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Ram Horn Aquarium Snail (Aquarium Cleaner) $1.50 Each + $4 Postage ($14 Express, $0 SYD C&C) @ Sydney Aquascapes

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Ram horns are once more down 25%.
We also have Blue, Red and Pink variants but they are a little more expensive at $5-6 each.

These are tropical snails, so not good for out-door tanks unless you are in Syd/Central/North coast and preffer a temperature of around 20-28 Degrees. They are quite hardy otherwise and will help keep your aquarium clean.

FAQ:
People often inquire about snails exploding in population when introduced to a tank, but there is a bit of a misconception with this: Snails will propagate until they reach an equilibrium with the food available for them in the tank. If you add snails and their population explodes, it means there is tones of food (usually left over fish food) for them to eat, and they are eating it. In other words: Doing their job. Once the food is gone, their population will reduce to enough snails that can survive on how much food is left after your fish are done with it. If they still keep up a massive population, that usually means you are feeding your fish too much.

Postage:
Snails are very resilient to postage issues, so much so we can send them in letters and 99% of the time there is no issue. We do replace or refund fully if there are any issues with your order as well anyway.

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  • Do you sell complete aquariums that is already self sustaining for the most part?

    • In store we do, but can't really post something like that unfortunately.

  • These are a pest… Non reproducing ones like mystery are way better to maintain

    • Some people just don't like how they look! But they are only beneficial in your tank.

      • The problem with self propagating snails is that it's not just about excess fish food, it's water quality equilibrium. Once that it out of control and algae starts going out of control, these snails will be contribute by growing in volume, then they poop and increase nitrates, then algae… And so on

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          I'm not sure what you mean, they don't propagate beyond what food is available to them, and their bio-load is very small unless you have a very large amount. They will not breed to that amount in a normal tank unless you are seriously over-feeding.

          Of course they affect the bio-load, but as mentioned not that much, especially compared to fish. The filter would handle it just as it would adding an extra fish or two to the tank.

  • Thinking of having snails and shrimps in a Walstad (no filter, heavily planted, self-sustaining) tank setup. Are these the ideal snails?

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      These and/or trumpets would work, you can have multiple species to fill different niches.

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