FishTankRamshorn snail care: tank size, temperature and tankmates
A small snail with a coiled shell. Ramshorns eat leftover food and soft algae, and they breed on their own.
Quick facts
| Type | Snail |
|---|---|
| Adult size | About 1 inches |
| Smallest tank | 5 gallons |
| Temperature | 70–80°F |
| Keep | Any number. They breed on their own |
| Watch for | Numbers boom when you overfeed. |
How to keep them
Their numbers follow how much you feed. Cut back on food if they boom. Clown loaches and puffers eat them.
Like every fish, they need a cycled tank, a heater set inside their range, and a weekly water change of about 25%. Test for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate before you add them. New to this? Start with how to cycle a fish tank.
Tankmates
Good tankmates
Neon tetra · Cardinal tetra · Ember tetra · Rummynose tetra · Black skirt tetra · Serpae tetra · Harlequin rasbora · Zebra danio · White cloud mountain minnow · Cherry barb · Tiger barb · Platy · Guppy · Endler's livebearer · Molly · Swordtail · Betta (male) · Honey gourami · Dwarf gourami · Pearl gourami · Corydoras (bronze or peppered) · Pygmy corydoras · Kuhli loach · Otocinclus · Bristlenose pleco · Angelfish · Cherry shrimp · Amano shrimp · Nerite snail · Mystery snail · Glowlight tetra · Black neon tetra · Lemon tetra · Congo tetra · Chili rasbora · Lambchop rasbora · Gold barb · Rosy barb · Dwarf neon rainbowfish · Sparkling gourami · German blue ram · Bolivian ram · Cockatoo dwarf cichlid · Kribensis · Hillstream loach · Siamese algae eater · Ghost shrimp · African dwarf frog
Avoid
- Fancy goldfish: Goldfish eat anything that fits in their mouth.
- Common goldfish: Goldfish eat anything that fits in their mouth.
- Clown loach: Clown loaches eat snails.
Not sure about a mix? See the tankmate answers or the stocking ideas by tank size.
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