I personally love rams.

[@masonmonnie]

@@bigsky445 Also Ramshorn and bladder.

[@TheDowntown02]

@@bigsky445 Don't forget Japanese trap door snails! 😊

[@hobbithabits]

Ironically my mystery snail named Bean ONLY eats carnivore pellets and blood worms. He wont dare touch the algae.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Sounds like he's spoiled. haha : -)

[@suesusev7108]

Mine is quite picky too. Doesn't like the algae that grows in the tank and only likes one brand of wafers!

[@BritneyStinson]

My snails be lookin like a snaccc

[@comedyfootball4860]

3 mystery snails... 4 mystery snails have appeared out of no where in my guppy fry tank. Something tells me they are in love with the tank. They are growing fast!!!

[@richardschaeffer3204]

I have 4 female betas in a 20 gallon heavily planted. I added 6 ramshorns and 4 adult mystery snails. After 3 months they started dying, and many had thin shells. Feed them and add mineral balls. Now I have at least 100 super tiny ramshorns and the mystery snails laid eggs. In the past 6 months, I've never scraped any algae NONE to be seen. Feed 2 times a week, pleco pellets. And the tanks alive with color. ❤

[@sea_triscuit7980]

When my brother moved in with me he took a liking to my aquarium. I told him he could get a Mystery Snail bc it wouldn't be a problem for my other fish haha. A month or two later and now "Swirly" is the biggest animal in my tank haha

[@broccoligirl9019]

Nicee

[@kevinandrews6189]

Maybe it's an Apple snail?

[@jrhelton87]

Also with food as well you can feed them more then just that. I feed mine UNSALTED green beans, blanched Zucchini, snello, blanched Carrots, and cucumbers.

[@bigsky445]

Snails are a must in shrimp aquariums! Shrimp eat their poop & it has beneficial bacteria for their gut! LOVE MYSTERY SNAILS!❤❤❤❤❤😁😁😁

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

It's a good mix!

[@sarahville1927]

I love, love, LOVE mystery snails! I started with one and it was so cool to watch that I got another! I am now an accidental snail rancher with hundreds of snails! They are funny, fantastic, magical creatures! For those of you with soft water, I have really soft water and I've found that it helps to add crushed coral and cuttlebones to the tank. Snails actually need to have calcium in the water column AND a calcium source to eat. I've found that cuttlebones are a great way to provide the dietary calcium. If you had told me a year ago that I would become a huge mystery snail geek, I would not have believed it! Definitely consider adding these magical creatures to your tank!

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing how you deal with softer water. : -)

[@cxmet3355]

i really wanna breed mine but im afraid that they will continue to breed how do i fix that or is there no way to fix it?

[@sarahville1927]

@@cxmet3355 your snails will either breed or not, that part is out of your control. The parts that you can control are: 1. Keeping or discarding the egg clutch 2. The amount of food in the tank 3. The water level in the tank Numbers 2 and 3 help to control whether or not the female snail feels comfortable laying her eggs. If there isn't enough food, she won't lay the eggs (if you want to encourage her to lay her eggs, a couple of days of light feeding followed by a couple of days of heavier feeding helps). Likewise, if you keep the water level high, she will not be as likely to lay her eggs. If you want to encourage her to lay eggs, you can lower the water level in the tank so that it is about 3-4 inches below the rim of the tank. The snails are going to do what they want to do, so if you find an egg clutch, you can either keep it or not. If you don't want to keep it, don't just throw it out or flush it! In my experience, a few of the babies will survive, and it's not a good idea to let them out into the world. If you find a clutch and you don't want to keep it, let it sit where it is for 2-3 days so that the clutch is nice and firm because it will be much easier to remove. Once you've removed the clutch, put it in a plastic baggie and put it in the freezer for at least a week, then you can put it in the garbage. I wouldn't recommend ever flushing the clutch. We want to be responsible snail parents! 😉 I suppose the other option for the frozen clutch would be to crush it up and feed it to the aquarium. The snails in the tank will eat it. It is up to you to decide what to do once the clutch is laid!

[@sko1beer]

i had one in my 200 liter shrimp tank ate all my plants and grew to 3 inches i dont have the heart to get rid of him so now i started a tank with no plants for him and feed him the stubs of my veg

[@tamiweir8041]

I completely agree. I just love them.♥️🥰♥️

[@vicycross6037]

my mystery snail zooms all over the tank and eats anything...even driftwood. i tried giving him boiled kale but he ignored it. he'll eat sinking pellets and detritus on the substrate. mystery snails are a lot of fun to watch--they definitely have personality!

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Mine love sinking pellets too!

[@AirQuotes848]

I really like watching my snails crawl around.

[@TheDowntown02]

@@AirQuotes848 Same here! I've got several mystery snails! They are so peaceful to watch!

[@sko1beer]

if i give him veg from the fridge he goes near it then move away till tank temp

[@ingesexton811]

I'm binge watching, and so far I want ALL the fish you have talked about and now I need to breed mystery snails lol. love the channel!

[@sooedmonton2426]

lol

[@thetwowheeledintrovert3367]

Really enjoy having snails in my tank, busy little creatures to watch. Very excited to have found this afternoon some snail eggs in my HOB filter. The snail snuck in via the outlet, and laid the eggs on the underside of the lid.

[@fishroombum3771]

I enjoy watching your channel as fellow fish/plant keeper/grower. Most fishkeepers/planted tank people that have had tanks for several years and waged the war on algae appreciate videos like this one. Snails are great friends/workers and I especially like the mystery snails.

[@momoftwobunnies]

We love our Mystery snails. :)

[@Cameronfelt]

I’ve been researching cause I want snails, just snails :) everyone treats them as such a second thought but I love them 💚💚💚

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

They are great little animals!

[@doggydoc4uinnc]

Make a snail tank!

[@tamiweir8041]

Me too. All I want is snails. Lol

[@kontrast4361]

I can absolutely agree with the filter intake part, happened a week ago to my ramshorns

[@juli8vdberg562]

They are also quite beautiful additions to any tank

[@laurascott7239]

Thank you so much, I just bought a black mystery snail and he is GORGEOUS! This video was extremely helpful 💖💖

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Awesome! Hope you enjoy him!

[@joannaspivey566]

Also if you have a fungus growing on your driftwood - they LOVE eating this and make quick work of removing this naturally.

[@stormthearsonist]

I love snails, I have mystery and pest snails which has entered the tank through plant purchases, but i keep them all. The clusters are soothing to watch.

[@sharkbit61]

I have kept adult Mystery snails in my mixed Tanganyika tank with no problems for about a year now. Cyps, Gobys, Comprecciseps, juvie Frontosas and even the adult Lelupii all leave them alone. It was a bit iffy when everyone was getting to know each other but now it is a very cool setup. I think having a large tank has helped. They are fun to watch and do a great job cleaning up. Great vid.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I could see them working with cyps for sure. Surprised the frontosa haven't eaten them yet.

[@marieclarke68]

I've had golden mystery snails for about 3 months since getting them I've put down a foam mat near my tank so they don't shatter there shells on my hard wood floor when they decide to crawl out the tank past the lid

[@ItzStrykerr]

I got a mystery snail for fun and he is currently kept in a tub with 70 baby guppies. I don't pay much attentjkn to water parameters. The eater goes below 18 degrees Celsius and he is constantly active. He helps clean it which is really helpful. He is also grown bigger.

[@michaelkane111]

Love this channel as they show to new hobbyists not to panic about some of the things new hobbyists experience

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thank you!

[@nsane992002]

Still my favorite of all time aquatic creatures. They just bring me an unexplainable peace…

[@patjesscole2709]

They sometimes will leave that's funny how you said that 😂 mine try to escape all the time but I have a lid that I custom built for my corner tank couldn't find a reasonable hexagon lid so I made one great video great information love your channel 👍👍

[@elainablake3575]

My golden mystery snail is currently 1 1/2”, named him Jackie after Captain Jack Sparrow 😆 I’ve only had him for a few months but he grew crazy fast!

[@chrisc7566]

Love the chiclids tank. Water is crystal clear

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thank you!

[@Kittychimes]

I never thought I would love aquatic snails the way I do, but my mystery babies are all so precious to me. I cried when I saw our first little wee bebe. I love them; so fascinating!!

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Yes they are!

[@Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I recently read Walstad's book, and I learned that plants produce allelochemicals that deter snails. However, when the plant begins to die/rot, that part of the plant stops making allelochemicals, and that is how the snail knows that they are allowed to eat that.

[@bemei9291]

I LOVE MY MYSTERY SNAIL her name is mayonnaise and she is very fast ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

That's an awesome name. : -)

[@djssquibbs3295]

Snails are awesome!!!

[@williamreely3455]

I had a few mystery snails hitch a ride in on some freshwater plants I bought. Sometimes I see my cherry shrimp following them around and cleaning their shells, it's very cute.

[@aljanecko]

Love my Mystery Snails, although my hard water is off the API test chart.

[@BrothaLurch]

That beard isn't fooling me. I know it's you Bill Burr.

[@ttylvan888]

Dead 😂

[@lizi.2503]

😂😂😂😂😂😂👏

[@tanphifer]

Okay so I'm not the only one 😂I thought the same thing 😂😂

[@shredderofstrings3223]

I cant unhear this now

[@MWilk098]

3 Mystery snails cleaned the white mold/algae off of a very large piece of mopani wood for me right before my eyes. It was awesome.

[@distaff2935]

Thank you. Very informative. Beautiful creatures.

[@fatman7100]

I'm planning to breed mystery snail. Today I already bought a 40 gallons tank. I'm continuing doing research.

[@garysanders2008]

how is it going? i’m trying to start up a similar project

[@williamharris7577]

I got an ivory looking snail in my cichlid tank and he gets along very well. Had him almost 2 months and hes fine

[@Hi-bb5lo]

Is he still alive?

[@killnemcold]

RIPGary

[@apss5736]

Planning on doing the same

[@Kokobeach_306xo]

We just got four for our ten gallon betta tank and I know nothing about tanks but I think they’re doing awesome! We love them And our betta likes them too. He kind of inspected them but he’s so peaceful he just leaves them alone.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

That combo has worked fine for us too. :-)

[@kerrypitt9789]

Jason I really like mystery snails. By "Like," I mean one per tank. They were also brought out of the wild to breed for Escargot, except they were not wonderful to eat. When it comes to other fish, the only time my mystery snail bothered the fish was when they die. A mystery snail can suck back a Khuli loach after it is deceased, pretty quickly. The problem with that is you'll never know why the fish died. I like all snails, but one Mystery Snail per 20 gallon tank is enough! Thanks Jason, your topics are on point!!

[@chickennuggetpaw1017]

I have 2 snails in with my betta. I’ve had African dwarf frogs in the tank with him, too, and he didn’t attack them, so I’m guessing it should be fine. He’s been checking them out and swimming at the bottom more to look at them, but I haven’t seen any aggressive behavior!

[@seanootd3406]

Another great video mate and perfect timing really 2 days ago i recieved 5 mystery snails looking forward to seeing you tomorrow and just gcca swap in general lol

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

It was great meeting you !

[@seanootd3406]

@@PrimeTimeAquatics same here haha been well over a year now i got to say a year ago watching your multis spotlight i never thought I'd end up getting them from you lol been a crazy year

[@justinramage9204]

We have Bolivian Rams and Thick lip Sunset Gorami as well as an assortment of Guppies and they all play very well together. We had a Golden Ram however, and he was a stressor in the tank.

[@andreahood8409]

I have ivory mystery snails and my shrimp and algae eating fish cling onto them and clean their shells for them. Really cool i think!

[@GrowingInterest]

I think a lot is similar to zebra apple snails, expect they lay their eggs under water. They bread like crazy in the old tank, in the new tank not so much :( Thanks for the guide 😋👍

[@sststr]

I've fallen into breeding mystery snails for my local fish store. When I first started, I wasn't doing anything special, apparently the water I use is just naturally pretty good for them (of 663 snails that grew up enough to be deliverable, 662 had perfectly good shells and all seemed healthy and vigorous; I found maybe a dozen or so empty shells, so a really low observable death rate, though I suppose just-out-of-the-egg snails that didn't make it could have had their shells lost in the substrate without me ever finding them). But as I got more serious about it, I have taken water conditions a lot more seriously, so lots of pH increasing agents and powdered calcium carbonate, and daily testing of NH3, NO2, and NO3. My main tank (40 gallons) varies from 78F at the top of the tank to 76F at the bottom, so they can self-regulate as they want. They definitely do not eat living plants. What I find interesting is that sometimes a java fern leaf will detach from the rest of the plant, but sometimes the leaf doesn't die from the separation, even it may sprout new leaves from it, and the snails won't eat those detached-but-still-living leaves. That leaf has to be dead, dead, dead before they will touch it. If snails are eating living plants, that's probably because there's nothing else left for them to eat. In which case, add some food to the tank for them! I like to feed mine lots of different things, but Hikari algae wafers and crab cuisine make up at least half of their diet. Canned green beans (no salt added) are a fast and easy choice as well. And since I have a betta fish, any left over blood worms or brine shrimp or other frozen foods that my betta does not eat all goes into the snail tank for a tasty protein treat for them. Good for operculum growth. My big tank didn't come with a lid, but I bought a thick sheet of plexiglass that covers most of the top. I've never had a problem with a mystery snail crawling out of the tank. Although lately one of them has been crawling up the side of the filter to lay eggsacks, and those eggsacks are such that hatchlings would not drop into the water, but onto the floor, so I have to take those eggsacks off the filter and incubate them. Otherwise I just leave them on the wall of the tank. I have had two eggsacks laid on the plexiglass though, but that's fine, they develop and hatch out normally. I have found the first couple of eggsacks a snail lays are minimally productive, but after 4 or 5 eggsacks they start to get very successful and productive. So if the first few aren't yielding anything, don't be discouraged, just know it sometimes just takes multiple tries, but they should get there. I recently had an adult snail die, almost certainly old age. For 5 or 6 days it was floating upside down at the surface. After the first day I moved it to a separate 5 gallon tank by itself. It didn't have any strong smell like I was led to expect from a dead snail, so I just left it and made sure to wet any part of the shell that looked like it might be getting dry. But one morning I came to check on it and it was no longer on the surface, it had fallen to the bottom. And when I went to check on it, the body slid right out of the shell and the smell was indeed most foul. When a snail is dead, that smell is unmistakably strong and awful, you will know it. A very slight smell might suggest death is coming, but if isn't knocking your socks off, it's not dead yet. I have another snail right now that is currently just sitting half out of the water, and has been for 4 days now. I'm rather worried about that. I keep pouring water on it so it doesn't dry out. Most of the time it's angled almost 45 degrees, as if to rest its head on the heater it is next to, but every once in a while I catch it completely vertical. Most of the time when I pour some water on it I don't get any reaction from it, even where a snail next to it might react even though the water isn't on them. Today I finally got a reaction from it one time while wetting it down. So it's definitely still alive. Still, 4 days of not moving, other than from 45 to 90 to 45 again, that also means 4 days of not eating, so I'm very worried about it. Also, it's an ivory snail, yet its shell has taken on a reddish cast that my other ivories do not have. Snails have blue blood, so it's naught to do with its blood. I have no idea what's going on with that, and it is proving difficult to find information about it. But it is a lot of fun to watch mystery snails. They are a lot faster than I expected, and they can do some amazing stunts, presumably through the use of much air in its shell. I've seen a snail walk off the end of a horizontal leaf and look like it was still walking as if still on the leaf, much like in cartoons where they run off a cliff and keep running (until they look down...). It's bizarre some of the things they can do, but fun :D

[@carmenmoore6791]

Really enjoy this post, very helpful great information. THANKS ALOT!!

[@theirishman8455]

Great vid once again, answered all my questions, ty!

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@MegaMaddydog]

I had a pond snail problem in a tank which was just setup. I put a plant in there which must have brought the snails in. I wasn’t feeding anything because I was cycling the tank. It was a nightmare. The only ones I keep now are assassin snails and nerite snails I. The other tanks. I did order a few mystery snails for my betta tanks.

[@luci_datum]

I own three: a female ivory named Whisper because she likes to just sleep, an unidentified black named Shade because they're IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND, and a female golden named Dorado after the Spanish word for gold. I have no lid, but there is a lip at the top, and I have floating plants. I have a bundle of bamboo skewers that stick out of the top of the water for their eggs, especially since Whisper is now mature and going to produce her first clutch soon, and I feed them boiled veggies. Mostly spinach and the occasional sweet potato cube. I also have some vitamin rich algae pellets with plenty of calcium for some quick nibbles. I'm hoping that Shade is male, but I won't know until they're a little older. They've remained smaller than Dorado and Whisper both, though Dorado was really small when I got her anyways and Whisper's shell is now almost 2 inches wide. Honestly, I won't know for a while. If they ARE male, I'll wind up selling off a ton of baby snails as fast as humanly possible. Already setting up a second tank to hold them, and I have somewhere humid to hold the egg clutches after I remove them from the sticks. Wish me luck, lol

[@ryanwalter757]

Your ram cichlids and Bolivian rams plus apistogrammas do really quite well because they are not overly aggressive I've even heard of people keeping kribensis with them

[@naegwut]

Excellent information

[@joschmo7983]

We have 1 big snail and 1 small snail. The big 1 will climb up the glass and wood and just release himself and fly down to another location. It’s entertaining to watch! The little 1 doesn’t do much. He’s boring haha

[@vinnievee5710]

I love mine. He's ivory and honestly sooooooooooo cute and cool.

[@vinnievee5710]

6 months later: I love them so much Im now breeding them!

[@e99okg58]

I bought one today but died a couple hours later like it just died but I’m worried about diseases cuz I touched it Can you help me

[@vinnievee5710]

Eman 99 dont worry about diseases, they don’t carry any. It’s actually not unusual for a mystery snail to die when it’s put in new water. Are your parameters good? If so bring your dead snail and water back to the pet store and if your water is good they will likely give you another one. I’m actually breeding them now. They need more than just algae and leftover fish food to survive and be healthy though. I give mine lots of blanched green veggies and I make snail jello for them. They’re awesome pets, if you live in Alberta Canada I can give you another for free lol

[@createinme5110]

Your tank is so clear and beautiful ♥️🤗😍

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thank you!

[@williamkreth]

I just bought some of these I love them

[@Pedro116092]

for my snails shells I crush up egg shells and sprinkle this into the tank every couple of months.

[@AlishaArlene]

Clever!

[@shotclips]

Can coral work for extra calcium?

[@boodith6923]

How many egg shells ?

[@sko1beer]

@@boodith6923 did you find out if its small large or extra large eggs?

[@ThePondLife]

I didn't need a 2nd snail. I got just one and it made eggs and those eggs hatched into 100s of snails.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

You got a female with fertilized eggs - that's cool! : -)

[@marrionna044]

Oh wow lol I got a female today. I hope this happens to me😅

[@josemontalvo4532]

Excellent tutorial on the Mystery Snails. Your advice is always spot on. I enjoyed watching. These Snails seem to multiply like crazy at certain times. I will be cycling a tank soon. As soon as I’m close to the end of cycling the tank I will be getting Snails and Otocinclus Fish as my first livestock to my tank. Algae blooms sometimes happen to a new tank. I also want to get some other kinds of Snails too. Can you do a video on the other kinds of Snails? Thank you for sharing this video with us. Your videos are always a joy to watch in midst of some of the garbage on KZbin!

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I will add it to my list. Always appreciate you watching!

[@robhill4034]

Hey great video lots of info I enjoyed it. Thanks from eastern Canada

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thank you! Appreciate you watching!

[@olivezelm5897]

How often do you recommend feeding a mystery snail? Thanks!

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

If there is nothing for it to eat in the tank I feed them everyday.

[@mellewedin8221]

I love these guys. They are favorite. I breed them. I got a red one. Yes I did say red. It's on my Instagram. Melléwedin.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Sounds cool!

[@momoftwobunnies]

Wow sounds so cool!! I will take a look :)

[@Creepvines]

Followed

[@meredith8447]

Can these snails be kept without fish i want to get a few just for a small pet without fish

[@JayXIsSad]

@@meredith8447 Yeah that's actually better since theres no fish to nip at their eyes

[@catherinebeatific535]

Those baby 😍 snails are adorable.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Just livin the tiny snail life. :-)

[@eliza_westbrook]

to my surprise i woke up to baby snails in my tank this morning thanks for this video - very informative

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Congrats!

[@charlotteginger6153]

These are 100% mystery snails. Most of the ones that me showed are Apple snails.

[@annettesiren7424]

mystery snails are apple snails. they are spiked topped apple snails

[@riley4258]

i am getting a snail called robert pattinson

[@veesicks4504]

i named mine jerry seinfeld

[@phrixyys]

robert pattinson

[@madfishdiva]

Great info. I love mystery snails. I feed the items you mentioned and also the nano vacation blocks that have calcium and organic green beans.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Very cool!

[@madfishdiva]

Mercadien i also you cuddle bone. Have you every use it for your snails?

[@jennifermartin4415]

Glad I found this. Getting some snails

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Hope you enjoy them!

[@carrieguinn9815]

My arawana loves them!!!

[@summerbrainrock]

can't wait for our babies to hatch!

[@heatherharris1606]

I bought ONE snail and it has transformed into like 100 one day I looked in there and there was a few then one day they were literally everywhere and now I gotta find them homes !

[@dennyclose6635]

Not a snail type of person but the info was awesome! Thank you Jason for sharing!!!!

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thanks Denny!

[@williamneill5441]

Nice video! New to these guys and you have a wealth of valuable information, Thanks!

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thank you!

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

love them. i have a gold and a jade mystery snail

[@Fatjohny100]

Thanks for the information..good stuff.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thank you!

[@jyamijuice9100]

For calcium issues. Add crushed coral. only really necessary for tanks which are breeding snails maybe sometimes shrimp.

[@weasleygurl26]

I put cuttlebone in my tank for my 3 snails. 2 of the snails are always attached to each other. Not sure what they are up to. lol

[@johnnycruz4407]

Thxs for the video. I have been thinking of setting up an aquarium to breed mystery snails in order to eliminate the cost of having to buy them since they have such a short lifespan. Unlike some aquarists, I like snails in my tanks.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I think it's worth it! : -)

[@CaylorsReptilesAquatics]

great vid and accurate info!

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thank you!

[@fr33dumb55]

Awesome video! Keep up the good work.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thank you!

[@brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985]

Snails are sooooo cool, they go great with guppies

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I agree!

[@AlexIsModded]

I have three mystery snails in a 20 gallon aquarium with a male siamese fighting fish betta, and they get along fine. The betta is curious, but does no harm to the snails.

[@gemmeliusgrammaticus2509]

Thank you this is very helpful 🙏👍

[@joannaspivey566]

My mystery snails love a slice of steamed zuchini or spinach (spinach has some calcium for them). One of mine is doing so well and has grown huge, but the other one has been suffering. I watched a tiny neon bite the tentacle of the struggling one during feeding time (it darted out to eat and saw it moving I guess). So sad as now it has fallen off. I have heard they grow back and I hope that happens but this snail has had a rough go of it already. They are very interesting to watch - very peaceful.

[@prestonestes1388]

In my high school we had a marine biology class that we could take. Part of the class that we had to form a group of three and had to set up and aquarium and choose and care for fish. I got the fish, 2 creamcicle molies and a golden mystery snail. The snail helped keep the aquarium clean very well, but I would cut a decent size of cucumber, tied it to a rock and drop it in. The snail would have eaten the whole thing in one night. But she was larger than other snails that I had seen at 2 1/2 to 3 inches.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

It's amazing how much they eat!

[@Jogngood]

I have mystery snails in pH 6.2 . Every second week with water change I use my soda stream with water and fizz then add 2 teaspoons of calcium carbonate. Cheap as chips. When I add it to my 6x2x2 tank it looks so cool like a horror movie with fog creeping through my tank. This only last for an HR or so with co2 injection in my tank. Snails are absolutely fine with great shells. So it's possible with low pH and a little care

[@tkay711]

I just bought a snail that did not move for a week. It did not smell so I gave it time. Now it is all over the aquarium. I also think I have a breeding pair. I've seem them mate 3 times now!

[@broccoligirl9019]

I like mystery snails because there antenna looks cool

[@dastiles1]

Nice helpful video. I have two Mystery Snails 🐌 in my aquarium.

[@ZacharyDarkes]

I love mystery snails have two clutches in my aquarium

[@tonysanders5766]

I love 🐌's in my tank

[@jauken83]

I love when new plants have snails hiding in them..... and so do my yoyo loaches.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I bet they do!