Crayfish is not a livebearer, it lay eggs and hatch them. There are some kinds of behavior they exhibit most times especially when they are pregnant, like shaking their eggs. If you have a female pregnant crayfish, you must have noticed this. It could be very confusing seeing them shake their eggs, and you might…
How long does it take for apple snails to grow? This is one of the most asked questions by snail breeders and snail keepers or lovers as you may call them. I mean, as a snail lover, who wants to know when his snails will grow to full size? Apple Snails are one of the…
I have heard many newbies ask if they could be able to keep a single snail in a tank all by itself and if it will get lonely. Although am not much of a snail fan, but I have kept them for a while to supplement my fish tank, so I think my experience will…
Aquarium Snails eat a lot of food, especially bigger snails like the Mystery snail. Mystery Snails and other types of snails could eat almost anything they could see in their environment, including vegetables, fish foods, rotten plants, Algae, insects, dead animals, etc. If you are reading this article, it means you want to know how…
Substrates are one of the most important things that are needed by many aquatic animals, in fact, all aquatic animals, including snails. There are many types of substrates such as sand, gravel, etc and they each serve many purposes for aquarium animals. I have read some questions on forums asking if Mystery snails like Sand…
Not all snails eggs are fertile and will develop into snails. Some snails like the Mystery snail do not reproduce asexually, the female Mystery snails normally need the opposite sex or gender to mate with and store their sperm in order to fertilize their eggs, even in the future. Because female mystery snails could lay…
Do Mystery snails eat Shrimps? I read this question in one of the forums about Shrimp disappearing in a Mystery Snail tank a few months ago, and I started wondering if snails could eat a live Shrimp. My curiosity led me to establish a 5-gallon tank with 2 Mystery Snails and a Ghost shrimp in…
Mystery Snails are one of the most popular aquarium snails, their popularity is contributed by their algae-eating ability and their huge size. They are good snails to keep in the aquarium, although they could grow fast and huge, but sometimes, they seem to grow extremely fast or faster than normal. If you are wondering why…
Sometimes aquarium salt is applied to fish tanks for various reasons, such as to cure some fish diseases and to add electrolytes to the water. This is to say that salt could sometimes be very helpful to fish and could even be recommended by a Veterinarian doctor in order to achieve a purpose. Many aquarists…
Snails are nice aquarium animals to have in our aquariums due to their colors and their helpful behaviors such as cleaning the tank by eating algae etc, but sometimes they could become a serious problem for our aquariums, hence we look for the possible ways or means to remove them entirely. There are some snails…
I have heard newbies ask some funny questions and one of them is, Can Mystery Snails outgrow their shell? Mystery snails are very colorful and one of the largest aquarium snails. They are freshwater dwellers and are peaceful too just like every other snail. Related: Why is my Aquarium Snail not in its shell? In…
Aquarium snails have many interesting characters that may get you confused, and maybe start thinking if everything is alright with them or not. One of the most interesting behaviors of snails is blowing bubbles. Seeing them do that can be very interesting and entertaining too, but if you haven’t seen that before, you may be…
Snails are very slow creatures in almost everything, be it in movement, or even locating and eating their foods. One of the puzzles aquarium snail keepers have is, how to know if their snail is eating and if it is even eating enough food. If you keep a Snail with other aquarium animals such as…
Knowing if your snail is pregnant is very cool so, you will have to prepare your tank in order to welcome the babies, but the question is, ”how to tell if they are pregnant. There are two types of snails, the livebearers and those that lay eggs. In this article, you will learn how to…
Aquarium snails are those types of snails that live in the water, and we often have some of them in our aquariums as our pets. You might one day find out that the snail is missing in its shell which might shock you, and you would like to find out why. Why is my water…