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Pomacea bridgesii, Gold Mystery Snail
Description: Mystery snails come in a variety of colors including black, brown, gold, etc. This variety is a pleasing yellowish-gold color.  Environment:
Mystery snails tolerate pHs from 6.5 to 7.5 while preferring the lower end
(acidic) of this range. Water hardness is not critical although low hardness is
preferable. Optimum temperature ranges from 20-30°C (68-85°F). It is very
intolerant of salt. If it is necessary to use salt, do not exceed 3ppt and raise
it to this level over at least 3 days.
Geographic Range: Tropical South America. Temperament: This species can be kept with any fish that do not eat snails or harass it too much. Unlike it relative the Apple Snail, it is not a plant eater, only eating plant material when no other foods are available.Feeding: Feeding is simple, it eats any fish foods. It has a hearty appetite so it is necessary to insure access to food. Breeding: Fertilized snails will crawl out of the water and lay a little finger-sized tan egg case (see photo) consisting of a couple hundred eggs above the water line. The eggs hatch in 10-14 days and the small snails fall into the water where they grow rapidly. With adequate food, these babies will be laying their own egg cases in 4 months. For more information about hatching these eggs, click here.
Additional Information and
Photos: For more information on this species and additional photos,
click on one of the following links: Page last modified December 26, 2007. |
Pomacea bridgesii, the Gold Mystery Snail, is a South American aquatic
snail.
This snail is also listed as Ampullaria cuprina. We don't know what it is and
refer the reader to one of the links at the bottom of the page for more
information.