Snails Care Guides
Useful clean-up crew including nerite, mystery and assassin snails.
Mystery Snail
Pomacea bridgesii
A large, colourful and peaceful snail that safely cleans algae and leftover food.
Nerite Snail
Neritina natalensis
The best algae-eating snail, and it cannot overrun your tank in freshwater.
Ramshorn Snail
Planorbella duryi
A useful little coiled-shell snail that grazes algae and detritus.
Assassin Snail
Clea helena
A handsome striped snail that hunts and controls pest snail populations.
Malaysian Trumpet Snail
Melanoides tuberculata
A sand-sifting snail that aerates the substrate, active mostly at night.
Zebra Nerite Snail
Neritina natalensis
A top algae-eater striped like a zebra; it cannot breed in freshwater, so it never overruns a tank.
Tiger Nerite Snail
Vittina semiconica
A beautifully patterned nerite that grazes algae and stays out of plant-eating trouble.
Horned Nerite Snail
Clithon corona
A tiny nerite with little horns on its shell, a superb algae-grazer for nano tanks.
Rabbit Snail
Tylomelania sp.
A large, slow Sulawesi snail with a long pointed shell and a rabbit-like face.
Japanese Trapdoor Snail
Cipangopaludina japonica
A hardy, coldwater-tolerant snail that grazes algae and is great for ponds too.
Giant Ramshorn Snail
Marisa cornuarietis
A large coiled snail that eats algae well but will also munch soft aquarium plants.
Black Devil Snail
Faunus ater
A glossy black spire-shelled snail that cannot breed in freshwater, so it is pest-free.