Meet My Pets Series: Mystery Snails Breeding & Care

Mystery snails are a fun freshwater aquarium pet to keep, and they are relatively simple to care for ! Our 73 gallon tank is currently home to 5 adult mystery snails, and lots of new babies. We were blessed with our first clutches from our snails this winter, and were really thrilled to watch the cycle of life through our snails :)

This beautiful violet mystery snail is one of my oldest snails, and does have some cracking on his/her shell, but as my only violet snail, it is always easy to spot him/her :)

Here is a video of one of the golden mystery snails laying a clutch!! They lay the eggs one at a time, and it is very fascinating to watch ! My mystery snails have laid dozens of clutches, but we only allowed one to hatch out , knowing there would be a lot of babies, even in a single clutch.

The babies are currently about 10 days old, and are becoming more active, on the hunt for food,and growing to a size where they can be photographed. They are very hungry little guys, and thrive on the same diet that their fellow snails get

They eat mostly Pleco Wafers, with carrots, the occassional cucumbers and lettuce, calcium supplements in the form of a high calcium vacation feeder, and of course leftover flake food from the tetras, and probably beefheart and krill leftovers from the frogs :)

They are great community fish, and they fit in our tank dynamic very peacefully :) I was very lucky to be able to hatch my eggs naturally ( I did not need to set up a breeding tank, or incubation , or anything like that). I will be rehoming the baby mystery snails once they have reached the desired size (a little smaller than a dime) to local aquarium enthusiasts for free, as an act of goodwill :)

If you have any questions about the snails, feel free to ask me !!
Hope you enjoyed meeting the lovely snails!!

Brightest Blessings!
So Much Love!
Evening Star