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Ram Horn Aquarium Snail (Aquarium Cleaner) $1.80 Each + $3 Postage ($12 Express, $0 SYD C&C) @ Sydney Aquascapes

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Ram horns are again down below $2! To $1.80.

These are small red, gold and brown snails, great for any freshwater aquarium. Posted to anywhere in Australia.
They are quite hardy, and although prefer an temperature range of 18-28 C can survive lower temperatures over winter.

Ram Horns can grow to over 2cm in size, but usually slow down their growth significantly at about 1cm in diameter.

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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  • From my experience this better than apple snails.
    Apple pooo too much and makes the water stinks

    • Yes, these are pretty lovely, don't need much maintenance and don't make the water dirty.

  • Hi OP, would these be alright in an African cichlid tank?

    • They could yes. It depends on your Cichlids though.

      • You mean they'd probably get eaten?

        • Yup. Probably.

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    Thanks, Mother in law’s birthday coming up.

    • Hope she loves Snails!

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        She's French…

        • damn she really loves them then

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      JV cooking up some lovely homegrown escargot?

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    Will these guys eat brown algae? Or s thre a better snail for this?

    • Second would like to know this. Also, would they be ok on gravel? Won't scratch/cut their bodies?

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        As said for Agent Q: They may eat some but the absolute 100% best way to get rid of algae is to address the root cause. Brown algae can be caused by too little light, a not strong enough filter/too small tank/too many fish in the tank or a lack of water-changes or very silicate tap water.

        They can help a bit, but you will just get another problem they won't eat unless the root cause is fixed.

        If its a new tank it could also just need to get into its cycle and balance.

        • Thanks. Seems to be in line with what I thought. I have a newish tank and was seeing a steady increase in brown algae. I then started dosing CO2 and got a huge bloom. Seems that I'll just keep at the usual maintenance until all the silica is consumed. I guess some snails will help the process.

    • They may eat some but the absolute 100% best way to get rid of algae is to address the root cause. Brown algae can be caused by too little light, a not strong enough filter/too small tank/too many fish in the tank or a lack of water-changes or very silicate tap water.

      They can help a bit, but you will just get another problem they won't eat unless the root cause is fixed.

      If its a new tank it could also just need to get into its cycle and balance.

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    I just wanted to say thanks for the FAQ. I'm one of the folks that have always thought that about their exploding population.

    Many decades ago, we had a tank that had Golden? snails introduced. I'm not quite sure. Anyway, they certainly took over and I wasn't very impressed. Lot's of slimy reddish eggs too.

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      Yup, probably had a lot of food in your tank for them to eat :)

      Glad I could help.

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